Viljandi s urban management workers have covered a controversial monument to Estonian singer Jaak Joala. Enclosing the monument with a wooden box took about an hour.
Viljandi city government decided to temporarily cover the installation until additional negotiations with Joala s widow Maire take place.
Maire Joala says the monument, unveiled during the New Year holidays, infringes her rights as Jaak Joala s trademark s owner, and has submitted an injunction to remove the monument, or at least the aspects of Joala s likeness, name etc., by January 18. Otherwise, Maire Joala says she will go to court.
The monument, initiated by the non-profit organization Meie Viljandi s board member Harri Juhani Aaltonen (Isamaa), brought along controversial opinions from the town s residents and arts experts, also due to the manner in which it was finances as much as on aesthetic grounds. Nonetheless, the monument ended up one of the town s star attractions since it was opened.
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