Political parties that make up the government will be realizing the will of their voters. However, policy should be executed by those who made the promises and not those brought in under the aegis of fresh air and new ideas, Indrek Kiisler writes.
Imagine that you have picked out a play you want to go and see at the Drama Theater, you buy the tickets and sit down in the theater in anticipation of seeing Mait Malmstein, Guido Kangur and Ülle Kaljuste. You are excited as you are about to witness a performance by brilliant professional actors. And then, three minutes past seven, theater director Rein Oja comes on stage and says that there have been some last minute changes to the cast. As the curtain opens, the theater s hardworking lighting technician and enchanting cafe manager come on instead.
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On Wednesday, January 13, Estonia s Prime Minister Jüri Ratas resigned from his position, triggering the resignation of the whole government. ERR News outlines what will happen next.
At the moment, this article is a summary of ERR and ERR News coverage on January 12 and 13. Update :
A progress report and additional media coverage from January 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 25 and 26 have been added to the bottom of the article. Postimees English coverage has been added.
This article will no longer be updated.
What happened?
At around 3 a.m. on Wednesday morning, Prime Minister Jüri Ratas (Center) announced he would resign from the post of prime minister of Estonia after corruption allegations related to a â¬39-million loan to the Porto Franco real estate development in Tallinn were made public the day before.
Finance minister and Conservative People s Party of Estonia (EKRE) leader Martin Helme said on Tuesday that his party has never received money or any other rewards, following corruption allegations made surrounding a loan to a major Tallinn real estate development.
However, Helme has suspended his adviser at the ministry, Kersti Kracht, who is subject to a secret services investigation into suspected corruption.
Helme said: Both personally and as a leader of a political party, I ve always had zero tolerance for corruption. Such serious accusations naturally cause great concern and dismay for me.
Kracht is under suspicion from the Internal Security Service (ISS, also known as the KaPo) of influence peddling in the granting of a controversial €39-million loan to a Tallinn real estate development by state credit agency KredEx.
ERR News looks back at 2020 which was, if nothing else, an eventful year.
As no one needs reminding, 2020 was dominated by the coronavirus pandemic and its knock-on effects on everyday life and the economy, several EKRE-led scandals and the upcoming marriage referendum.
But other, more positive events also occurred, such as Estonia taking up its first non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council.
The ERR News team has looked back over the top stories of 2020.
January
The year started with Estonia formally commencing its two-year stint as a non-permanent member on the UN Security Council (UNSC).
Estonia had been awarded the post in June the previous year, and joined Niger, Tunisia, Vietnam and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines as non-permanent members for 2020-2021.
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