The Independence Party’s deputy councilor is harshly criticized for a Facebook post which he later deleted and hinted that Mayor Dagur B. Eggertsson had opened fire on his family car. RÚV reports. The mayor, for his part, told reporters that he was “very disturbed” by the incident.
As reported, several shots were fired at the mayor’s car last week, although no one was in the car at the time and no one was injured. Police are actively investigating the case and monitoring the mayor’s home.
Ólafur ISK Guðmundsson, Sjálfstæðisflokkur’s deputy councilor for the Reykjavík City Council, resigned last night where he actually accused Dagur of the attack.
“Start with yourself,” Ólafur had posted on Facebook with a news item about the shooting. “This is a consequence of what was promised since the so-called collapse of 2008. Now the revolution has come home and you just have to take it, Mr. Mayor.”
The post was deleted but it was a screenshot by others and has attracted criticism from many, including MPs in Ólafur’s own party.
“These were mistakes, these were accidents,” Ólafur told reporters and said he was going to apologize to the mayor by phone. “It was last night, just before I went to bed. Of course, it is the nature of Facebook that one can make mistakes. I forgot and woke up in the morning to see the answer and deleted it. This was not right at all. “
Day said for his part Indicator that he is still in shock because of the case but that his family has shown great courage in the case. He also thanked the police for their response and the work they have done. At the same time, he expressed concern about the consequences of the attack.
“At the forefront of my mind is that the police can do their job and investigate,” he said. “But this is not my personal matter. I think we have to discuss the rhetoric, the harshness, the communication as an international development. The line is always in motion and that raises the question of when we as a society discuss this and say that this has gone far enough. “
Source: The Nordic Page