Sylvi Listhaug,who was poised to lose confidence vote over terrorism comment, complains of ‘witch-hunt’The Norwegian justice minister, or Sylvi Listhaug,has resigned to avert a collapse of the country’s minority government after she caused uproar with comments accusing the opposition of being too lenient on terrorism suspects.
Listhaug had been poised to lose a vote of confidence in parliament on Tuesday over her Facebook postings that could beget toppled the government. Her decision to resign on Tuesday morning defused Norway’s worst political crisis in years.
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Source: guardian.co.uk