Should minister jobs remain for Reform, Soc Dems and IRL heads to distribute (and, officially, portfolios have not been name-tagged), the formation is as follows: Reform gets seven, the others 4+1 positions. Explaining: the junior partners are handed four minister seats plus president of the Riigikogu Eiki Nestor and vice-president Helir-Valdor Seeder as elected yesterday. At Toompea, the votes held steady equalling a step closer to the government.
More interesting than ministries are the personas weighed by parties to sit on the key chairs. Among reformers-squirrels, on top of the prime minister Taavi Rõivas, governmental future looks bright for Jürgen Ligi, Keit Pentus-Rosimannus, Hanno Pevkur, Urmas Kruuse, Kristen Michal, and Arto Aas. We did hear the talk of MEP Urmas Paet perhaps emerging as future EU Minister. Now, not many believe he is returning... neither is he too heartily expected to.
Generals-Parliamentarians
By his excellent votes tally in Pärnu, Toomas Kivimägi might make it to government citing former Reform logic, but the man has expressed desire to first learn about life in parliament. The same has been said by Generals in Reform Party, Ants Laaneots and Johannes Kert.
In the inwardly torn IRL, Juhan Parts as well as Ken-Marti Vaher will at the moment rather take back seats. The new rising stars are Kaia Iva, Jaak Aaviksoo, Marko Mihkelson, and Helir-Valdor Seeder. And, naturally, the party chairman Urmas Reinsalu soon to face vote of confidence as such. Also, Sven Sester and Liisa Pakosta are being named as potential ministers.