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TALLINN - The constitutional committee of the Estonian parliament discussed on Thursday two collective appeals submitted to the Riigikogu, one o...

The Board of the Riigikogu on Tuesday decided to convene an additional sitting of the Riigikogu on Thursday, June 16, where a motion of no confidence submitted against Minister of Education and Research Liina Kersna (Reform) will be put up to a vote.

The ruling Reform-Center government coalition does not intend to make any changes to the amendments to the Aliens Act recently vetoed by President Alar Karis, and intends to pass them as-is, Prime Minister Kaja Kallas (Reform) said. Center MP Tõnis Mölder confirmed the same.

Riigikogu speaker and former prime minister Jüri Ratas (Center) wrote a letter to Prime Minister Kaja Kallas (Reform), in which he called Kallas to tell ministers to participate in Riigikogu committee meetings, since they often send other officials to take part for them.

Although Center Party and Reform Party are negotiating to form a government and will soon distribute influential political positions, they will not be able to step into the position of President of the Riigikogu until at least March 22. The Riigikogu Rules of Procedure and Internal Rules Act says that the elections of the roles of Riigikogu president and vice-presidents will take place in the final sitting of the Riigikogus full week prior to one year passing from last elections. The President ...

President of the Riigikogu, Henn Põlluaas (EKRE) and Vice-President Helir-Valdor Seeder (Isamaa) say dont find that the Riigikogu Rules of Procedure and Internal Rules Act was breached during the Constitutional Committee meetings held last week, where the amendments for the marriage referendum bill were discussed. They add that binding thousands of amendment proposals into one proposal is lawful. Opposition members have submitted over ten protests to the Board of the Riigikogu regarding the me...

Prime Minister Jüri Ratas (Center) said both the coalition and its opposition have an equal right to defend their politics in parliament. "I sincerely believe that all parties must retain balance and respect in a situation such as this. On one side, the weight of the Riigikogus majority is on one scale, along with an opportunity to pass their policies and the opposition sits on the otherside with the right to stop it by using parliamentary options," the prime minister and Center Party leader w...

Former Chancellor of Justice Allar Jõks believes the situation which has emerged in the Riigikogu due to the marriage referendum should be solved with a political agreement. In his words, it would ensure the credibility of the parliament. The Committee of Constitutional Affairs decided on Wednesday (January 6) that the 9,400 amendment bills submitted for the marriage referendum would not be discussed and instead every person who submitted an amendment was given five minutes to explain their ...

Chair of the Reform Party Kaja Kallas said that during the extraordinary meeting of the Committee of Constitutional Affairs on the marriage referendum bill, the right to ask questions and debate have been taken away from the members of Riigikogu. Kallas added that her partys MPs will submit a protest on the matter to the Board of the Riigikogu. The opposition made 9,400 amendment proposal to the marriage referendum bill, but the chairman of the committee Anti Poolaments (EKRE) said Wednesday ev...

The Riigikogu constitutional affairs committee decided on Wednesday that the 9,400 amendments to the marriage referendum bill will not be discussed in full. While the Rules of Procedure and Internal Rules Act allows for each proposal to be presented, the committee decided to allow for five minutes each for presenters instead.