REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) — Iceland’s government says the prime minister is proposing that the vice chairman of his Progressive Party takes over the prime minister’s office amid a controversy over the premier’s offshore holdings.
The government said in a statement Tuesday that Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson has suggested Sigurdur Ingi Johannsson takes over for “an unspecified amount of time.”
Johannsson earlier Tuesday said Gunnlaugsson was stepping down as leader of the country’s coalition government.
However, the government statement said Gunnlaugsson had not resigned, contradicting earlier statements, and that he will “will continue to serve as Chairman of the Progressive Party.”
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