Estonian PM may step down

  • 2009-05-25
  • By TBT staff

TALLINN- Prime Ministerof Estonia Andrus Ansip has said that he will resign should a new government coalition beformed.

According to dailyAripaev, Ansip commented on a statement by President Toomas Ilves regarding thepolicy that a Prime Minister who forms a new coalition should resign. However,Ansip stated that nothing is for certain at the moment.

 

Ansip also stated that if the Reform Party and Pro Patria-Res Publica Union (IRL) reach an agreementwith the People's Union over setting up a new coalition, he would resign.

"There is no guarantee that there will be a new coalition.Therefore, it could be that we will become a minority government. This meansthat there will not be effectively a new government and a new coalition," saidAnsip.