Inspired by Iceland
Posted by Max Naylor on Sunday, July 25, 2010
Five cabinet ministers sitting on the committee set up to deal with the sale of natural resources to Canadian company Magma Energy will meet tomorrow morning, along with the party chairmen and vice party chairmen from the Left Green Party and Social Democratic Alliance. Party representatives from the Industry Committee are also expected to attend. The meeting will take place at the office of the prime minister at midday.

The five cabinet ministers that will be in attendance tomorrow are PM Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, finance minister Steingrímur J. Sigfússon, environment minister Svandís Svavarsdóttir, industry minister Katrín Júlíusdóttir and economy and trade minister Gylfi Magnússon.

Others who have been called to the meeting are Guðfríður Lilja Grétarsdóttir, party chairwoman for the Left Greens, minister representing the Left Greens on the Industry Commitee Atli Gíslason, head of the Industry Committee and vice party chairman for the Social Democratic Alliance Skúli Helgason, and vice party chairwoman for the Social Democrats Þórunn Sveinbjarnardóttir.

Tomorrow’s discussions are expected to become heated. Both Guðfríður Lilja and Atli have stated that they cannot support a government who failed to prevent the sale of shares in HS Orka to Magma Energy. 

Skúli Helgason has expressed that he has doubts over the legality of the contract between HS Orka and the Reykjanesbær local authority regarding the right to use the energy sources and that the utilisation period specified should be halved.

Source: mbl.is
Image: Magma Energy Corp.

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