Estonian government faces vote of no confidence

Feb 10, 2009
TBT Staff Tallinn

TALLINN- There has been speculation that the proposal for the Estonian government’s budget cut will have to be accompanied with a vote of confidence when it went before parliament.

On Feb. 10 Silver Pukk, the Reform Party (one of the three coalition parties) PR agent told The Baltic Times that “The possibility that you are referring to is no longer a possibility but will most probably happen next Friday, 20 Feb in Riigikogu. The budget cuts will most probably be presented with a confidence vote.  The Reform Party supports this idea.”

What this means for the ruling coalition is that if the proposed package of budget cuts is not passed, the government may have to step down.

Because of across the board positive projections for the bill, Pukk believes that the bill will be able to be passed.

“The bill would be passed, we are more than sure, because there is political consensus on the coalition side for it.”

It has been confirmed that there will be a vote of no confidence, which will occur on Feb. 20.

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