Center Party leadership confirms Tamm as candidate for Minister of Rural Affairs
The leadership of Estonia's Center Party endorsed Tarmo Tamm as a candidate for the post of Minister of Rural Affairs on Thursday, likewise proposing that Kersti Sarapuu be elected as head of the party's parliamentary group, the position Tamm would be vacating.
"Tarmo Tamm was endorsed as ministerial candidate and a proposal was made to the party [parliamentary] group to elect Kersti Sarapuu as their new chair," party secretary general Jaak Aab told BNS, also noting that MP Erki Savisaar had also been named as a potential candidate before the final decision was made in favor of Sarapuu.
Per the leadership's preference, Erki Savisaar and Valeri Korb would retain their positions as vice chairmen of the Center Party Parliamentary Group.
Tamm is expected to take over the position of Minister of Rural Affairs from partymate Martin Repinski, who handed in his resignation on Wednesday, exactly two weeks after assuming the ministerial position, citing the need to spare the party from scrutiny in the wake of allegations of irregularities in the management of his farm business and the disclosure of the fact that he had been criminally convicted for attempted fraud as a minor.
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Source: BNS