Icelandic Prime Minister Resigns After Panama Breach

[iCrushDreams]

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The Guardian

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Iceland’s embattled prime minister, Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson, has become the first major casualty of the Panama Papers, tendering his resignation in the wake of a mounting political crisis over his family’s offshore investments.

A mass protest planned in Reykjavik later on Tuesday turned to celebration as Icelanders vented their anger at the outgoing prime minister following revelations that he had once owned – and his wife still owns – a secret offshore investment company with multimillion-pound claims on Iceland’s failed banks.

The first victim of the Panama breach has resigned.. This is only the beginning. The 2.6 TB breach of official documents about many world leaders included tax-evasion information about Iceland's prime minister caused many protestors in Reykjavik to demand his resignation.

 

Since this is just the very beginning of understanding the leak, I wonder how many leaders will have to buckle under the pressure of their citizens after being revealed by the breach.

[Aytex]

So what did he do? Tax evasion?

[Notional]

I thought the threatened to bring down the parliament first? 

[ChineseChef]

I guess it helps to remove government officials when nearly 10% of the nation's population show up at the parliament and physically demand change.  Kind of hard to tell the angry mob no; especially when the law enforcement's goal is simply to keep everything orderly, not protect the rulers.

[AlexGoesHigh]

2 hours ago, Aytex said:

So what did he do? Tax evasion?

He has an multimillion off shore company entirely made off money from banks that went bankrupt afyer the financial crisis started,  most of the rage comes because he pulled it off days before Iceland passed laws to precisely avoid this. 

 

Also Iceland seems to be the only country on this planet where the people actually put pressure on politicians to their jobs as they should otherwise the get swarmed, yesterday protest were just 22.5k people, doesn't sound like much expect that's 7% of the population, you know your fucked when that many people knocks on your door. 

[GeekJump]

Ahhh this explains all the pictures of thousands of people protesting that kept popping up in my feeds yesterday >_> (sorry, if it doesn't have a cute dog or fancy tech I don't click the links )

 

In 'merica, when citizens protest against government officials they get pepper sprayed and the dogs are let loose into the "violent" crowds....

[Prysin]

2 hours ago, Aytex said:

So what did he do? Tax evasion?

Tax evasion in a country that was on the brink of financial ruin.

 

I mean, if its one time where you NEED taxes, its when the country itself is about to go bankrupt

[Trixanity]

3 hours ago, Notional said:

I thought the threatened to bring down the parliament first? 

Yup, he tried but the president blocked that move. 

[Centurius]

34 minutes ago, Prysin said:

Tax evasion in a country that was on the brink of financial ruin.

 

I mean, if its one time where you NEED taxes, its when the country itself is about to go bankrupt

The real damning part came when he later on used his political power in negotiations where he had a vested interest in the other side getting its way.

[anonysrom]

The prime minister has not resigned at all, merely appointed the vice-chairman as acting PM for an unspecified amount of time. Probably until this blows over.

 

http://icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/politics_and_society/2016/04/05/prime_minister_has_not_resigned_sends_press_release/

[iCrushDreams]

4 hours ago, AlexTheRose said:

I love how in the United States, scandalous conflicts of interests don’t result in resignation like they should. Debbie Wasserman Schultz is a great example of that: Igniting drama and fake scandals, one right after another, against a nominee of her own party in favour of a candidate that was bought and paid for 20 years ago. So many people wanted her to resign, man. I’m a bit saddened the man here really didn’t.

Iceland, however, has a much lesser population. It takes a much less percentage of the population to revolt in order to cause change. Imagine 20 million Americans revolting. It's hardly ever happened at all before, and surely not in an organized fashion. 20 million people is comparable in America as 7,000 is comparable in Iceland.

[Voids]

And this is were the Right of revolution comes into play. If you do not know what it is here is a snippit:

 

"In political philosophy, the right of revolution is the right or duty of the people of a nation to overthrow a government that acts against their common interests. Stated throughout history in one form or another, the belief in this right has been used to justify various revolutions including the English Civil War, the American Revolution and the French Revolution."

