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13 The Reykjavík Grapevine
Issue 11— 2019
was correct, the person that the
case involved—a.k.a. the guy that
Helga Björg had reprimanded—
said repeatedly in his statements
for the court that she had bullied
him.
In an unprecedented move,
Helga Björg responded to these
allegations in an open letter on
the City’s webpage, demanding
that the presidium look into these
matters and establish an investiga-
tive committee to explore whether
or not she had been a bully. She
also said that the misstatements
of various councillors were serious
and hurtful.
I am no circus animal!
There wasn’t much subsequent
news about the case until a few
weeks ago when Helga Björg’s
attorney served Vigdís a 100-page
statement accusing the Centre
Party leader of bullying. Vigdís
was far from humble about the
statement and took to Facebook
to vent, writing, “Congratulations,
the inquisition of the City Hall has
begun. I am an elected official and
work in the mandate of my voters.
Someone is obsessed here. I am no
‘circus animal.’”
Later, Vigdís said in an inter-
view at RÚV
that she met
t h i s w om a n ,
Helga Björg, at
three meetings
in total. “The
fact that she is
accusing me of
bullying her is obviously absolutely
insane,” she said.
Vigdís then added that her
only crime was that of defending
the staff member who was repri-
manded. “And that is part of my
duty,” she added.
V i g d í s
also said that
s h e r e f u s e d
completely to
c o m p l y w i t h
the anti-bully-
ing committee.
“There is no legal ground for this.
If these people want to talk to me,
I suggest the courtroom.“
What if she says no?
It’s not clear what's going to
happen next. Kolbrún Baldurs-
dóttir, a council member for the
People's Party, and a psychiatrist
that used to specialise in bullying,
said that there was no way to force
Vigdís into the investigation.
In an interview with radio
station Bylgjan, she said, “You
can’t reprimand or fire an elected
official. Beside it’s not possible
to force people to participate in
an investigation like this if they
don’t want to participate in it. So
if one thinks that the individual
has done something wrong, the
only way is the courtroom.”
This is war
Vigdís’s reactions have been harsh
and she’s now on a warpath. Her
latest addition to the argument
was on Facebook, where she asked,
“How much will this circus cost
the taxpayers?” She repeated that
it was impossible for her to bully
a woman that she had barely met.
She then added: “This is a war of
officials against an electorate. If
they have something to say, they
can go to court.”
She then said that she is seri-
ously considering a libel case but
didn’t disclose against who or for
what exactly. It seems the odd
dispute of bullying in City Hall is
far from over, and might have just
begun.
“How much will
this circus cost
the taxpayers?“
Vigdís in a lighter moment