30 aastat tagasi, augustis 1991, taastas Eesti iseseisvuse ja algas sõit nagu Ameerika mägedel, et riiki ehitada. Turvavööd jäid mõnikord kinnitamata ja nii jõudsid avalikkuse ette mitmed poliitilised skandaalid. Eesti Päevalehe vanemtoimetaja Kärt Anvelt ja rahvusringhäälingu uudistejuht Anvar Samost on kõigisse neisse jätnud oma sõrmejäljed.
Kas poliitilised skandaalid on võimalikud ainult seal, kus on vaba ajakirjandus, seega demokraatlikus ühiskonnas, või on see liiga julge üldistus?
Samost: Viimased 30 aastat endise Nõukogude Liidu piirides näitavad, et kõikvõimalikke skandaale, eriti kunstlikult produtseeritud skandaale, toimub ka seal, kus väga palju vabast ajakirjandusest enam alles jäänud ei ole. Tihti on lihtsalt raske tabada seda hetke, millal vaba ajakirjandus kaob ja manipulatiivne meediaaparaat alles jääb.
Chairman of the Supreme Court, Villu Kõve, is supporting the candidacy of Heili Sepp, former prosecutor and current judge of the second-tier Tallinn Circuit Court as the new member of the Supreme Court s Criminal Collegium. Everything onward depends on a Riigikogu vote. She has strong opinions regarding judicial matters and a strong theoretical background, meaning she could enrich the Supreme Court s discussions, Kõve said.
A vacancy for the member of the Supreme Court is to open at the end of the year.
Sepp has a Science of Law degree from the University of Tartu and has worked in the field for 24 years. She is currently a judge of the Tallinn Circuit Court and was previously a judge of Viru County Court.
A convicted rapist who a prosecutor has described as 'very dangerous' and who worked as a Tallinn taxi driver, using that position to commit the 2019 offense, has been released on probation, investigative weekly Eesti Ekspress reports, after serving three months in prison, with the remainder of a two-year term to be served in suspended sentence as per the original court ruling.
A convicted rapist who a prosecutor has described as 'very dangerous' and who worked as a Tallinn taxi driver, using that position to commit the 2019 offense, has been released on probation, investigative weekly Eesti Ekspress reports, after serving three months in prison, with the remainder of a two-year term to be served in suspended sentence as per the original court ruling.