Did not want to be for Parliament

The National Audit Office therefore refers to the fact that the Althingi in matters relating to Iceland Post, as the Employers’ Association has argued.

This is stated in a statement from the National Audit Office, but the occasion is news in Morgunblaðið on Monday 7 April. It was referred to the assignment signed by Olaf Stephensen, Managing Director of the Association of Employers.

Report Request Reviewed

Among other things, it was recalled that the Althingi sent a report to the National Audit Office, which specifically requested that the agency would state whether contributions to Iceland Post for the refreshment of universal service were calculated properly and how tariff changes had been made in connection with the same price throughout the country.

« It can be said that the National Audit Office has felt by all the essentials that were made in the Parliamentary Report request. It appears that the results of the National Audit Office’s preliminary examination are presented for the purpose of misleading Parliament in its efforts to oversee the treatment of public funds.

The National Audit Office rejects this.

Unreasonable accusations

« The National Audit Office rejects with all the unrelated motion of the Employers’ Association (FA) on disqualification regarding the affairs of Íslandsposten ohf.

According to the Morgunbladid newspaper on April 7, 2025, the Association of Employers has recently sent a speech to the Ministry of Information, where these statements are stated. The company has not sent a copy of the letter a copy of the letter and at no time has been in contact with the office because of these attractions. This is a repetitive material on the part of the company after the publication of the preliminary study without having in any way endeavored to justify its repeated hiding or explanations relating to the role or administration of the National Audit Office.

In accordance with the facts

Results of the National Audit Office’s initial examination of the implementation and supervision of the Post Service Act no. 98/2019 are clear and unprofitable. As stated in the results of the preliminary examination, many of the questions that emerged in the Parliament’s audit request did not apply to the statutory role and the National Audit Office’s work. For example, it is not the role of the office to interpret and clarify the law. At the same time, many questions were related to issues that had already been resolved by the required regulators, but the National Audit Office does not review those decisions. Nevertheless, the National Audit Office sought to answer the questions of Parliament entirely in accordance with the existing facts.

A serious matter to submit such accusations

It is serious to accuse the Auditor General of misleading the Althingi, but he is a confidant to law and responsible for the audit and oversight of the state’s operations and finances. By law, the Auditor General of the Auditor of Íslandspóstur ohf. Examination and review of the rights of operational information is the statutory role of the office and therefore does not create disqualification in its work. As the examples prove, it can certainly follow public operations that deal with the various views and business interests in the market. In the work of the National Audit Office, it is considered that criticism is most successful if it is objective and well -reasoned, ”says the National Audit Office’s response to the criticism of the Association of Employers.