The Prime Minister of Iceland, Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson told the local TV station Stöð 2 that he will not resign. Sigmundur Davíð answered questions from media after he met with the members of his centre-right Progressive party on Monday morning.
See the PM as a victim of a witch hunt
The members of the Progressive have rallied around the PM, questioning the motives of the Icelandic National Broadcasting Service RÚV for airing an interview by Swedish TV station SVT and for covering the findings of an international team of investigative journalists who have studied leaked documents on thousands of off-shore companies in tax-havens.
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Sigrún Magnúsdóttir, the Minister of the Environment, and a member of the PM’s centre-right Progressive party criticized RÚV for having sprung “secret guests” on the PM. An Icelandic investigative journalist, Jóhannes Kristjánsson of Reykjavík Media accompanied Swedish reporter Sven Bergman when Sigmundur was confronted on camera that he had connections to an off-shore company in a tax-haven.
A phony and a fraud, and a paranoid liar
Katrín Jakobsdóttir, the chairman of the Left Green Alliance told the Icelandic National Broadcasting Service RÚV that it was intolerable that political leaders and elected officials refused to play by the rules other members of society are required to play by. “This also raises questions about what we expect from those in power. When we look at what foreign politicians are on the list we see that the Prime Minister is not in particularly good company.”
In a conversation with the local news site visir.is Katrín adds that this whole affair is a huge blow to the reputation of Iceland.
Árni Páll Árnason, the chairman of the Social Democratic Alliance has also called for the Prime Minister resign, arguing he has damaged the reputation of Iceland. In an interview with RÚV Árni Páll said the matter was far more serious than the political interests of one man or political party: “We must realize that the reputation of Iceland is at stake”.
Birgitta Jónsdóttir, one of the leaders of the Pirate party, has also blasted the Prime Minister. In a Facebook post Birgitta describes the PM as a liar, a fraud and accuses him of suffering from paranoia:
“I hope that Sigmundur realizes how serious the matter is, and resign before parliament reconvenes today … Society is seething with anger after yesterday’s revelations, where he was exposed as a phony and a fraud, a paranoid liar.”
The Prime Minister of Iceland, Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson told the local TV station Stöð 2 that he will not resign. Sigmundur Davíð answered questions from media after he met with the members of his centre-right Progressive party on Monday morning.
See the PM as a victim of a witch hunt
The members of the Progressive have rallied around the PM, questioning the motives of the Icelandic National Broadcasting Service RÚV for airing an interview by Swedish TV station SVT and for covering the findings of an international team of investigative journalists who have studied leaked documents on thousands of off-shore companies in tax-havens.
Read more: Prime minister calls police on foreign journalists
Sigrún Magnúsdóttir, the Minister of the Environment, and a member of the PM’s centre-right Progressive party criticized RÚV for having sprung “secret guests” on the PM. An Icelandic investigative journalist, Jóhannes Kristjánsson of Reykjavík Media accompanied Swedish reporter Sven Bergman when Sigmundur was confronted on camera that he had connections to an off-shore company in a tax-haven.
A phony and a fraud, and a paranoid liar
Katrín Jakobsdóttir, the chairman of the Left Green Alliance told the Icelandic National Broadcasting Service RÚV that it was intolerable that political leaders and elected officials refused to play by the rules other members of society are required to play by. “This also raises questions about what we expect from those in power. When we look at what foreign politicians are on the list we see that the Prime Minister is not in particularly good company.”
In a conversation with the local news site visir.is Katrín adds that this whole affair is a huge blow to the reputation of Iceland.
Árni Páll Árnason, the chairman of the Social Democratic Alliance has also called for the Prime Minister resign, arguing he has damaged the reputation of Iceland. In an interview with RÚV Árni Páll said the matter was far more serious than the political interests of one man or political party: “We must realize that the reputation of Iceland is at stake”.
Birgitta Jónsdóttir, one of the leaders of the Pirate party, has also blasted the Prime Minister. In a Facebook post Birgitta describes the PM as a liar, a fraud and accuses him of suffering from paranoia:
“I hope that Sigmundur realizes how serious the matter is, and resign before parliament reconvenes today … Society is seething with anger after yesterday’s revelations, where he was exposed as a phony and a fraud, a paranoid liar.”
