Prime Minister Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson is indeed resigning. Several parliamentarians and members of his party, the Progressive Party, have confirmed the news. This clarifies a huge confusion following a press release sent yesterday evening to international media outlets by the government's spokesman, claiming that the PM had not resign as local media had reported.
Read more: And the plot thickens: the Prime Minister claims he did NOT resign
For local political analysts the statement instantly reeked of being a stupid game of semantics as has now been confirmed. The reason for the absurd text being that the PM is technically still in office until he has handed the President his resignation and that resignation been approved, as explained by the PM’s closest personal assistant Jóhannes Þór Skúlason when asked about the statement yesterday evening.
Read more: The farce continues: Now the PM implies the president lied
Jóhannes has earned himself the nickname The Explainer for his frequent public appearances and forays into social media explaining what the PM really meant, as Iceland's PM claims to have been serially “misunderstood” during his tenure.
Prime Minister Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson is indeed resigning. Several parliamentarians and members of his party, the Progressive Party, have confirmed the news. This clarifies a huge confusion following a press release sent yesterday evening to international media outlets by the government's spokesman, claiming that the PM had not resign as local media had reported.
Read more: And the plot thickens: the Prime Minister claims he did NOT resign
For local political analysts the statement instantly reeked of being a stupid game of semantics as has now been confirmed. The reason for the absurd text being that the PM is technically still in office until he has handed the President his resignation and that resignation been approved, as explained by the PM’s closest personal assistant Jóhannes Þór Skúlason when asked about the statement yesterday evening.
Read more: The farce continues: Now the PM implies the president lied
Jóhannes has earned himself the nickname The Explainer for his frequent public appearances and forays into social media explaining what the PM really meant, as Iceland's PM claims to have been serially “misunderstood” during his tenure.
