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ANDRES KOLLIST: Calling the Centre Party’s Conduct Unconstitutional Is Misleading
Translated from Estonian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.
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- Centre Party lawmakers’ proposal not to participate in presidential elections has been labeled unconstitutional and an attack on parliamentary democracy.
- Andres Kollist, director of Tallinn University’s Academic Library and a Centre Party member, says such claims misuse the constitution and create confusion.
Calling the Centre Party’s proposal unconstitutional is misleading, writes Andres Kollist, director of Tallinn University’s Academic Library and a member of the party.
The proposal for the party’s members of the Riigikogu not to participate in presidential elections has been described as unconstitutional, hostile to the constitution and an attempt to dismantle parliamentary democracy.
Kollist argues that this kind of careless use of constitutional language only sows confusion.
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Originally published by Postimees in Estonian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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