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President of the Riigikogu, Henn Põlluaas (EKRE) and Vice-President Helir-Valdor Seeder (Isamaa) say don't 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 meetings. The head of the Constitutional Committee, Anti Poolamets (EKRE), set a time limit of five m...

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 Riigikogu's 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 wrote in a letter to ERR about the fiery arguments in Riigikogu about the planned referendum on the ...

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 proposal. For example, in the case of 99 proposals, this would mean 3,3 seconds per proposal. Jõk...

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 party's 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 evening that the bill could go ahead for its second reading without all the amendments being discusse...

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.