TEMPO.CO, Moskow - Edward Snowden might soon be saved as Icelandic lawmakers have put legislation on the table, hinting to make him a citizen of the polar country.
Ogmundur Jonasson, a member of Iceland's parliament, initially made the proposition this morning, the last day before the 63 members of the legislative body begin their summer leave. Granting Iceland citizenship to Snowden would circumvent the provision that states that he must be on Icelandic soil to apply for asylum.
The same tactic helped Bobby Fischer, an eccentric chess-master, get to Iceland from Japan in an attempt to escape United States' prosecution for breaking sanctions imposed on the former Yugoslavia. On Thursday, July 4, Jonasson argued to the parliament that Snowden "is now being pursued and has nowhere to go."
"I appeal to the oldest parliament in the world, the Althing in Iceland to grant a citizenship to Edward Joseph Snowden and grant him travel documents for safe passage to Reykjavik," Magnusson wrote in an appeal to the Parliament, according to RT News. "As matters have developed, I think that Icelanders should say 'This is enough': We support open society and human rights. It's a basic human right to grant this man asylum in Iceland."
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