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Estonian Interior Minister Mart Helme has been sentenced after provoking another political crisis following controversial statements. The US presidential election was “rigged” and the winner, Democrat Joe Biden, is “corrupt,” according to Helme.
Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid. Stock Photography.
Prime Minister Jüri Ratas (Center Party) condemns the Interior Minister’s move, as well as similar statements by his son, Finance Minister Martin Helme.
Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid also condemns the statements.
“The verbal attacks against the newly elected US president by the Estonian Minister of Finance and the Minister of the Interior today are an attack on Estonian democracy and security,” he wrote in a statement.
Mart Helme has finished several times before in bad weather after controversial statements. Among other things, he has spoken of Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin in derogatory terms and has expressed that homosexuals can “go to Sweden”.
In a difficult situation after last year’s elections, the Center Party, Ekre and Fäderneslandet formed a coalition government. The fragile cooperation has gone through a series of political crises since then, and three Ekre ministers have resigned or been beaten.
