Chancellor of Justice Ülle Madise and Supreme Court Judge Ivo Pilving have both expressed reservations about a proposal from Minister of Justice Lea Danilson-Järg (Isamaa), of setting up a working party to investigate if constitutional supervision process could be improved.
Minister of Justice Lea Danilson-Järg (Isamaa) has proposed forming a working party involving experts and leading figures from the sphere of constitutional law, which would analyze current constitutional monitoring procedures and potentially issue proposals for their improvement.
Social Democratic Party (SDE) chair Indrek Saar says that the resignation of Jüri Ratas (Center) as prime minister, which in turn means the end of the current coalition, means those Center MPs opposed to a referendum on the definition of marriage can now vote against it more easily.
Appearing on ETV morning show Terevisioon Wednesday morning, Saar said: A common front we shared with the Reform Party in opposing a socially divisive referendum has been a good job well done. It is now clear that the referendum will not now be held in its current format. There are no longer 51 votes (the number required at the 101-seat Riigikogu for a majority – ed.) in favor of the bill. If the Center Party no longer has the motivation to hold on to the prime ministerial position at any cost, then not all their MPs will vote for [the bill] any more, he went on.
0 >The riigikogu sitting in December, where the marriage referendum bill passed its first reading. Source: Ken Mürk/ERR
A controversial bill on holding a referendum on the definition of marriage has been removed from Wednesday s Riigikogu agenda.
The bill had been due to be put before the chamber for its second reading. However, the resignation of Jüri Ratas (Center) as prime minister early on Wednesday means that the bill, presented jointly by the coalition of Center, the Conservative People s Party of Estonia (EKRE) and Isamaa, has become a moot point.
Coalition sources told ERR Wednesday morning that the bill had been removed from the Riigikogu timetable for Wednesday, something which finance minister Martin Helme (EKRE) confirmed was the case.