13 minutes agoNorway's Defence Minister Resigns, Linked to a College
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(4 years ago)Norway's Defence Minister, Odd Roger Enoksen, has resigned after his relationship with a high school student was discovered in 2005, where he was 50 and 18 years old. The government announced it had discovered the link, while Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store said that during a conference this Saturday, it is one [...]
The government announced that it had discovered the link, while Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store, during a conference this Saturday morning, said that “is a necessary” decision, where it confirmed that it had accepted Enoksen's resignation, writes AFP, broadcast Klankosova.tv.
Norwegian Prime Minister said he would appoint a new minister as soon as possible.
Enoksen himself confirmed the link and apologized publicly for what he had done.
I've made bad choices, and I'll apologize without reservation because my actions have made life more difficult for others”
It all started with a school trip to the Norwegian Parliament in Oslo
Enocsen began a 2005 connection with an 18-year-old high school student she met during a school trip made by the latter to her class in Oslo, according to the Norwegian daily VG.
The student group had visited the Norwegian Parliament and had met Enoksen, then a 50-year-old parliamentary.
After the school trip, politician and high school student began what would become a very close and sexual relationship, the VG says.
They met at least 12 times in Enoksen's office between the end of 2006 and early 2007, when he was minister of energy, the woman, now in her 30s, testified to the daily, claiming that some of these meetings resulted in <x0 sexually related”.
