The Riigikogu did not support the formation of a committee of investigation on online elections

The Riigikogu did not support the Draft Resolution of the Riigikogu “Formation of the Riigikogu committee of investigation to investigate the security of the process of online elections of the Riigikogu” (576 OE), submitted by the Centre Party Group. Its purpose was to form a committee of investigation consisting of representatives of all parliamentary groups that would analyse the risks related to and the legality of e-elections and, if necessary, make proposals on how to improve the process of online elections and to make it more secure. According to the initiators, the security of online elections is critical to safeguarding the fundamental principles of democracy.

 Varro Vooglaid from the Estonian Conservative People’s Party Group and Lauri Laats from the Estonian Centre Party Parliamentary Group took the floor as representatives of their parliamentary groups during the debate.

The Constitutional Committee moved to reject the draft Resolution at the first reading. 48 members of the Riigikogu voted in favour of the motion and 16 were against. The draft Resolution was dropped from the legislative proceedings.

Evelin Poolamets, Varro Vooglaid, Mart Helme, Aleksandr Tšaplõgin, Anastassia Kovalenko-Kõlvart, Lauri Laats and Vladimir Arhipov took the floor during the open microphone.

The sitting ended at 6.04 p.m.

Verbatim record of the sitting (in Estonian)

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Source: Parliament of Estonia