 

In fact in essence would could overthrow our current governments quite easily based on this philosophy. It's just that people presume if this was to happen then the countries armed forces and policing services would side with the government. This is not the case. Also please note that it is named a right. So if you make another presumuption then we summise that we are entitled to do this without harm coming to us.

[Centurius]

2 hours ago, Voids said:

And this is were the Right of revolution comes into play. If you do not know what it is here is a snippit:

 

"In political philosophy, the right of revolution is the right or duty of the people of a nation to overthrow a government that acts against their common interests. Stated throughout history in one form or another, the belief in this right has been used to justify various revolutions including the English Civil War, the American Revolution and the French Revolution."

 

In fact in essence would could overthrow our current governments quite easily based on this philosophy. It's just that people presume if this was to happen then the countries armed forces and policing services would side with the government. This is not the case. Also please note that it is named a right. So if you make another presumuption then we summise that we are entitled to do this without harm coming to us.

I can claim a right to a lifetime free supply of beer, doesn't make it one. The right of revolution has in no way ever been formalized in any global or even multinational human rights context. And no, the Declaration of Human Rights does not count as it pretty specifically establishes it as a limited right as only the absolute last measure.

[GeekJump]

3 hours ago, iCrushDreams said:

Imagine 20 million Americans revolting. It's hardly ever happened at all before, and surely not in an organized fashion. 

Have you not heard of the American Revolution!?!?!  

 

WHERE'S YOUR TEA GOD NOW, BRITS??? #neverforget 

[Voids]

1 hour ago, Centurius said:

I can claim a right to a lifetime free supply of beer, doesn't make it one. The right of revolution has in no way ever been formalized in any global or even multinational human rights context. And no, the Declaration of Human Rights does not count as it pretty specifically establishes it as a limited right as only the absolute last measure.

I suppose you can. I may not be formalised but you must understand that the philosphy has a large scope ig it justified revolutions in America, England and France. And obviously it would be a last measure, but I'm sure people have attempted a revolution for smaller issues. 

[suicidalfranco]

7 hours ago, GeekJump said:

Have you not heard of the American Revolution!?!?!  

 

WHERE'S YOUR TEA GOD NOW, BRITS??? #neverforget 

mostly fought by the french 

[GeekJump]

1 hour ago, suicidalfranco said:

mostly fought by the french 

do you expect me to deny that?

 

you right lol

[Energycore]

Iceland just became my favourite country

[Astralify]

David Wilcock posted a great analysis and summary about the whole stinking-from-a-mile-away "panama toilet papers"(as he called them lol). Worth a read if you people want to now what is actually all about.

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Wait a minute... isn't this the same Prime Minister who oversaw the jailing of 29 bankers under his administration?

As in, one of our greatest heroes on earth in the battle to defeat the mega-banks?

Yep. The same guy.

Interesting, isn't it?

 

LET'S READ ABOUT THE 29 BANKERS

Here is an article from only three months ago about the 29 bankers Gunnlaugsson helped to imprison:

1/5: Iceland Has Jailed 29 Bankers. Why Can't the UK and US Do the Same?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stefan-simanowitz/iceland-has-jailed-29-bankers_b_8908536.html

 

Just before Christmas, the former CEO of Iceland’s Glitnir bank and two other senior bankers were sentenced to jail terms of up to five years for market manipulation and breach of fiduciary duties.

This brings the total number of senior Icelandic bankers so far sentenced for crimes in the run-up to the 2008 banking crash to 29.

By contrast not a single senior banking executive in the US or the UK has been jailed for their role in the financial crisis.

 

 

 

[RuffRuffmcgruff]

Now time for the Tory twat David Cuntman to step down and take his fuckin shambolic reversed robin hood taxes with him. 

[ZestyJalapeno]

Scums of the Earth, the whole lot of them. I wish I could list down the all the hateful words I would use to describe these people but I might break my keyboard in a fit of rage. Scums.