Reform Party decides against new election.
Postimees Digest, Monday, June 17
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The Reform Party's council decided on Saturday that while the party will overhaul its in-house voting system, it will not hold a new round of elections as rigged votes weren't numerous enough to have altered results. "The Reform Party's council believes it important to stress that all those who have participated in the election honestly do not have to suffer because of the fraudulent actions of five persons," the party's press release reads. Council chairman Kristen Michal said that the party will set up a more secure in-house elections system in the near future that will only use ID card and Mobile ID-based authentication. Prime Minister and party chairman Andrus Ansip said that the council's decision was in a sense a vote of confidence in him and that he is glad the party can now put this embarrassing episode behind it. In related news, the council also expressed its sterling desire to remain in the coalition with the Pro Patria Res Publica Union (IRL).