Row over child sexual abuse letter brings down Iceland’s government

‘Iceland will face its second snap election in a year after one of the three parties in its ruling coalition said it was quitting because of a “serious breach of trust” over the alleged cover-up of a scandal involving the prime minister’s father.
The Bright Future party said on its Facebook page that it had “decided to terminate cooperation with the government”, effectively bringing down Bjarni Benediktsson’s administration barely nine months after it was formed.
The prime minister told reporters: “We have lost the majority and I don’t see anything that indicates we can regain that … I am calling an election.” He added that he would prefer the vote to take place in November.
The walkout follows reports that Benediktsson’s Independence party tried to conceal a letter written by his father, Benedikt Sveinsson, to help a friend convicted of child sexual offences have his criminal record cleared.’
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