Government Collapses Amid Row Over Healer
From Times Wire Reports
Greenland’s government collapsed amid political bickering set off by a top official’s use of an Inuit healer to cleanse government offices of evil spirits.
Premier Hans Enoksen, head of the social democratic Siumut party, booted the left-wing Inuit Ataqatigitt party from his coalition Tuesday, leaving the island of 56,000 without a government.
A Siumut official’s hiring of the healer upset Inuit Ataqatigitt and brought tension over other issues to a boiling point.
Sign up for Essential California
The most important California stories and recommendations in your inbox every morning.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.
