BREAKING
CENTRE PARTY COUNCIL VOTES BY 1 VOTE MARGIN (75-74) AGAINST HOLDING AN EXTRAORDINARY PARTY CONGRESS!!!
RATAS STAYS ON #Estonia#Eesti#Keskerakond
The spicy info:
On the first counting, the result was 74 against the extraordinary congress abd 75 for.
The recount, which is final, showed 75 AGAINST the congress and 74 for.
Anyway, would be fun if Centre party split (though don't count on that now).
Martin Helme, EKRE leader:
"We must protest the government both in Riigikogu [parliament] and on the streets!"
"The government of misery of liars must be prevented from their work of destruction!" #Estoniqa#EKRE#Helme
"Young families, especially families with children, have been declared a new group harmful to society, who can be mocked and ridiculed by the state authorities as well as any red liberal."
"Nobody voted for it. In fact, not even those who enthusiastically supported the liberal camp in order to prevent EKRE from coming to power. But at least they have a good, warm feeling that even though life is getting worse, at least the Ukrainian flag is everywhere in Estonia."
BREAKING
Centre leader Ratas proposes to hold an extraordinary party congress. err.ee/1608922397/rat…
Party council will decide whether to press ahead with it on 15th of April, but it is now basically a done deal, since it is Ratas's opponents wanted to have an extraordinary congress initially.
Ratas said that the party needs to pay more attention to the economy, education, environment and the youth, in addition to its traditional topics like social protection and healthcare.
Ratas said that the party leadership needs a clear mandate to move forward together.
Centre's Tallinn mayor Mihhail Kõlvart wants to have an extraordinary party congress.
Says the question of potential changes in leadership shouldn't be "over-dramatized".
Kõlvart claims Vasakpartei (United Left Party) candidates taking Centre's votes in Tallinn and Ida-Viru is a problem for the whole party, not just local russians speaking candidates.
Kõlvart refused to comment much on several vice-mayors and district heads elected to Riigikogu choosing to take up their seats, says only he already expected before the election that he might have to make changes in Tallinn's leadership.
BREAKING: PM KALLAS ASKS PRESIDENT TO DISMISS CENTRE PARTY MINISTERS, PROPOSES NEGOTIATIONS ON NEW GOVERNMENT TO ISAMAA AND SDE.
ESTONIA NOW HAS A MINORITY GOVERNMENT. err.ee/1608618844/kal…
Centre deputy chief Karilaid: Kallas has confirmed Reform's treasonous ways; the decision proves "parallel negotiations" between Reform, Isamaa and SDE have already taken place. err.ee/1608618871/kar…
Background info: Estonia has a government of centre-right Reform party and centre-left Centre party. The government has been in power since January 2020. Opposition consists of conservative Fatherland (Isamaa) party, right-wing EKRE party, and centre-left Social Democratic party.
The government had several major disagreements so far that mostly followed a familiar pattern: Centre demands some additional social spending, Reform refuses on the grounds of budgetary constraints, everybody speculates that the govmnt will fall...
It is 1.5 months till Estonian #LocalElections. Registration of candidates must be completed tomorrow (7th Sept). After that, there will be several days for corrections and withdrawals. Next week we will find out what the final electoral lists and candidate numbers are. #Eesti
Voter lists will be locked in on 17th of September. Voter registration is automatic in #Estonia and it means that anybody who is 16 y/o on election day and whose official address is registered in a given municipality on 17th of September, will be able to vote there.
As electoral system is proportionate with 5% threshold, it can be said that everybody's vote counts equally. Or can it?