"The coverment are suppose to build up those law , but they cant put them on , why ?? becouse they are involved in this crisis , the politic people that is ."

but change is on its way from Iceland's new government .....


Norwegian-French magistrate Eva Joly, famous for her global fight against financial corruption, was hired as a consultant to Iceland's Ministry of Justice in March to assist on the investigation into the events leading up to Iceland's economic collapse.

It has emerged that the son of Iceland's Attorney General is one of two CEOs at Exista, which was one of the major stakeholders in Kaupthing Bank.
And all cases sent from Iceland's special banking collapse investigation committee for prosecution have to go through the Attorney General.

In a television interview in mid June, investigation advisor Eva Joly expressed her own growing displeasure at the progress of the investigations and her view that that the Attorney General must step down due to family connections which made him 'unfit for his position'

However shortly afterwards Attorney General Valtýr Sigurdsson announced that he was not planning to resign from his post.
Joly's demands are unclear and he doesn't see the purpose in complying with them, Sigurdsson stated.

The attorney general is appointed the office by the minister of justice with no term limit. He or she is not dependent upon anyone else in his or her work and the attorney general cannot be ordered to leave the post.

It is therefore Sigurdsson's own decision whether he steps down or not

He stated no meeting was planned with Minister of Justice Ragna Árnadóttir Minister because of Joly's request.

However, Árnadóttir has stated that she is planning to discuss this matter with Sigurdsson, hoping to find an acceptable solution.
"The attorney general is the highest-ranking official of the prosecution and he decides whether he is unfit or not. I cannot decide." she said

Prime Minister Jóhanna Sigurdardóttir said at parliament yesterday that she supports everything Joly has suggested.

"I also support what she says in regard to the disqualification of the attorney general and that has to be dealt with. The minister of justice is preparing a bill so that it can be dealt with as Eva Joly is requesting. I consider this a fundamental matter," Sigurdardóttir stated.

- Iceland Review online 12/06/2009