Sighvatur l\u00fdsir \u00e1hyggjum s\u00ednum af \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 formannskj\u00f6r kunni a\u00f0 ska\u00f0a flokkinn. \u00de\u00e1 hefur hann sj\u00e1lfsagt \u00ed huga bitra reynslu af sl\u00edkum \u00e1t\u00f6kum \u00ed Al\u00fe\u00fd\u00f0uflokknum fyrr \u00e1 t\u00ed\u00f0. \u00c1t\u00f6kin milli H\u00e9\u00f0ins og J\u00f3ns Baldvinssonar og Hannibals og Stef\u00e1ns J\u00f3hanns endu\u00f0u me\u00f0 klofningi. Hreyfing \u00edslenskra jafna\u00f0armanna galt \u00feeirra um langa hr\u00ed\u00f0. Fleiri d\u00e6mi m\u00e6tti nefna. Sl\u00edk \u00e1t\u00f6k eru v\u00edti til a\u00f0 varast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
En \u00e9g \u00e1 a\u00f0rar minningar um kosningu milli formannsframbj\u00f3\u00f0enda, sem ur\u00f0u til \u00feess a\u00f0 styrkja Al\u00fe\u00fd\u00f0uflokkinn og auka \u00e1hrif hans, en ekki \u00f6fugt. 1984 bau\u00f0 \u00e9g mig fram gegn sitjandi formanni og lag\u00f0i vali\u00f0 \u00ed d\u00f3m tr\u00fana\u00f0armanna flokksins \u00e1 flokks\u00feingi. \u00c9g haf\u00f0i betur og sat sem forma\u00f0ur \u00ed t\u00f3lf \u00e1r. \u00c9g leiddi flokkinn inn \u00ed r\u00edkisstj\u00f3rn og til \u00e1hrifa \u00e1 landstj\u00f3rnina \u00e1 umbrotat\u00edmum. Vi\u00f0 komum miklu \u00ed verk, og Al\u00fe\u00fd\u00f0uflokksmenn eru almennt stoltir af \u00feeim \u00e1rangri, sem flokkurinn skila\u00f0i.<\/p>\n
Ska\u00f0a\u00f0i \u00feetta flokkinn? Nei, \u00fevert \u00e1 m\u00f3ti. En sk\u00fdringin er a\u00f0 lokum s\u00fa, a\u00f0 \u00feeir sem t\u00f3kust \u00e1, h\u00f6f\u00f0u mannd\u00f3m til a\u00f0 sl\u00ed\u00f0ra sver\u00f0in og a\u00f0 starfa saman, eftir a\u00f0 flokksmenn h\u00f6f\u00f0u kve\u00f0i\u00f0 upp sinn d\u00f3m. Fr\u00e1farandi forma\u00f0ur, Kjartan J\u00f3hannsson, starfa\u00f0i me\u00f0 m\u00e9r af fullum heilindum og \u00e1 hei\u00f0ur skilinn fyrir \u00fea\u00f0. Sama m\u00e1li gegnir um Sighvat Bj\u00f6rgvinsson. Hann var andst\u00e6\u00f0ingur minn \u00ed formannskj\u00f6rinu, en var\u00f0 s\u00ed\u00f0ar einn af m\u00ednum n\u00e1nustu og bestu samstarfsm\u00f6nnum.<\/p>\n
\u00dea\u00f0 er l\u00f6gm\u00e1l l\u00fd\u00f0r\u00e6\u00f0isins, a\u00f0 einstaklingar sem veljast til forystu \u00ed stj\u00f3rnm\u00e1lahreyfingu hlj\u00f3ta a\u00f0 starfa saman um \u00fea\u00f0 sem sameinar, \u00fe\u00f3tt \u00feeir s\u00e9u jafnframt keppinautar. \u00de\u00e1 reynir \u00e1. \u00deola menn a\u00f0 taka ni\u00f0urst\u00f6\u00f0um l\u00fd\u00f0r\u00e6\u00f0islegra kosninga? Svari\u00f0 vi\u00f0 \u00feeirri spurningu sker \u00far um, hvort menn ver\u00f0skulda traust og hafa til a\u00f0 bera \u00feann l\u00fd\u00f0r\u00e6\u00f0is\u00feroska, sem til \u00fearf. Hafi menn ekki \u00feann \u00feroska til a\u00f0 bera, er eins gott a\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 komi \u00ed lj\u00f3s fyrir kosningar, svo a\u00f0 \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0in \u00feurfi ekki a\u00f0 sitja uppi me\u00f0 aflei\u00f0ingarnar, \u00fear sem \u00e1 reynir, – \u00ed stj\u00f3rnarr\u00e1\u00f0inu.<\/p>\n
