The Riigikogu appointed its representatives to four supervisory boards

At the beginning of the sitting, points of order were raised, and 19 interpellations and three Bills and draft Resolutions were submitted. Chair of the sitting Toomas Kivimägi stopped the raising of points or order. He said in justification that that was the right of the chair of the sitting. Thereafter he allowed half an hour for delivering Bills and draft Resolutions and interpellations. “When stopping the raising of points of order as well as stopping the delivery of Bills and draft Resolutions and interpellations, we are not using our own discretion. Our consideration is to ensure order at the sitting of the Riigikogu so that the Riigikogu would be able to do its work and would be able to adopt laws and Resolutions which is our main job,” he explained.

Thereafter the chair declared a 50-minute recess for a sitting of the Board of the Riigikogu. At the meeting, the Board discussed whether to stop the delivery of Bills and draft Resolutions and interpellations at today’s sitting. President of the Riigikogu Lauri Hussar and Vice-President Kivimägi moved to stop the delivery of Bills and draft Resolutions and interpellations. However, since the third member of the Board Jüri Ratas did not agree to that, the motion was put to a vote at the plenary sitting. 55 members of the Riigikogu voted in favour of the motion.

In Kivimäe’s words, the Board discussed the possibility of restricting the time-limit for delivering Bills and draft Resolutions and interpellations in the future as well but as no consensus was reached, the Board made no decision to that effect today.

The Riigikogu passed four Resolutions

At today’s sitting, the Riigikogu passed the Resolution of the Riigikogu “Appointment of Members of the Supervisory Board of the Bank of Estonia Who Are Members of the Riigikogu” (25 OE), submitted by the Finance Committee, which appointed members of the Supervisory Board of Eesti Pank (Bank of Estonia) who are members of the Riigikogu. Anti Allas from the Social Democratic Party Group, Jaanus Karilaid from the Centre Party Group, Aivar Kokk from Isamaa Parliamentary Group, Andres Sutt from the Reform Party Group, Jaak Valge from the Conservative People’s Party Group, and Igor Taro from Estonia 200 Parliamentary Group were appointed as members of the Supervisory Board of Eesti Pank (Bank of Estonia).

The Supervisory Board of the Bank of Estonia consists of a Chairman, representatives of the parliamentary groups of the Riigikogu and specialists of the field. The principle to govern the forming of the Supervisory Board is that each parliamentary group of the Riigikogu nominates one of its members and the Chairman of the Board nominates four specialists of the field.

74 members of the Riigikogu were in favour of passing the Resolution.

The Riigikogu passed the Resolution of the Riigikogu “Appointment of Members of the Supervisory Board of the Guarantee Fund” (26 OE), submitted by the Finance Committee. Members of the Riigikogu Aivar Sõerd from the Estonian Reform Party Group and Martin Helme from the Estonian Conservative People’s Party Group were appointed as members of the Supervisory Board of the Guarantee Fund. The Supervisory Board of the Guarantee Fund has a total of nine members.

65 members of the Riigikogu were in favour of passing the Resolution.

The Riigikogu passed the Resolution of the Riigikogu “Appointment of Members of the Supervisory Board of the National Opera Who Are Members of the Riigikogu” (92 OE), submitted by the Cultural Affairs Committee. Members of the Riigikogu Ester Karuse from the Estonian Centre Party Group, Signe Kivi from the Estonian Reform Party Group and Kadri Tali from Estonia 200 Parliamentary Group were appointed as members of the Supervisory Board of the National Opera. The supervisory board of the national opera is composed of eleven members.

68 members of the Riigikogu were in favour of passing the Resolution.

The Riigikogu also passed the Resolution of the Riigikogu “Appointment of Members of the Supervisory Board of the National Library of Estonia Who Are Members of the Riigikogu” (93 OE), submitted by the Cultural Affairs Committee. Helmen Kütt from the Social Democratic Party Group, Anti Poolamets from the Estonian Conservative People’s Party Group and Vilja Toomast from the Estonian Reform Party Parliamentary Group were appointed as members of the Supervisory Board of the National Library of Estonia. The Supervisory Board includes seven people in total.

69 members of the Riigikogu were in favour of passing the Resolution.

Verbatim record of the sitting (in Estonian)

The video recording of the sitting will be available to watch later on the Riigikogu YouTube channel. (Please note that the recording will be uploaded with a delay.)

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Source: Parliament of Estonia