[halviti]

Yes, he was trying to retaliate against his own party for not supporting him. The president wasn't ready to approve the request without at least first talking to the leader of the other coalition party to see if they were in agreement.

http://www.visir.is/forseti-neitar-sigmundi-um-heimild-til-t...

And now it seems the former PM is accusing the president of lying..

http://www.visir.is/sigmundur-david-segir-forsetann-hafa-sag...

I'm pretty sure what happened is that he wanted the approval to dissolve the parliament, and then would then wave this authorization in the face of the other coalition party as a way to blackmail them for support.

[levemi]

It sounds like that Icelandic PM is a complete jerk who deserves everything that has happened to him. Obviously not putting the country first.