About 85 percent of Estonians support direct presidential elections, and most also want the president to have more real power, according to a survey by the Emor pollster last week. About 11 percent of eligible voters are against any such reform, and the rest have no certain position. Under current law the Estonian president is elected by Parliament.Under pressure from Prime Minister Juhan Parts, 10 out of 28 members of the Res Publica faction in Parliament gave up using their MP perks as compensation for their leasing cars. Parts also wrote he had asked the MPs three weeks ago to reconsider...
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