
Riigikogu komisjonid valisid uued juhid
Riigikogu Committees Elected New Leaders
Kultuurikomisjon ja õiguskomisjon valisid uued esimehed.
The Cultural Affairs Committee and the Legal Affairs Committee elected new chairpersons.
On Tuesday, the Riigikogu Cultural Affairs Committee and the Legal Affairs Committee elected new leaders. The new chairperson of the Cultural Affairs Committee is Liina Kersna (RE). The new chairperson of the Legal Affairs Committee is Madis Timpson (RE).
Tõnis Lukas (Isamaa) will continue as deputy chairperson of the Cultural Affairs Committee. Anastassia Kovalenko-Kõlvart (KE) will continue as deputy chairperson of the Legal Affairs Committee.
Extraordinary leadership elections were necessary because there were changes in the government. The Cultural Affairs Committee needed a new chairperson because Heljo Pikhof (SDE) resigned. Pikhof will now move to the Legal Affairs Committee.
The Legal Affairs Committee needed a new chairperson because deputy chairperson Anastassia Kovalenko-Kõlvart (KE) resigned. According to the Riigikogu laws, the chairperson and deputy chairperson of the committee are elected at the same time.
The Riigikogu Board decided that Riina Sikkut (SDE) will become a member of the anti-corruption special committee. Madis Kallas (SDE) will move from the Legal Affairs Committee to the Cultural Affairs Committee.