This kind of game allows her to pop up as a candidate at the last minute and, assuming the votes are indeed secured, walk straight in through the back door of Kadriorg. As I said, all of this is very poor form and flagrantly at odds with the basic principles of democracy," the EKRE chair added.
Expressing concerns about Madise's candidacy tactics.
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Public debate in Estonia no longer centers the Estonian Cause; rather, it is something people are ashamed of.
The chancellor of justice is playing a game in which she acts as though she is not a candidate, thereby avoiding the debate and heightened media and public scrutiny that should be a matter of course for someone seeking high office.
Support for the coalition parties has for some time been languishing at around a dozen percent, which is unprecedented in Estonia's history and abnormal in a democratic system.
I continue to urge people to support Estonia's only official presidential candidate, Mart Helme," he concluded.
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