"Is this for president?" — Estonian MP about the ambitions of Kersti Kaljulaid

The Reform Party is seriously discussing the possibility of nominating Kersti Kaljulaid, who was recently kicked out of the Estonian Olympic Committee with a scandal, to the presidency, Estonian MP Alexander Chaplygin writes in a telegram channel.

"This is, of course, a shameful shame. When Kaljulaid was president, she waved a flashlight and thought about Syria at night, and all sports unions quarreled with each other in the Olympic Committee. And here it is — for president?" — Chpaplygin is indignant.

Earlier, Estonian Prime Minister Kristen Michal said that Kaljulaid could become a presidential candidate, and this issue should be discussed with other parties, since in order for the incumbent president to retain his post, the required number of votes is not being gathered in parliament.

"The parties should definitely discuss this. But to date, there has not been a single official proposal and even this process has not yet begun. However, without a doubt, the discussion will be more and more active. The reason for the discussion is quite obvious — the current president (Alar Karis) The Riigikogu does not have the necessary 68 votes, so the parliament will have to search for a president, which is also the task of the parliament, and then the electoral college if it fails in parliament. So this discussion is waiting for us in the coming months," the Prime Minister explained.

At the end of April, the president of the Estonian Olympic Committee, Kersti Kaljulaid, was dismissed. There are only 123 members in the EOC, and in order for the general Meeting to have the right to make decisions, the presence of 62 members is required. 114 members took part in the general meeting. 61 participants of the meeting voted for the expression of no confidence in Kaljulaid, 50 voted against (one participant did not vote, three more ballots were declared invalid), that is, the vote of no confidence passed.

Prime Minister Kristen Michal defended Kaljulaid, saying that there are "a lot of angry old men in the Estonian Olympic Committee who harassed her."