Exactly one week later, on Sunday, March 17, a procession and demonstration “No car tax” will take place in Tallinn, where one of the main authors of the tax, Minister of Finance Mart Võrklaeva, will be presented with an Audi 80. The car has arrived in Tallinn and can be seen in various districts of the capital during the week.
The joint procession to the demonstration will begin on March 17 at 11:30 a.m. from Vabaduse Square and culminate with a midday demonstration in front of the Super Ministry on Suur Amerika Street. The procession is led by an old Audi 80, which should now fall under the tax, which makes up a considerable part of the cost of the car. At the following demonstration in front of the super-ministry, speeches will be made and a joint demand will be made to abandon the car tax plan, the tax kite will be introduced and a human chain will be formed around the ministry. Boris Lehtlaan and Are Jaama keep up the anti-car tax mood and fighting spirit.
Mart Võrklaev has said about the car tax that by selling the 1992 Audi, you can buy a more economical car. The minister can now show a personal example of how it is possible to turn an Audi from the last century into a more economical vehicle. A 1989 Audi 80 cost 600 euros. The car tax for this car would be 50 euros, and the estimated registration fee for a similar car would be over 1,500 euros if the car tax is realized.
Chairman of the Center Party Mihail Kõlvart said that a year ago before the Riigikogu elections, none of the political parties talked about car tax or such tax increases. “At the public meeting, we will give a clear message to the government that the people have not given them a mandate to impose new high taxes or other tax increases. The introduction of the car tax and the increase in other taxes will hit rural areas, large families and all those whose daily independent livelihood depends on a means of transportation the hardest,” explained Kõlvart.
The chairman of the Center Party and the mayor of Tallinn added that the car tax comes at a time when the tax payer already has a big burden due to price increases and loan payments, and people’s livelihoods are getting worse. “Estonia is the country with the biggest price increase, and the new proposed car tax is one of the highest in Europe. 76 percent of Estonians do not support the car tax, but the government still thinks it can do what it wants,” said Kõlvart.
“Estonian people are getting poorer, but the Reform Party leading the government doesn’t seem to understand that,” added Kõlvart and called on everyone who is against the car tax to participate in the demonstration to finally make the voice of the people heard by the government. “Come and vote against the car tax!”
Everyone who wishes is invited to join the demonstration in front of the super ministry as well as the procession!
