Supreme Court challenge fails to unseat Ilves
Oct 04, 2006
By Joel Alas

DEEP IN THOUGHT: In keeping with his outspoken personality, Savisaar lambasted the National Electoral Committee last week, saying that it had been "corrupted."
TALLINN - A Supreme Court challenge to Estonia's recent elections has failed to unseat the nation's president-elect, Toomas Hendrik Ilves, despite the court's finding that at least one electoral college member was wrongly allowed to cast his vote.
The news spurred Edgar Savisaar, controversial leader of the Center Party, to declare the election illegitimate. "I guess Toomas Hendrik Ilves is bound to feel quite bitter today," Savisaar said on Sept. 29. "He is bound to realize that the chair he ...
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