Estonia's presidential candidates voiced contrasting opinions on direct presidential election during their debate at the annual opinion festival which started in the central Estonian town of Paide on Friday.
Only Eiki Nestor, presidential hopeful from the Social Democratic Party, backs the current process. He remarked that he is satisfied with the parliamentary system of government. Nestor believes that a president who makes decisions alone faces a higher probability of making errors than a 101-strong head of state, i.e. the parliament.
Siim Ka...
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