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Udvalget vedrørende Grønlandske Forhold (2. samling) UGF alm. del - Bilag 119 Offentligt RIGSOMBUDSMANDEN I GRØNLAND Dato: 22. september 2008 Statsministeriet Prins Jørgens Gård 11 J.nr.: 415-0001 1218 København K Indberetning vedr. Grønlands Landstings efterårssamling, mandag den 22. september 2008. Under en indledende dagsordensdebat nævnte Landstingsformand Ruth Heilmann, at landsstyret har trukket landsstyrets forslag om omdannelse af energiforsyningsselskabet Nukissiorfiit til aktieselskab. Dermed udgår punkterne 74 og 75 af dagsordenen for landstingssamlingen. Ved afstemning tilsluttede landstinget sig, at et beslutningsforslag fra medlemmer af Siumut og Atassut om tillægsbevilling til opførelse af en efterskole i Qasigiannguit optages til behandling snarest muligt. Under mødets afslutning drøftede landstinget Landsstyremedlem Aleqa Hammonds øjeblikkelige udtræden af landstinget. Jeg henviser herom til min særlige indberetning om dette af dags dato. Landstinget behandlede følgende dagsordenspunkt: Punkt 1: Åbningsdebat. (Landsstyreformanden). Åbningsdebatten fandt sted på baggrund af landsstyreformandens åbningstale som blev holdt fredag den 19. september 2008, jf. min indberetning af samme dato. Fra de politiske partiers ordførerindlæg kan det sammenfattes, at der blandt partierne nu synes at være bred tilslutning til en mindre omkostningskrævende deltagelse fra hjemmestyrets side til et eventuelt kommende aluminiumssmelteværk i Grønland, bl.a. med henvisning til det budgetterede underskud i landsstyrets FFL2009. Landsstyrets FFL2009 rummer samlet bevilling på niveauet 370 mio. kr. til deltagelse i projektudvikling Rigsombudsmanden i Grønland Kalaallit Nunaanni Rigsombudsmandi Indaleeqqap Aqqutaa 3 Telefon: (+299) 32 10 01 Postboks 1030 Telefax: (+299) 32 41 71 3900 Nuuk E-mail: [email protected] www.rigsombudsmanden.gl 2 vedr. aluminiumssmelteværk. Partiet Siumut foreslog direkte, at bevillingen udtages af FFL2009. Fra partiet Siumut’s bemærkninger kan det desuden nævnes, at hjemmestyret efter Siumut’s opfattelse bør afvikle medejerskab i de grønlandske trafikselskaber for at fremme konkurrencen i trafiksektoren. På råstofområdet finder Siumut, at man bør bløde op på den såkaldte ”nul-tolerance” vedr. udnyttelse af radioaktive grundstoffer og i stedet indføre ppm-grænser for al råstofaktivitet i Grønland. Siumut henviste til tilsvarende grænser i Canada og i EU. Både Siumut og Inuit Ataqatigiit tilkendegav, at landsstyret bør være tilbageholdende mht. et ønske om Grønlands udmelding af den internationale hvalfangstkommission IWC. Fra partiet Inuit Ataqatigiit’s ordførerindlæg kan det desuden nævnes, at Inuit Ataqatigiit ønsker et stærkere politisk fokus på fattigdomsproblemer i Grønland, herunder at der indføres en egentlig fattigdomsgrænse i Grønland. Med venlig hilsen Søren Hald Møller Kopi pr. email: Folketinget Kongehuset, Kabinetssekretariatet Samtlige ministerier Rigsombudsmanden på Færøerne .

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