Almost a quarter of voters in Iceland have signed a petition against plans to repay money lost by foreigners when an Icelandic online bank collapsed. The petition urges the president to veto the bill that allows the move, and calls for a referendum on the issue.
The petition urges the president to veto the bill that allows the move, and calls for a referendum on the issue.
The compensation amounts to some 12,000 euros for each citizen on the island nation of 320,000.
According to Indefense at least three members of Althingi who are supporters of the government have put their names on the list urging the President not to sign. This is surprising, considering the fact that only two government supporters voted against the bill in Althingi. Among those who supported the bill was Ásmundur Dadi Einarsson, chairman of Heimssýn, the coalition against Iceland joining to European Union.
