"This was in accordance with the constitution, to hand in my resignation and then be asked to stay in office until a new government has been formed," Sigurdur Ingi Johannsson of the centrist Progressive Party, told a news conference in Reykjavik.
Kā premjers norādījis preses konferencē, kas tika translēta televīzijā, viņš atkāpjas saskaņā ar Islandes konstitūciju, kas valdības vadītājam ļauj palikt amatā līdz jauna kabineta izveidošanai.