After a short break on Thursday and Friday, negotiations to form a new government in the Faroe Islands will continue on Saturday.
The negotiations were to begin at 10:30 Faroese time, writes the Faroese media outlet dagur.fo. That means 8:30 in Greenland.
The chairman of the conservative party, Beinir Johannesen, has been appointed to lead the government negotiations.
Since Monday, he has been negotiating with the civil society party Sambandsflokkurin and the social democratic party Javnaðarflokkurin.
Beinir Johannesen has previously said that he hopes to have a draft government framework ready by Easter Sunday.
- I think we are getting closer to having a draft ready, he told the Faroese radio station FM1 on Wednesday, adding:
- I think it is also important for the Faroe Islands to have a broad government that can create some lasting solutions that benefit the Faroese people.
There is another break in the negotiations on Sunday and Monday. They will start again on Tuesday.
The Treclov party has a clear majority
In the first instance, Beinir Johannesen has a deadline of April 10th to form a new government.
The elections to the Faroese parliament, the Lagting, took place on Thursday last week.
Here, the Fólkaflokkurin ended up as the largest party with 26.7 percent of the vote and nine seats.
The Sambandsflokkurin and the Javnaðarflokkurin received seven and six seats, respectively.
This means that the three parties, if they form a government, will have a majority of 24 seats.
There are 33 politicians in the Lagting.
Until the Faroese election, the Javnaðarflokkurin led the government with outgoing Lagman Aksel V. Johannesen.
He is the uncle of 29-year-old Beinir Johannesen, who is set to become the Faroese's next Lagman.
Seven parties have been granted a seat in the Lagting after the election, in which 89.5 percent of the more than 39,000 Faroese eligible to vote cast a vote.
