– Tømmerås behaved completely according to the book, and we believe that posterity will have greater respect for Tømmerås than for Erna Solberg’s and other politicians’ evasion in climate policy, says party leader Rasmus Hansson to Dagbladet.
Together with activists from the group Extinction Rebellion, Tømmerås carried out a climate demonstration at the intersection of Hausmanns gate / Torggata in Oslo on Friday night. About ten people chained to each other and to a truck, so that traffic was obstructed. After none of the activists complied with the police order to leave the place, a total of 58 people were brought in, the Oslo police district informs the newspaper.
Late Friday night, police in riot gear stormed a rally on Friday, removing hundreds of protesters by truck.
– It’s his personal choice. As a party, we neither condemn nor support civil disobedience. But I believe that civil disobedience is a tool in the democratic toolbox, which can be used in particularly important cases. Then it makes extra great demands on the people who use it, but this is a democratic safety valve, says Hansson about Tømmerås’ participation in the action.
Extinction Rebellion has throughout the week carried out climate actions in the capital, which has led to a number of arrests and fines.
In total, the fines for the group’s members now amount to NOK 1.5 million. 116 activists have been arrested, writes E24.
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