Iceland's president on Wednesday tasked conservative leader Bjarni Benediktsson with forming a new government after snap elections on Saturday triggered by the Panama Papers scandal.
"My decision is to give the chairman of the Independence Party the power to form a government that has a majority in the parliament," President Gudni Johannesson told reporters, referring to Benediktsson. He added Benediktsson had not been officially chosen as prime minister.
Iceland’s president on Wednesday tasked conservative leader Bjarni Benediktsson with forming a new government after snap elections on Saturday triggered by the Panama Papers scandal.
“My decision is to give the chairman of the Independence Party the power to form a government that has a majority in the parliament,” President Gudni Johannesson told reporters, referring to Benediktsson. He added Benediktsson had not been officially chosen as prime minister.
