Says It's Sad that His Decision Is Being Interpreted as a Coup Attempt

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"I am deeply saddened that my chairing of the meeting as vice president last night is being interpreted as an attempted coup or whatever it is that I am hearing widely this morning. In short, it was not my intention at all to speak out," Hildur Sverrisdóttir, parliamentary party leader of the Independence Party, wrote on Facebook at 12:00. "For those interested in this arrangement, there are long parliamentary sessions that generally last until …

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Hildur Sverrisdóttir, the parliamentary leader of the Independence Party, says the government has staged a drama in which it was tricked into committing a coup. Less than 24 hours later, however, its real purpose is revealed; "a pretext to be able to suppress the minority by force."

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“We are in the middle of a coup attempt – just as such an attempt can happen in this country,” writes Haukur Arnþórsson, a political scientist, on Facebook about the situation that has arisen in the Althingi. The countrymen have recently seen the Althingi being led into a situation where the minority can take power from the democratically elected government. The road there is halfway there and it is still possible to turn back. In the same way, …

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Hildur Sverrisdóttir, parliamentary party leader of the Independence Party and fifth deputy speaker of the Althing, says she adjourned the parliamentary session just before midnight last night in the belief that she was following the correct procedure. "I am deeply saddened that my chairing of the session as deputy speaker last night is being interpreted as an attempted coup, or whatever it is that I am hearing widely this morning. In short, it …