With Estonia's Parliament scheduled on Aug. 28 to cast ballots for a new president, analysts and politicians have intensified their criticism of the nation's electoral system. There has been some public support for direct elections, while others have called for the abolition of the post altogether. But both options would present their own challenges and would not necessarily make the country or its political parties more cohesive, says Rein Toomla, a political science lecturer at Tartu University. Toomla, who is the author of several books, has been widely quoted in Estonia's media, and met...
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