A case from last spring in Aalborg Municipality has now become relevant to take up once more.
Nordjyske revealed in a series of articles that Nuuradiin Hussein (S), councilor for Job and Welfare, had become involved in a child case.
The councilor had been in contact with a family, and a number of internal e-mails documented that, even though the administration judged that it was not appropriate, Nuuradiin Hussein demanded that the social worker be removed from a case of forced removal.
Several experts then assessed that the councilor went too far. The social worker was taken out of the case and subsequently sick on the basis of the episode.
The politicians in the municipality gave the councilor the benefit of the doubt and adopted a decision in principle that the politicians in Aalborg Municipality refrain from getting involved in the proceedings for the future.
The municipality’s own lawyers assessed that the case was in a gray area, but at the same time called for similar situations not to be found in the future.
But following the summer holidays, the politicians chose to make a political decision that Nuuradiin Hussein had acted within the framework.
Now, however, it turns out that that conclusion is not necessarily the right one.
For the past few months, the Ministry of the Interior and Health has dealt with the fundamental question of how far a mayor’s and thus also a councillor’s powers extend.
The same is true of a number of jurists and lawyers from the Attorney General’s Office, the Ombudsman and Aalborg University.
Together with a head of department from the ministry, they have published an article in Ugeskrift for Retsvæsen.
Here they state that the powers of a mayor and thus the councilor do not extend as far as is the case with Nuuradiin Hussein.
This is explained by Sten Bønsing, who is a law professor with expertise in administrative law at Aalborg University and co-author of the article. He still believes that Nuuradiin Hussein has acted illegally, and that is now supported by the Ministry of the Interior and Health.
Ultimately, it is the Danish Appeals Board that can conclude whether Nuuradiin Hussein has broken the law in the specific case.
Nuuradiin Hussein did not want to appear for an interview regarding the case, and if you ask mayor and party member Lasse Frimand Jensen, the agency should not be involved in the case.
After the new announcement from the Ministry of the Interior and Health, one might otherwise expect that the municipality’s mayor would have a desire to have the matter thoroughly investigated.
As a councillor, Nuuradiin Hussein is politically colored, while his administration is neutral and must make decisions based on professionalism.
If the councilor has involved himself improperly in a single case, it is therefore worth clarifying. Both for the sake of the employees in the administration and not least the citizens of Aalborg.
2024-03-29 05:00:37
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