Today, Inatsisartut was supposed to decide on changes in the time zone for the last time, but the point is postponed.
Should the time zone change to UTC-3 and must daylight saving time be abolished?
Inatsisartut had to decide today, when two points from Siumut and Naleraq had to be 3. dealt with.
But at the start of the meeting, the chairman of Inatsisartut, Kim Kielsen (non-executive), said that the Law Committee had asked that the item from Siumut be postponed to another day.
Therefore, they now only have to deal with Naleraq’s proposal.
However, it became clear during the second reading that the coalition consisting of IA, Atassut and Demokraatit supported an amendment to Siumut’s bill, which will mean that summer time will be abolished from 1 January 2027 and that the time zone will change in 2028.
But that they arranged for Naleraq’s proposal to be rejected. Thus, no final decision will be made about the determination of time today.
It is far from the first time that the decision on the determination of the time has been postponed. The items were 1st processed during the autumn session 2025, and since then the 2nd and 3rd processes have been pushed back several times.
S and N discuss
Only Naleraq’s Aki-Matilda Høegh-Dam and Pele Broberg and Erik Jensen from Siumut have asked for speaking time during the 3rd reading of Naleraq’s proposal.
They discuss the differences between the two proposals, which is that Naleraq requires the citizens of Qaanaaq, Tasiilaq and Ittoqqortoormiit to be consulted before making a decision to change the time in those areas.
Pele Broberg asks a question to Erik Jensen, in which he suggests that the parties must have changed their minds since the committee wanted to postpone Siumut’s proposal.
However, Erik Jensen says that the committee will postpone the 3rd reading because they want to investigate something further. Siumut has no intention of changing his position on the proposal.
Kuno Fencker (N) asks Pele Broberg about what many probably think: Why it is so difficult to make a decision about the determination of time.
– I have never experienced anything so difficult, he says.
Pele Broberg points out that since 2025 the points have been pushed many times and says:
– Now we are in 2026, and the committee has kept postponing it, saying it is far too soon.
Remarkably, no one from the coalition asked for the floor.
Seven members of Inatsisartut vote for and 18 vote against Naleraq’s proposal. It is therefore rejected.