Sighvati ver\u00f0ur t\u00ed\u00f0r\u00e6tt um sta\u00f0reyndir og vill a\u00f0 fleiri sta\u00f0reyndir ver\u00f0i leiddar \u00ed lj\u00f3s. L\u00edtum \u00e1 nokkrar sta\u00f0reyndir. \u00c1ri\u00f0 1991 bau\u00f0 Dav\u00ed\u00f0 Oddsson, \u00fe\u00e1 vins\u00e6ll borgarstj\u00f3ri, sig fram gegn sitjandi formanni Sj\u00e1lfst\u00e6\u00f0isflokksins. \u00de\u00e1verandi formanni, \u00deorsteini P\u00e1lssyni, haf\u00f0i mistekist a\u00f0 halda saman r\u00edkisstj\u00f3rn undir forystu Sj\u00e1lfst\u00e6\u00f0isflokksins. Meirihluti Sj\u00e1lfst\u00e6\u00f0ismanna \u00e1 landsfundi treysti \u00fev\u00ed ekki, a\u00f0 honum mundi takast a\u00f0 lei\u00f0a Sj\u00e1lfst\u00e6\u00f0isflokkinn til r\u00edkisstj\u00f3rnarsamstarfs og stj\u00f3rnarforystu, og valdi borgarstj\u00f3rann vins\u00e6la af \u00feeim s\u00f6kum.<\/p>\n
En kjarni m\u00e1lsins er \u00feessi: \u00deorsteinn P\u00e1lsson reyndist hafa \u00feann \u00feroska til a\u00f0 bera a\u00f0 hl\u00edta d\u00f3mi flokksmanna og starfa\u00f0i \u00e1fram \u00ed r\u00edkisstj\u00f3rn undir forystu hins n\u00fdja formanns. Flokkurinn vir\u00f0ist engan ska\u00f0a hafa bori\u00f0 af. Hann hefur seti\u00f0 \u00ed r\u00edkisstj\u00f3rn \u00f3sliti\u00f0 s\u00ed\u00f0an. Voru \u00feeir ekki a\u00f0 halda upp \u00e1 t\u00edu \u00e1ra afm\u00e6li stj\u00f3rnarsamstarfs um daginn?<\/p>\n
L\u00edtum \u00e1 n\u00fdlega reynslu jafna\u00f0armannaflokkanna \u00e1 Nor\u00f0url\u00f6ndum. Mogens Lykketoft mist\u00f3kst \u00ed kosningum fyrir sk\u00f6mmu a\u00f0 lei\u00f0a danska jafna\u00f0armannaflokkinn til sigurs og stj\u00f3rnarforystu. Hann sag\u00f0i af s\u00e9r daginn eftir. Tveir frambj\u00f3\u00f0endur voru \u00ed kj\u00f6ri til formanns. Flokkurinn valdi s\u00e9r unga konu til forystu, \u00ed fyrsta sinn \u00ed s\u00f6gu sinni. \u00dea\u00f0 var hart tekist \u00e1. En \u00fea\u00f0 hvarfla\u00f0i ekki a\u00f0 nokkrum manni, a\u00f0 danski jafna\u00f0armannaflokkurinn hafi be\u00f0i\u00f0 ska\u00f0a af. Eftir er a\u00f0 sj\u00e1, hversu vel kvensk\u00f6rungurinn spjarar sig.<\/p>\n
