Six deputy MPs take up their seats

Six deputy MPs took up their seat in Parliament yesterday.

They are Heðin Zachariasen, mayor of Sunda Municipality, Annika Olsen, mayor of Tórshavn and Brandur Sandoy, mayor of Sandur, all representing Fólkaflokkurin (the People’s Party), Edva Jacobsen and Eyðdis Hartmann Niclasen, mayor of Vága Municipality, representing Sambandsflokkurin (the Union Party) and Tordur Niclasen, representing Miðflokkurin (the Central Party).

These six stand in for new ministers Jørgen Niclasen, Jacob Vestergaard, Elsebeth Mercedis Gunnleygsdóttir, Kaj Leo Holm Johannesen, Helgi Abrahamsen and Jenis av Rana.

Erhard Joensen last week took up a seat, deputising for Prime Minister Bárður á Steig Nielsen, and Steffan Klein Poulsen is deputising for Miðflokkurin’s Bill Justinussen, who is attending a United Nations meeting.

Jaspur Langgaard is standing in for Johan Dahl of Sambandsflokkinum, who is on leave.

Translated by prosa.fo