 Wibe encouraged people to stay in the Progress Party , although her active participation was over . Wetterstad stated in an interview that withdrawing his party membership was out of question , whereas Hillgaar was described as the least conciliatory . Hillgaar publicly lamented the " Moscow processes " of the 1994 national convention , and also the views on women and the " extreme xenophobia " which he felt was conveyed by the party program . The Progress Party county leader in Akershus , Per Aage Pleym Christensen , also reconsidered his position , leaving on 4 May . 
