– I intend to apply for completely normal jobs, says Tajik NRK when asked if she is finished as a politician if she does not secure a place on the parliamentary list for next year.
It was former deputy mayor of Oslo, Kamzy Gunaratnam, who was voted into second place on the nomination list for the Labor Party on Tuesday evening.
233 votes were cast, including one blank vote. Hadia Tajik got 108 votes and Kamzy 124 votes. This means that Kamzy has secured second place on the nomination list for Oslo Ap.
– I want to congratulate Kamzy a lot. It is important that we gather the team, and I want to contribute to the Labor Party making the best possible choice in 2025, says Tajik, who avoided answering questions about whether it is relevant for her to run further down the Storting list.
If Ap’s support remains at its current level at the election next year, the party is likely to get only three representatives from Oslo in the Storting. Prime Minister and party leader Jonas Gahr Støre was elected in first place, while Health Minister Jan Christian Vestre got third place.
– I knew before I entered this meeting that it was going to be a very even vote, and it was. Now that the Oslo Labor Party has chosen Kamzy, I will of course support the team they have chosen. I will contribute to the party making the best possible choice here in the capital, Tajik told Dagsavisen.
She will now look for regular jobs, she confirms.
– On the way in here I thought that in my heart I will win anyway. Either I win match voting or I win another life, which I will now make the most of.
She is grateful for her time in politics.
– It has been fantastic to be allowed to make a difference in other people’s lives and implement policies that create change, such as introducing a pension from the first kroner, the right to full-time employment or the tightening of rent. That is what makes politics meaningful.
– You are a rare commodity in politics, a woman with a minority background. Many are now losing a role model, what do you think about that?
– I hope that other young people with my background think that politics as an arena is available to them, and that they can reach the highest positions in Norwegian politics, and I look forward to seeing a new generation of young people with an immigrant background in politics.