Follow RT on Jonny Tickle The Estonian prime minister has slammed suggestions from opposition MPs that a referendum should be held over the Baltic state s accession to Russia. The idea was proposed as a protest against a law prohibiting same-sex marriage.
Writing on Facebook, centrist Prime Minister Juri Ratas explained that the country s constitution states
“Estonia is an independent and sovereign democratic republic,” and condemned the proposal from center-left Reform Party MPs Urmas Kruuse, Ants Laaneots and Juri Jaanson.
Ratas statement follows a joke suggestion for a referendum question from the opposition: ‘Would it be better to live in the Republic of Estonia if the country was part of Russia?’
Estonian president to meet with party leaders next week to discuss political situation 2021-01-10
Photo: Arno Mikkor
TALLINN – The Estonian president will meet with the leaders of all parliamentary parties and parliamentary groups of the Riigikogu next week to discuss the political situation and the cooperation capacity of political parties.
According to the head of state, the Riigikogu must be able to show the people its ability and will to work together, and both the coalition and the opposition must be able to exercise their rights arising from law, spokespeople for the president said. In democracy, the right of the majority to pursue its political agenda and the right of the opposition to have a say and be heard are equally important. Democracy means, first and foremost, the responsibility of the majority towards the minority. But the developments in the recent days in the Riigikogu show that, above all, political parties need to look for the ability and will to cooper