Forum Post: Iceland Protests Insane as Usual
Posted 8 years ago on April 4, 2016, 11 p.m. EST by turbocharger
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Live on Periscope right now, very impressive numbers.
''The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists'' - started off the investigations that has lead to Icelanders - reasserting their democracy ... once again!!!
''The Panama Papers'' : https://panamapapers.icij.org/ + now also a reprise of this post ...
http://occupywallst.org/forum/the-contrast-between-iceland-and-ireland-some-thou/ & further:
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/05/iceland-prime-minister-resigns-over-panama-papers-revelations by Jon Henley
From which ... ''“People just feel humiliated and very, very angry,” said Birgitta Jónsdóttir of the radical Pirate party, which opinion polls currently estimate is the country’s largest with the support of between 35% and 42% of the electorate.
“After what happened to this country in 2008 we needed honesty, transparency and integrity from our leaders,” Jónsdóttir told the Guardian. “None of these things have been evident in this whole story.”
''Árni Páll Árnason, leader of the opposition Social Democratic Alliance, said Gunlaugsson’s position was simply no longer tenable.
“I think it’s obvious that we cannot tolerate a leadership that is linked to offshore holdings,” Árnason said. “Iceland cannot be the only western European democratic country with a political leadership in this position.” Finally on this matter, consider ...
fiat justitia ruat caelum ...