According to the Icelandic National Broadcasting Service, Prime Minister Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson has requested that he take over the judicial and police sector of the Interior Ministry. Hanna Birna Kristjánsdóttir, Minister of the Interior, forwent the sector after she reportedly tried to influence a police investigation into leaked information from her ministry.
Gísli Freyr Valdórsson, one of Hanna Birna‘s two assistants, has been charged with breach of confidentiality for allegedly leaking private information about an Nigerian asylum seeker to the press.
The Althing or National Assembly Ombudsman has sent three formal letters to Hanna Birna, requesting further explanations to allegations that she attempted to influence the police investigation of her ministry, prompting Stefán Eiríksson, former chief of police in Reykjavík, to resign.
In her latest response to the Ombudsman, Hanna Birna is highly critical of him and how she feels he has handled the matter; she has also suggested she may well be considering quitting politics altogether.
According to the Icelandic National Broadcasting Service, Prime Minister Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson has requested that he take over the judicial and police sector of the Interior Ministry. Hanna Birna Kristjánsdóttir, Minister of the Interior, forwent the sector after she reportedly tried to influence a police investigation into leaked information from her ministry.
Gísli Freyr Valdórsson, one of Hanna Birna‘s two assistants, has been charged with breach of confidentiality for allegedly leaking private information about an Nigerian asylum seeker to the press.
The Althing or National Assembly Ombudsman has sent three formal letters to Hanna Birna, requesting further explanations to allegations that she attempted to influence the police investigation of her ministry, prompting Stefán Eiríksson, former chief of police in Reykjavík, to resign.
In her latest response to the Ombudsman, Hanna Birna is highly critical of him and how she feels he has handled the matter; she has also suggested she may well be considering quitting politics altogether.
