Andre Hanimägi, General secretary of the Central Party, member of the Riigikogu
You can be pretty sure that the prime minister will resign, just waiting for the right moment when it makes the most sense to do so, and then point the finger at others as the reason for the fall. Whether and how long it takes a politician to change his principles is undoubtedly a good thesis for future students in political science, psychology, and economics. The lighthouse that shone light over the Earth for Prime Minister Kaja Kallas has gone out, and from there only glowing ashes are flying towards those who are disappointed that the lighthouse did not have one and clear light, but several different ones, depending on the ship, the needs and the flag on its mast.
In the light of the Kallas scandal, one should remember a suitable quote that reads as follows: “However, he has shown with his actions that the prime minister’s chair is more important to him than any principle, value or promise given to the voters.” No, this is not about today’s prime minister. On the contrary, this is today’s Prime Minister’s sentence about the previous Prime Minister Jüri Ratas.
This was part of a larger attack in 2019, which included the sentence: “Looking at everything he has accomplished as prime minister, Jüri Ratas would sell Estonia as soon as possible if he could continue as prime minister, and I think that is not in the interests of Estonia.” ” These words have come back like a boomerang only four years later and straight into my head.
It is surprising that the Prime Minister did not even catch it. From the first interviews given by Kallas to “Akutaalsele kaameer”, I remembered the grumpy and denying politician and the well-known song saying “sometimes you have to stand for hours next to a celebrity or a copper wagon”.
It is not realistic for the scandal to die down
Despite the fact that the prime minister’s team already knew that such questions would come, the first interviews can be attributed to fright and defensive reflexes. But even later, the prime minister has taken it as his communication plan to briefly and bluntly put “numbness” with some concessions. Why?
The hope that the scandal will subside does not seem realistic. New knowledge and thus more questions have come in turn. In addition, the Riigikogu session is about to begin, where the opposition political parties have already expressed that work cannot continue normally under such a prime minister.
Politicians from the coalition parties have also expressed harsh words and thoughts about the (im)possibility of continuing as prime minister. Therefore, there can be no hope that the prime minister will get back on the track that suited him very well, and his closest team knows this for sure.
So why continue to target yourself and your party? The reason is probably communication: instead of resigning because of an accusation, you have to resign because of an unfair and incorrect attack by jackal politicians. “I am resigning because, despite the reasons and explanations given, the false attacks against me, my family and the political party continue” sounds much better for the future and the Prime Minister’s Wikipedia page than the sentence that “I am resigning because of my husband’s business activities and my words and actions do not match somehow got together”.
You can be pretty sure that the prime minister will resign, just waiting for the right moment when it makes the most sense to do so, and then point the finger at others as the reason for the fall. Since emotions are running high – we already saw it very vividly in the special committee -, such a tactic may have hope for at least some of the voters, and especially, of course, in the eyes of the voters of the Reform Party. So today we see a rescue operation that will soon culminate.
