The Center Party will be cutting half a million euros from its budget in light of new suspicions of corruption, party chairman, outgoing PM Jüri Ratas said on Sunday. I had to present to the board a draft budget including appropriate and future-oriented cuts – saving of nearly half a million euros in all, Ratas said, describing figures that characterize the party s fiscal situation as thought-provoking. We need to go over a lot of expenses, make cuts and difficult staffing decisions, Ratas said in a speech given during a party council meeting on Sunday. Thank you desk officers, coordinators and bureau staff, he added. The effects of these decisions are wide-ranging, while we had no other choice, the Center chairman admitted.
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The board of the Center Party decided on Sunday to appoint the party s former PR chief and current Haabersti City District Mayor Andre Hanimägi its next secretary general in place of Mihhail Korb against whom official suspicions of corruption have been filed. Hanimägi knows how the party functions and its members and has contributed to the party s success in the last three years. He has proved himself to be a capable leader who can find solutions, communicate with members and the media and present and execute new ideas both as the party s PR chief and city district mayor, party chairman Jüri Ratas said.