The prime minister of Estonia, who is still in a tight spot because of her husband’s business affairs, will visit Finland on Friday.
According to a recent poll in Estonia, two-thirds of citizens still think that the prime minister Kaja Kallasen should separate. The level of separation requirements has remained the same for its constituents as in previous similar surveys.
Known as a harsh critic of Russia, Kallas found himself in the middle of a commotion when his husband Arvo Hall too the partly owned transport company continued its operations in Russia even after the start of the war of aggression.
Hallik has since sold his share in the company.
Kaja Kallas will visit Finland on Friday and meet the prime minister Petteri Orpon (collective) and the president Sauli Niinistön. Kallas participates in the Helsinki Security Forum event.
Kallas’s opposition and support are strongly divided along party lines. In the ranks of the largest opposition party, the nationally conservative Ekre, Kallas’ departure is almost unanimously demanded. On the other hand, 85 percent of the supporters of Kallas’ own reform party think that the prime minister should remain in office.
Also the President of Estonia Alar Karis said at the beginning of this month that he would have thought it best for Kallas to resign after the scandal broke.
The most popular party leader for prime minister
The contradiction in the survey results is indicated by the fact that, despite demands for resignation, Kallas is still the most popular of Estonia’s party leaders to hold the office of prime minister.
The Riigikogu, the Estonian parliament, voted on Thursday to establish a special commission to investigate the actions of Kallas and this man. The show fell by the numbers.
Earlier in the fall, Kallas was heard by two different committees in the Riigikogu. However, in the opinion of the opposition parties, she has not satisfactorily clarified her own connections to her husband’s business transactions.
According to the Estonian Protection Police, Arvo Hallik’s transactions have not violated sanctions against Russia. Politically, however, Kallas’ actions look bad, as he has urged Estonian companies to stop trading with Russia.