Fyrir f\u00e1einum \u00e1rum var \u00fer\u00e1l\u00e1tt \u00f3s\u00e6tti um forystu norska Verkamannaflokksins. \u00d3s\u00e6tti\u00f0 ska\u00f0a\u00f0i flokkinn. Flokksmenn t\u00f3ku af skari\u00f0 og skiptu um formann. Hinum n\u00fdja formanni, Jens Stoltenberg, t\u00f3kst ekki \u00ed fyrstu lotu a\u00f0 endurreisa flokkinn til \u00feeirrar \u00f3tv\u00edr\u00e6\u00f0u stj\u00f3rnarforystu, sem hann hefur lengst af gegnt. \u00c1 \u00fea\u00f0 reynir \u00ed n\u00e6stu kosningum, hvort honum tekst \u00fea\u00f0 \u00e6tlunarverk. Mistakist honum, mun hann ekki eiga sj\u00f6 dagana s\u00e6la.<\/p>\n
H\u00e9r \u00ed Finnlandi er Paavo Lipponen a\u00f0 l\u00e1ta af lei\u00f0togahlutverki finnskra jafna\u00f0armanna eftir t\u00f3lf \u00e1ra fars\u00e6lt starf, \u00fe.\u00e1. m. eftir \u00e1tta \u00e1ra forystu \u00ed r\u00edkisstj\u00f3rn, sem breytti Finnlandi til hins betra. En honum mist\u00f3kst \u00ed seinustu kosningum a\u00f0 halda st\u00f6\u00f0u flokksins sem st\u00e6rsta flokks \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0arinnar. Stj\u00f3rnarforystan gekk honum \u00far greipum. Fimm frambj\u00f3\u00f0endur bj\u00f3\u00f0a sig fram til a\u00f0 taka vi\u00f0 flokksforystunni. Flokksmenn eiga margra kosta v\u00f6l. \u00deetta \u00feykir gott h\u00e9r \u00ed Finnlandi. \u00de\u00e6r kr\u00f6fur eru ger\u00f0ar til frambj\u00f3\u00f0enda, a\u00f0 \u00feeir geri hreint fyrir s\u00ednum dyrum um meginhugmyndir og stefnum\u00e1l. Svo ver\u00f0ur kosi\u00f0 \u00e1 landsfundi \u00ed vor.<\/p>\n
\u00dea\u00f0 hvarflar ekki a\u00f0 nokkrum manni, a\u00f0 finnski jafna\u00f0armannaflokkurinn muni b\u00ed\u00f0a ska\u00f0a af. \u00devert \u00e1 m\u00f3ti, formannskj\u00f6ri\u00f0 er tilefni til hugmyndalegrar endurn\u00fdjunar og til a\u00f0 skerpa l\u00ednurnar. Flokkurinn er aftur or\u00f0inn, skv. sko\u00f0anak\u00f6nnunum, st\u00e6rsti flokkur \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0arinnar.<\/p>\n
M\u00e9r s\u00fdnist yfirstandandi formannskj\u00f6r ekki sn\u00faast um dj\u00fapst\u00e6\u00f0an hugmyndafr\u00e6\u00f0ilegan \u00e1greining um markmi\u00f0 e\u00f0a lei\u00f0ir. Jafna\u00f0armenn \u00e1 Nor\u00f0url\u00f6ndum hafa s\u00fdnt \u00fea\u00f0 \u00ed verki \u00e1 \u00e1ratug al\u00fej\u00f3\u00f0av\u00e6\u00f0ingarinnar, a\u00f0 velfer\u00f0arr\u00edki \u00ed anda jafna\u00f0arstefnu er ekki einasta r\u00e9ttl\u00e1tara og mann\u00fa\u00f0legra \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0f\u00e9lag en s\u00e1 uppbo\u00f0smarka\u00f0ur frj\u00e1lshyggjunnar, sem n\u00fa fer hamf\u00f6rum um heiminn. Norr\u00e6na velfer\u00f0arr\u00edki\u00f0 hefur sta\u00f0ist d\u00f3m reynslunnar. Nor\u00f0url\u00f6ndin \u00f6ll eru \u00ed fremstu r\u00f6\u00f0 \u00ed heiminum, l\u00edka \u00feegar spurt er um hagv\u00f6xt, n\u00fdsk\u00f6pun, t\u00e6kniv\u00e6\u00f0ingu og samkeppnish\u00e6fni \u00e1 heimsv\u00edsu. Og \u00feetta er ekki \u00fer\u00e1tt fyrir velfer\u00f0arr\u00edki\u00f0, heldur vegna \u00feess. Me\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 standa fast \u00e1 grundvallarsj\u00f3narmi\u00f0um jafna\u00f0armanna um j\u00f6fnun t\u00e6kif\u00e6ra og f\u00e9lagslegt \u00f6ryggi \u00e1 umbrotat\u00edmum finna n\u00fa sj\u00f3narmi\u00f0 jafna\u00f0arstefnunnar \u00e6 d\u00fdpri hlj\u00f3mgrunn me\u00f0al almennings, sem er haldinn ugg \u00e1 \u00f3vissut\u00edmum.<\/p>\n
Sameina\u00f0ur jafna\u00f0armannaflokkur \u00e1 mikla framt\u00ed\u00f0 fyrir s\u00e9r, af \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 f\u00f3lk finnur innst inni, a\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 \u00fearf \u00e1 sl\u00edkum flokki a\u00f0 halda. Um \u00feetta held \u00e9g a\u00f0 s\u00e9 v\u00ed\u00f0t\u00e6k samsta\u00f0a. \u00deess vegna held \u00e9g, a\u00f0 vi\u00f0 \u00feurfum ekki a\u00f0 kv\u00ed\u00f0a \u00fev\u00ed, a\u00f0 formannskj\u00f6r ska\u00f0i flokkinn. Formannskj\u00f6ri\u00f0 er spurning um \u00fea\u00f0, hverjum vi\u00f0 treystum best til a\u00f0 lei\u00f0a flokkinn til sigurs og stj\u00f3rnarforystu. Spurningin er \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0eins um, hvort vi\u00f0 treystum f\u00f3lki til a\u00f0 \u00fatklj\u00e1 \u00fea\u00f0 m\u00e1l eftir sinni bestu samvisku. Og spurningin til frambj\u00f3\u00f0endanna er bara ein: Hafa \u00feeir mannd\u00f3m til a\u00f0 hl\u00edta d\u00f3mi kj\u00f3senda \u00e1n eftirm\u00e1la og a\u00f0 starfa saman af fullum heilindum fyrir m\u00e1lefnunum sj\u00e1lfum, eins og ekkert hafi \u00ed skorist.
\n\u00de\u00e1 reynir \u00e1.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u00c9g tek eftir \u00fev\u00ed, a\u00f0 vinur minn Sighvatur Bj\u00f6rgvinsson, birtir grein \u00e1 heimas\u00ed\u00f0u formanns Samfylkingarinnar honum til stu\u00f0nings \u00ed yfirstandandi formannskj\u00f6ri. \u00dear me\u00f0 \u00feykir \u00fea\u00f0 ekki tilt\u00f6kum\u00e1l, \u00fe\u00f3tt sendiherra fjalli opinberlega um formannskj\u00f6r \u00ed flokki s\u00ednum \u2013 ef \u00feeir sty\u00f0ja \u00d6ssur. \u00de\u00e1 hl\u00fdtur \u00fea\u00f0 a\u00f0 gilda jafnt um a\u00f0ra formannsframbj\u00f3\u00f0endur. Jafnr\u00e6\u00f0isreglan bl\u00edfur, ekki satt? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-allar_greinar","category-greinar_og_vidtol"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1148"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1148\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2960,"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1148\/revisions\/2960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}