Reykjavik, Iceland Today at 11:00 GMT, the Icelandic Parliament voted on the Icesave deal. 62 Members of Parliament took part in the vote. The end result is that they have approved the Icesave deal. Some parliament members decided to voice their reason behind their vote before they initiated their vote. The following is a list of which members of parliament voted and how they voted.
Yes (to approve the deal)
Atli Gíslason
Álfheiður Ingadóttir
Árni Páll Árnason
Árni Þór Sigurðsson
Ásmundur Einar Daðason
Ásta R. Jóhannesdóttir
Bjarkey Gunnarsdóttir
Björgvin G. Sigurðsson
Björn Valur Gíslason
Guðbjartur Hannesson
Guðfríður Lilja Grétarsdóttir
Helgi Hjörvar
Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir
Jón Bjarnason
Jónína Rós Guðmundsdóttir
Katrín Jakobsdóttir
Katrín Júlíusdóttir
Kristján L. Möller
Lilja Rafney Magnúsdóttir
Lilja Mósesdóttir
Magnús Orri Schram
Oddný G. Harðardóttir
Ólína Þorvarðardóttir
Róbert Marshall
Sigmundur Ernir Rúnarsson
Sigríður Ingibjörg Ingadóttir
Skúli Helgason
Steingrímur J. Sigfússon
Steinunn Valdís Óskarsdóttir
Svandís Svavarsdóttir
Valgerður Bjarnadóttir
Þórunn Sveinbjarnardóttir
Ögmundur Jónasson
Össur Skarphéðinsson
No (against the deal)
Árni Johnsen
Birgir Ármannsson
Birgitta Jónsdóttir
Birkir Jón Jónsson
Eygló Harðardóttir
Guðmundur Steingrímsson
Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson
Höskuldur Þórhallsson
Margrét Tryggvadóttir
Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson
Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson
Siv Friðleifsdóttir
Vigdís Hauksdóttir
Þráinn Bertelsson
Didn’t vote
Ásbjörn Óttarsson
Bjarni Benediktsson
Einar K. Guðfinnsson
Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson
Jón Gunnarsson
Kristján Þór Júlíusson
Ólöf Nordal
Pétur H. Blöndal
Ragnheiður E. Árnadóttir
Ragnheiður Ríkharðsdóttir
Tryggvi Þór Herbertsson
Unnur Brá Konráðsdóttir
Þorgerður K. Gunnarsdóttir
Þór Saari
Absent
Illugi Gunnarsson
Not exactly clear to me why those elected members of parliament did not vote. Is it because they did not know what the people in their district wanted? Is it because they had no personal feelings on the matter? Is it because they feel they deserve to receive a paycheck and then do nothing to earn it?
Not that either a positive or negative vote would have mattered, but elected officials should at least pretend to do their jobs. Apathy should not be condoned in members of parliament. Those that could not be bothered to vote need to resign their seats and let active members step in.
I’m just saying.
As a Dutch national it shames me to see how Dutch individual greed and money hunger combined with a total ignorance of international structures and finance, has been bundled by some of Hollands most perverse politicians in order to use it as a tool for blackmailing Iceland into paying for Dutch peoples lack of understanding and non existent self-reliance.
I sincerely hope that Iceland’s president does not sign the agreement and that
my comment as a global citizen is published and passed on to as many as possible.
Giving in to blackmail by other nations politicians has been done before with disastrous consequences. Iceland should not cave-in to this kind of state sanctioned terrorism.
With kindest regards,
Fried-Jan Unger
P/a Artilleriepark 30
6814JZ
Arnhem
The Netherlands