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Estonia minister calls first female president 'emotionally heated woman'
Source: The Guardian and the Associated Press
Estonia minister calls first female president 'emotionally heated woman'
Kersti Kaljulaid criticised by far-right minister for leaving swearing-in ceremony of minister accused of domestic violence
Staff and Associated Press
Fri 3 May 2019 02.31 BST Last modified on Fri 3 May 2019 02.32 BST
Estonia’s new interior minister has called the country’s first female president, Kersti Kaljulaid, an “emotionally heated woman” for walking out during the swearing-in of a cabinet minister accused of domestic violence.
Mart Helme made the sexist remark at a news conference where he also accused domestic news outlets of applying a double standard in covering abuse allegations against a former minister from his far-right party.
President Kersti Kaljulaid, the first woman to serve as the Baltic country’s head of state, left a Monday swearing-in ceremony for a new three-party government when it was time for the appointee at issue to take the oath of office.
Marti Kuusik was sworn in as technology and foreign trade minister along with the rest of prime minister Juri Ratas’s cabinet after news reports featured the domestic violence allegations.
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Kersti Kaljulaid criticised by far-right minister for leaving swearing-in ceremony of minister accused of domestic violence
Staff and Associated Press
Fri 3 May 2019 02.31 BST Last modified on Fri 3 May 2019 02.32 BST
Estonia’s new interior minister has called the country’s first female president, Kersti Kaljulaid, an “emotionally heated woman” for walking out during the swearing-in of a cabinet minister accused of domestic violence.
Mart Helme made the sexist remark at a news conference where he also accused domestic news outlets of applying a double standard in covering abuse allegations against a former minister from his far-right party.
President Kersti Kaljulaid, the first woman to serve as the Baltic country’s head of state, left a Monday swearing-in ceremony for a new three-party government when it was time for the appointee at issue to take the oath of office.
Marti Kuusik was sworn in as technology and foreign trade minister along with the rest of prime minister Juri Ratas’s cabinet after news reports featured the domestic violence allegations.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/may/03/estonia-minister-calls-first-female-president-emotionally-heated-woman
