According to news website Vísir.is, some members of the Independence Party (Sjálfstæðisflokkurinn) fear that Minister of the Interior Hanna Birna Kristjánsdóttir’s days as a politician might be numbered following allegations that she attempted to influence an ongoing police investigation of her ministry. Hanna Birna has publicly denied the accusations.
Hanna Birna is the vice chairman of the Independence Party, a right-wing political party which formed a coalition government with the Progressive Party after the 2013 government elections. However, her position within the party seems rather uncertain after a member of her ministry leaked a memo to the press which contained a number of false allegations about an asylum seeker who was facing deportation back in November 2013.
Last month local newspaper DV reported that Hanna Birna had tried to influence the ongoing police investigation of her ministry, prompting Stefán Eiríksson, former chief of police in Reykjavík, to resign.
Guðmundur Hálfdánarson, a history professor at the National University, claims Hanna Birna is in desperate need of public support from Bjarni Benediktsson, chairman of the Independance Party and Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs.
“Without his support, she‘s in a very week position,” Guðmundur explains.
According to news website Vísir.is, some members of the Independence Party (Sjálfstæðisflokkurinn) fear that Minister of the Interior Hanna Birna Kristjánsdóttir’s days as a politician might be numbered following allegations that she attempted to influence an ongoing police investigation of her ministry. Hanna Birna has publicly denied the accusations.
Hanna Birna is the vice chairman of the Independence Party, a right-wing political party which formed a coalition government with the Progressive Party after the 2013 government elections. However, her position within the party seems rather uncertain after a member of her ministry leaked a memo to the press which contained a number of false allegations about an asylum seeker who was facing deportation back in November 2013.
Last month local newspaper DV reported that Hanna Birna had tried to influence the ongoing police investigation of her ministry, prompting Stefán Eiríksson, former chief of police in Reykjavík, to resign.
Guðmundur Hálfdánarson, a history professor at the National University, claims Hanna Birna is in desperate need of public support from Bjarni Benediktsson, chairman of the Independance Party and Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs.
“Without his support, she‘s in a very week position,” Guðmundur explains.
