The prosecutor's office is not persecuting the Conservative People's Party of Estonia (EKRE), its members or supporters, Prosecutor General Andres Parmas says, and claiming that it is doing so is tantamount to political forces in Estonia undermining the process of justice.
Viru County Court on Friday acquitted Marti Kuusik, former Estonian minister of foreign trade and information technology, on domestic violence charges.
0 >President Kersti Kaljulaid vacated the Riigikogu chamber when it was Marti Kuusik s turn to take the oath of office. Source: Anna Aurelia Minev/ERR
President Kersti Kaljulaid has made a public apology to a former Conservative People s Party of Estonia (EKRE) minister whose April 2019 Riigikogu inauguration she snubbed. The minister, Marti Kuusik, was facing media allegations of domestic violence at the time, and held office for just two days as a result of the reports. A first-tier court acquitted Kuusik of the domestic violence charges Friday. The spring before last, I vacated the Riigikogu s hall when Marti Kuusik came to take the oath of office, The president wrote on her social media account Friday.