The Center Party reelected incumbent Jüri Ratas as party chairman at the 19th party congress held in Tartu on Saturday, defeating challenger and Tartu chapter chair Jaan Toots 470 votes to 201.
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The coalition agreement of the Reform Party, Isamaa and the Social Democratic Party (SDE) aims to prohibit citizens of Russia and Belarus from owning guns in Estonia. Incoming interior minister Lauri Läänemets said the change will take months to implement and that repealing the weapons permits of other unfriendly people should also be considered.
The process in appointing a new head of the Internal Security Service (ISS) will be further delayed, while coalition negotiations are ongoing, Center Party MP Jaanus Karilaid says.
The Board of the Riigikogu on Tuesday decided to convene an additional sitting of the Riigikogu on Thursday, June 16, where a motion of no confidence submitted against Minister of Education and Research Liina Kersna (Reform) will be put up to a vote.