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Parties demand answer from minister about 'appeal fee' of 130,000 kroner: 'It is not a banana republic' | BT Politik - www.bt.dk A fisherman's fight for the coastal marine environment now ends up on the table with Minister of the Environment Lea Wermelin (S). The Liberal Party and the Socialist People's Party are now raising questions in the case about the 'appeal fee' of 130,000 kroner, which the Danish Environmental Protection Agency has charged commercial fisherman Hans Jacob Jensen from Kerteminde as a precondition for him to have his complaint about dumping of sludge in the Belt Sea processed by a board. The requirement is then apparently also made, assesses a professor of administrative law. "It is a very large amount for a small fisherman," says Rasmus Nordqvist (SF). Also from the Liberal Party's Erling Bonnesen, there are questions on the way to the minister on the basis of the case of the fisherman from Kerteminde and B.T.'s coverage of history. Commercial fisherman Hans Jacob Jensen experiences that the so-called 'flap permits', which have been granted to the ports of Odense and Kalundborg, and which have led to dumping of sludge in the Belt Sea, have affected life below sea level and thus also his earnings as a fisherman. Therefore, he has asked the Danish Environmental Protection Agency to set up a board to assess the case, which he is entitled to according to the Fisheries Act. However, the board has nevertheless made it a condition that Hans Jacob Jensen shows that he is able to pay to have his case heard by the board. Amount: 130,000 kroner. An amount that has got SF's Rasmus Nordqvist to the keys. He has now put questions to Environment Minister Lea Wermelin. "We are standing right now and have to deal with applause, and then we also have to deal with the possibilities for appeal," says Rasmus Nordqvist. Erling Bonnesen is particularly concerned about the Minister's explanation of the question of legal authority. "You raise your eyebrows when a law professor clearly says that the ministry may have an explanatory problem with a lack of legal basis." "We live in a democratically governed legal society and fortunately not in a banana republic. It is criticisable that there is uncertainty as to whether there is a legal basis for what the ministry is doing. " . It is also in this context that the story arouses interest in SF. Here you can read the previous articles on the case: »It is generally about the efforts against clapping. It is a challenge across the country. I want the minister to relate to the big picture, "says Rasmus Nordqvist (SF). "I would like an answer as to what the Minister's position is on the content of it," says Erling Bonnesen. The main character himself, Hans Jacob Jensen, has previously described the case of the high security as "junk". ‘It is completely out of proportion. It is an amount that very few people can or will pay to have a fairly ordinary appeal case settled, "says Hans Jacob Jensen. Actually, he just wants the authorities to address the importance of dumping sludge on the seabed. "I would like to decide whether you can destroy nature so much without compensating people properly," explains Hans Jacob Jensen. SPORT EXPERT New tracks SPORT abroad B.T. in Ukraine Media berlingske abroad Berlingske Media A / S Pilestræde 34 DK-1147 Copenhagen KTlf. +45 33 75 75 33 CVR.no .: 29 20 73 13