While Center Party chairman Jüri Ratas rebutted any claims of him becoming the next President of Estonia four months ago, his "yes" or "no" has now become the key factor of parties even beginning to look for other candidates. Ratas has promised he will decide on running for president in May, ERR's Toomas Sildam writes.
In December of 2020, Jüri Ratas was on ETV+ and the prime minister at the time ruled out any possibility of him running for president in 2021. "It is absolutely not on my mind. I have not even thought about it. Fortune tellers can think about it. I am trying to do real things," Ratas responded to a question about him running in the next presidential elections.