Estonia’s Justice Minister will resign following the rental scandal, Estonian state broadcaster ERR reported on March 16.
Estonian Justice Minister Kalle Laanet will resign following a corruption scandal involving the rental of an apartment to his stepson.
“To ensure legal clarity and industrial peace in government, I have decided today that I will not remain as Minister of Justice. Another reason for my resignation is that my loved ones, who did not deserve it, were subjected to public attacks.”Kalle Laanet told ERR.
It should be noted that, as Minister of Justice and previously Minister of Defense, Kalle Laanet rented an apartment in Tallinn to his stepson at the expense of the state. The State paid more than 12 thousand euros for the rent.
The head of the anti-corruption office of the Central Criminal Police, Aivara Seppa, said that the anti-corruption law states that an official is prohibited from making a decision or acting in relation to a person associated with him. The minister is an official, the son of the minister’s wife is a person subject to the anti-corruption law,
Let us remember that the Attorney General of Estonia, Andrés Parmas, accuses the Minister of Justice of interfering in the work of the prosecutor’s office and of pressuring him to force him to leave his position.
Source: Rossa Primavera
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