Iceland Seeks Political Retribution Law as Haarde Tried
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Iceland is using a criminal trial examining former Prime Minister Geir H. Haarde’s role in the island’s 2008 banking crisis as a platform to seek laws that will make it easier to prosecute politicians.
“There’s a need to review the whole legal framework,” Justice Minister Ogmundur Jonasson said yesterday in an interview in Reykjavik. “People must review the laws on ministerial responsibility in light of the experience and the discussions that have taken place in this particular case.”