Prime Minister Sipilä resigns
Published : 08 Mar 2019, 14:27
Updated : 08 Mar 2019, 21:08
Prime Minister Juha Sipilä submitted his Government’s request for resignation to the President of the Republic on Friday 8 March, said an official statement from the government.
President Niinistö approved the Prime Minister’s request for resignation and requested that the Government continue on a caretaker basis.
The president has asked the government to complete its term in office and serve as the caretaker government.
National broadcaster Yle quoted Center Party MP Arto Satonen as saying that the situation will not make much difference as the government's term in office was nearly over.
The parliamentary election is due in April.
Media reports said the government faltered after its major health reform virtually failed.
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