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At a sitting of the the state budget control select committee of the Estonian parliament on Tuesday, Auditor General Janar Holm said in light of the recent presidential office funding issue, that the budget of constitutional institutions should be transferred from the executive's jurisdiction to the parliament to avoid potential conflicts of interest.
Isamaa's opposition to the nomination of Finance Minister Keit Pentus-Rosimannus (Reform) to the European Court of Auditors (ECA) is petty, former prime minister and current MEP Andrus Ansip (Reform) says.
While there may have been a violation of the law in Finance Minister Keit Pentus-Rosimannus' (Reform) nomination to the European Court of Auditors (ECA), the processes' legal correctness can only be verified by initiating criminal proceedings, writes Professor Jaan Ginter, legal scholar at the University of Tartu.
A spokesperson for the prosecutor's office was unable to say one way or another whether Finance Minister Keit Pentus-Rosuimannus had infringed legislation in being nominated Estonia's next representative at the European Court of Auditors (ECA), though outlined the definition of infringements in general terms.