Media meeting at 15:30 today at the Government Heardquarters
The Prime Minister, Bjarni Benediktsson, just announced a press meeting at the Government House in downtown Reykjavík at 15:30 today. mbl.is/Arnþór
Bjarni Benediktsson, Prime Minister and chairman of the Independence Party calls for the Left-Green Movement to reconsider its position on immigration issues and respect the agreement of the ruling parties on the issue. If there is nothing else in the situation than to terminate the government cooperation and call for elections.
Doubts about the capacity of the government
The Parliamentary Party of the Independence Party held a meeting in Valhöll on Friday about the state of the government, and Benediktsson spoke to mbl.is after the meeting.
"We are discussing this situation because there are doubts about the administration's ability to finish the parliamentary affairs this winter. It's a serious issue and that's why we gathered here today."
The leaders of their respective parties in government: Bjarni Benediktsson, Independence Party; Svandís Svavarsdóttir, the Left-Green Movement, and Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson, the Progressive Party. Composite image/Eggert Jóhannesson
Svandís Svavarsdóttir, Minister of Infrastructure and the newly elected chairman of The Left-Green Movement, has said that bills on changes to immigration laws do not belong in Alþingi. Minister of Justice Guðrún Hafsteinsdóttir has said that she disagrees with Svavarsdóttir.
The national meeting of the Left-Green Movement then decided that the Alþinging elections would take place this spring, but they should take place next fall. Svavarsdóttir has accepted the resolution.
Something happening?
Just now, Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson invites the media to a meeting in the Government Headquarters at Lækjartorg at 3:30 today.
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