A mass protest will take place in front of the house of Parliament today, Monday at 17:00, as parliament reconvenes after the Easter recess. The protesters demand that the Prime Minister of Iceland, Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson, resign and call for elections. A Facebook page set up to coordinate the protests than 8,000 people indicating they will attend the protest. An online petition calling on the PM to resign has more than 23,000 signatures.
Graffiti, banners and protest signs calling on the Prime Minister resign and encouraging people to come to the protests today has appeared around Reykjavík and the Capital region.
A motion of no-confidence
The leaders of the Pirate party, the left wing Social Democratic Alliance and Left Green Movement, and centrist Bright future have announced they will offer a motion of no-confidence in parliament today, according to the sources of the local news site visir.is.
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According to the local news site visir.is the Prime Minister met with members of his party in the house of parliament this morning to discuss the allegations. He refused to answer questions from media when he came to the meeting, but promised he would talk to media later today.
The Minister of Finance, Bjarni Benediktsson, and the leader of the conservative Independence Party, was scheduled to be present when parliament reconvenes at 15:00 today, but according to visir.is he will be absent. Bjarni has been vacationing in Florida, but due a delayed flight he will not be present. The minister of finance has also been revealed to have owned an off-shore company in a tax-haven.
A mass protest will take place in front of the house of Parliament today, Monday at 17:00, as parliament reconvenes after the Easter recess. The protesters demand that the Prime Minister of Iceland, Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson, resign and call for elections. A Facebook page set up to coordinate the protests than 8,000 people indicating they will attend the protest. An online petition calling on the PM to resign has more than 23,000 signatures.
Graffiti, banners and protest signs calling on the Prime Minister resign and encouraging people to come to the protests today has appeared around Reykjavík and the Capital region.
A motion of no-confidence
The leaders of the Pirate party, the left wing Social Democratic Alliance and Left Green Movement, and centrist Bright future have announced they will offer a motion of no-confidence in parliament today, according to the sources of the local news site visir.is.
Read more: Prime Minister in hot water after his wife admits to owning a mysterious off-shore company
According to the local news site visir.is the Prime Minister met with members of his party in the house of parliament this morning to discuss the allegations. He refused to answer questions from media when he came to the meeting, but promised he would talk to media later today.
The Minister of Finance, Bjarni Benediktsson, and the leader of the conservative Independence Party, was scheduled to be present when parliament reconvenes at 15:00 today, but according to visir.is he will be absent. Bjarni has been vacationing in Florida, but due a delayed flight he will not be present. The minister of finance has also been revealed to have owned an off-shore company in a tax-haven.
