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Protesters in London Demand Cameron's Resignation Over Offshore Tax Scheme

© AFP 2023 / Justin TallisBritish Prime Minister David Cameron turns to leave after making a statement to the media outside 10 Downing Street in London on February 20 , 2016.
British Prime Minister David Cameron turns to leave after making a statement to the media outside 10 Downing Street in London on February 20 , 2016. - Sputnik International
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Protesters have gathered in front of the UK Prime Minister David Cameron’s 10 Downing Street residence in London to call for his resignation, starting on Saturday.

The demonstration has been called as a consequence of Panama Papers leak, which involves Cameron's family and earnings. 

 

On Thursday night the prime minister admitted that he and his wife sold shares for more than £30,000 in a fund set up in Panama by his father, who passed away in 2010.  

​The protest will end only after he resigns, according to organisers.  

​On Sunday, Germany's Sueddeutsche Zeitung published alleged documents, obtained in a data leak by Panama firm Mossack Fonseca, that suggested that the prime minister's father Ian Cameron was a director of the offshore investment fund Blairmore Holdings, run from the Bahamas. 

Cameron's first reaction on Tuesday was to say he did not own any shares. However, he admitted on Thursday he had sold his share worth 30,000 pounds ($42,000 at the current exchange rates) in the Blairmore Holdings shortly before assuming the prime minister's office.

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