The Riigikogu discussed the disbursement of the representation expenses of the Chancellor of Justice and the Prosecutor General

Under the current law, the Chancellor of Justice and the Prosecutor General are paid 20 per cent of their salary for representation expenses on a monthly basis.

The Bill on Amendments to the Chancellor of Justice Act and the Prosecutor’s Office Act (524 SE), initiated by the Estonian Conservative People’s Party Group, was intended to amend the Act so that representation expenses would be disbursed on the basis of submitted expense receipts and the procedure and bases for the disbursement of representation expenses would be established by the Anti-Corruption Select Committee of the Riigikogu.

During the debate, Mart Helme took the floor on behalf of the Estonian Conservative People’s Party Group.

The lead committee moved to reject the Bill at the first reading. 46 members of the Riigikogu supported the motion in the vote and 14 were against it. Thus the motion was supported. The Bill was rejected, and it was dropped from the proceedings.

Verbatim record of the sitting (in Estonian)

Video recording will be available to watch later on the Riigikogu YouTube channel.

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Source: Parliament of Estonia