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Protestors pelt Icelandic parliament with eggs, yoghurt and BANANAS in call for PM to quit

5 апреля, 2016     Автор: Юлия Клюева
Protestors pelt Icelandic parliament with eggs, yoghurt and BANANAS in call for PM to quit

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TENS OF THOUSANDS of protestors have descended on Reykjavic today hurling yoghurts, eggs and bananas at the Icelandic parliament in a furious demanding for the country's beleaguered Prime Minister to quit.

The calls come following the release of leaked documents that claim Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson and his wife used an off-shore firm to dodge tax whilst the country's financial system collapsed.

After the under-fire leader flatly resfused to quit the square and streets outside Iceland's parliament building filled with tens of thousands of furious protestors chanting for him to go.

Twitter user, @AnasIqbal, has tweeted about the situation with a video saying that many people came out to protest against the PM.

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Some people are even throwing yoghurts, eggs and bananas at the parliament building according to Norwegian newspaper, Aften Posten.

Many of the protestors are carrying banners simple saying “Prime Minister Resign!”

They are furious at revelations that when his country’s economy sank, their leader was using an offshore company in the British Virgin Islands to hide his millions.

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The opposition party called for his resignation today and now the country’s citizens have also taken to angrily protest about the shocking situation.

Arntho Haldersson, a financial services consultant, said: “He’s just lost all credibility. After all this country has been through, how can he possibly pretend to lead Iceland’s resurrection from the financial crisis? He should go.”

Anna Mjoll Gudmundsdottir, a tourism researcher,  said: “These people, they say they’ve learned the lessons from what happened to us in 2008, but they’re still just hiding our money.”

However, he is refusing to resign, claiming that he has done nothing wrong.

The prime minister said: “I certainly won't (resign) because what we've seen is the fact that, well, my wife has always paid her taxes. We've also seen that she has avoided any conflict of interest by investing in Icelandic companies at the same time that I'm in politics.”

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Mr Gunnlaugsson is among other world leaders including Vladimir Putin, celebrities and British politicians who have been revealed in 11million documents in a huge files leak dubbed the Panama Papers.

The files came from an off-shore law firm called Mossack Fonseca, which is now facing intense scrutiny over its role in the dealings.

Юлия Клюева

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