the Number of so-called mandates, which moves the power from the Parliament to the minister and the civil service, is increasing, and this week cried four top scientists have been sounding the alarm over the trend, there is almost at the speed under coronakrisen.
The authorizations that are given during the crisis, has all solnedgangsklausuler. This means that they expire by itself. So far, so good.
But is there really a need for all the mandates? Some of them are needed to be able to put the health decisions through quickly.
There are hardly many who disagree with some of the first authorizations issued in the most critical days. While in other cases it is more illogical, why there should not be the time to involve the Parliament in the normal way.
the minister of health has just been empowered to tighten the restrictions on the assemblies to a maximum of two persons. It will some regard as necessary, while others will argue that restrictions on the fundamental freedom of assembly in principle should rest with the Parliament.
It is already forgotten, that the government originally even stated that the police should be able to go into people’s private homes without a warrant, for example to slow down an easter. However, it was slowed down. But it should never be thought.
Some powers seems outright redundant. The minister for education has, for example, scored a power to be able to cancel graduation for 9.- and 10. classes. Why should the decision be taken solely by the minister? Here it seems obvious to involve the parties in the political trade-offs.
One of the researchers behind the book ‘When the officials legislature’, which was published this week, professor Jørgen Grønnegaard Christensen, said to Berlingske that the “power seeping from the elected representatives, and it is a serious democratic problem”.
the Government says that they are ready to begin to re-open the society slowly after easter. Thus, it should also be the end of hastebehandlinger and the issue of authorisations as a Legoland driving license.
the Government should find the inner self-brake. The parliament should insist on its right. And as citizens we must keep up with that demand so much ‘beware of me’policy, that democracy is blowing away unnoticed – grit for grit.
the Week’s neglected
There has been a leak from the government’s security committee, which got the government to see leaking out and officials to see the less well off. It is hardly the civil service, which has leaked it, and the only other present was from etpartiregeringen. The mystery is, however, that you do not politianmelder leaked from this crucial selection, when you a short time ago politianmeldte a leak of an internal arbejdsnotat from the ministry of Finance in the negotiations for a udligningsreform. It is like politianmelde theft of a sparkler, compared with not to politianmelde theft of a panserværnsraket. Sophie Løhde (V) has now asked the prime minister explain what the implications of the leaked should get. It will be interesting to get answers to.
the Weekly sensible
Former overvismand Michael svarer suggests that, in Berlingske tidende, along with a number of other’s top economists to Denmark use ‘randomised testing’ of the corona – and 5,000 pieces a week. Their point is that it creates a false image of the real infection, if you only test people with symptoms. If instead you randomiserer (choose random dane), so you gain confidence and can thus take decisions on a reasonably informed basis. The method is known from opinion polls. It sounds like a reasonable proposal and is yet another fine example of the many types of experts can be used in a crisis.
the Week uncertain
minister of Culture, Joy Mogensen was from the start set the legs completely wrong in relation to the culture’s importance in the crisis, and since then have to be negotiated mediehjælpepakke, she was about to be put on the bench by political parties. That landed a package, and now to be there on further action in the field of culture. But the prime minister had come out with a stimulus package for its minister in the form of a Facebook update that could be read as: Sorry from me and Joy. But then forgot about church affairs Joy Mogensen to turn with the bishops and priests, whether they actually would have opened the churches at easter, such as Søren Espersen (DF) argued. They would not. It is well, it is weekend now, this week has Bambi been more sure-footed than Mogensen.
the Sea Marie Serup
the Sea Marie Serup is B. T.’s political commentator and also as director of the communication agency BY SERUP. Sea Marie Serup is one of the sharpest political observers and have been quite close in power as the advisor to the prime minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen in his first reign.
