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While there may have been a violation of the law in Finance Minister Keit Pentus-Rosimannus' (Reform) nomination to the European Court of Auditors (ECA), the processes' legal correctness can only be verified by initiating criminal proceedings, writes Professor Jaan Ginter, legal scholar at the University of Tartu. ....
A spokesperson for the prosecutor's office was unable to say one way or another whether Finance Minister Keit Pentus-Rosuimannus had infringed legislation in being nominated Estonia's next representative at the European Court of Auditors (ECA), though outlined the definition of infringements in general terms. ....
Since there is scant empirical evidence on the nomination process of Finance Minister Keit Pentus-Rosimannus (Reform) as Estonia's next representative at the European Court of Auditors (ECA), such a process should be made more transparent, the Pentus-Rosimannus' cabinet colleague, Justice Minister Lea Danilson-Järg (Isamaa) says. ....
Key to a current controversy on the nomination of Minister of Finance Keit Pentus-Rosimannus to the poast of Estonia's representative to the European Court of Auditors (ECA) is the extent to which the minister was involved in that nomination process, a former state prosecutor says. ....
The nomination of Minister of Finance Keit Pentus-Rosimannus (Reform) as Estonia's representative at the European Court of Auditors (ECA) was procedurally legitimate, while its political aspects are for the politicians, State Secretary Taimar Peterkop says. ....