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Reuters
Nikolaj Skydsgaard
Copenhagen — Thursday's Danish parliamentary investigation on a government order to kill millions of minks in 2020 due to concerns about coronavirus. Leveled severe criticism of. The road to the crackdown of Prime Minister Met Fredericken.
To prevent the spread of coronavirus mutants, the government ordered about 17 million mink culling and destroyed the industry recognized by the fashion industry around the world with high quality fur. I did.
Danes widely approved the first treatment of Fredericken's Pandemic, but when it became clear that there was no legal basis for ordering a healthy Mink Cal. The Social Democratic minority government has fallen into turmoil. The
case eventually led to the retirement of the Minister of Agriculture, and Congress asked the ministers, including Fredericksen, to investigate whether they knew there was no legal framework when the order was issued. did.
Other senior officials were also included in the investigation.
The actions of the Prime Minister's residence "leaded to terrible misunderstandings between mink breeders and the general public, leading to apparently illegal instructions to the authorities," the committee behind the investigation reported to Congress. Said in.
It is not immediately clear whether a majority of the parliament will support an independent legal assessment of the findings, which may prompt the start of the accusation case. I have.
The opposition has previously expressed support for the crackdown.
The Prime Minister responds to criticism at a press conference on Friday at 0800 GMT.
Fredericksen, sitting in front of the committee in December, accused the government of overseeing heavy work. She publicly apologized, but she claimed that the decision was sound and based on an assessment by health authorities.
In her interview this week, she said she expected strong criticism from the Commission, but found no reason for her accusations. (Report by Nikolaj Skydsgaard, Additional Report by Stine Jacobsen Edited by Tomasz Janowski)
