Huge Anti-Government Rally In Iceland Amid Panama Papers Scandal
Source: Deutsche Welle
Thousands of protesters have called for immediate elections in Reykjavik following the Panama Papers leaks. The revelations have already toppled the country's former prime minister. Protests have also erupted in London.
09.04.2016
Saturday's rally was the largest in a series of such protests since Monday. Up to 6,000 people took to the streets in anger at the revelations of the Panama Papers, which exposed some of the clandestine offshore financial activities of political figures and celebrities from around the world. It was a huge gathering in a country with a population of only 320,000.
Outrage at such dealings is particularly rife in Iceland, which was plunged into a deep recession following the collapse in 2008 of the nation's three main banks. The crisis saddled thousands of Icelanders with debts.
Prime Minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson resigned on Tuesday after protesters demanded he step down amid allegations that he and his wife had hidden investments to the tune of millions of dollars in an offshore company.
A government reshuffle since his resignation has failed to quell the protests, and there have been loud calls for the whole center-right coalition - consisting of the Progressive Party and its junior partner, the Independence Party - to step down.
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