Estonia elects its first female President – Kersti Kaljulaid | Baltic News Network - News from Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia
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Estonian parliament has on October 3 elected the country’s long-time representative at the European Court of Auditors Kersti Kaljulaid to serve as the next President of Estonia.
ERR reports that after numerous rounds of voting since late August, the Estonian presidential election ended with the parliament voting with 81 MPs out of 101 voting for Kaljulaid.
Responding to criticism regarding this round of presidential elections that one-candidate presidential elections are not democratic, Kaljulaid stated on a televised interview before the vote: «If the majority of the Riigikogu’s parliamentary groups has nominated me, then it is a democratic process.»