0 >Copy of the Estonian Constitution at a recent constitutional affairs committee sitting at the Riigikogu. Source: Siim Lõvi /ERR
While many of the over 9,000 proposed amendments to a bill which would give the go-ahead to a referendum on the definition of marriage have been intentionally humorous or even bizarre, one has been attacked, mostly via social media, as in poor taste by the prime minister, foreign minister and other government members, ETV news show Aktuaalne kaamera (AK) reported Saturday.
The amendment proposal, tabled by Reform MPs Urmas Kruuse, Ants Laaneots and Jüri Jaanson, posed the question: Would it be better to live in the Republic of Estonia, if the Republic of Estonia were a part of Russia?
0 >Lauri Läänemets (red tie) and Anti Poolamets (to Läänemets immediate left) at a constitutional committee meeting last week. Source: Siim Lõvi /ERR
Saturday sees a secret ballot to elect to the posts of chair and deputy chair of the Riigkogu s constitutional committee, following the resignation of deputy chair Lauri Läänemets (SDE) on Friday, in protest at curbs on MPs floor time in presenting amendment proposals to a bill which would allow a referendum on the definition of marriage to go ahead, ETV news show Aktuaalne kaamera (AK) reported Friday night.
The constitutional affairs committee is chaired by Anti Poolamets (EKRE), who Läänemets and other opposition MPs charged with obstructing the democratic process.