Kaja Kallas Acknowledged That She Spread False Claims 0 10

"I, Kaja Kallas, in my publication on February 17, 2022, made incorrect factual statements that an attack on the Estonian police took place at a rally organized by Varro Vooglaid and the 'In Defense of Family and Tradition' (SA Perekonna ja Traditsiooni Kaitseks) on Toompea, as well as that Varro Vooglaid and EKRE organized a rally on October 23, 2021, at Vabaduse Square. These statements are not true," Kaja Kallas wrote in her Facebook post on Friday evening.

In mid-December, the Supreme Court did not accept Kallas's cassation complaint, thus the decision of the district court came into effect. According to it, the Prime Minister was required to refute in her social media account the claims of an attack on the police during the rally organized by Vooglaid and SAPTK.

As early as November of last year, the Harju County Court ruled that Kaja Kallas was obligated to refute the false claims.

According to the court's decision, there were never any attacks on the Estonian police at any of the rallies organized by the plaintiffs – Vooglaid and SAPTK – therefore Kallas's claims to the contrary are unfounded.

Kallas was also required to refute the false claim regarding the circle of organizers of the rally that took place on October 23, 2021, in Tallinn at Vabaduse Square.

Kallas published these claims on February 17, 2022, on her public Facebook profile, while holding the position of Prime Minister of the Republic of Estonia at that time.

Varro Vooglaid wrote in his Facebook post that Kaja Kallas complied with the court's order – she published a post in the required wording, thereby acknowledging that she spread slander against him and SAPTK.

Vooglaid notes that now the same court must decide whether he will have to pay Kaja Kallas about 7000–8000 euros or a little less "as a punishment" for going to court to defend his rights.

"In short, I do not advise anyone to go to court to defend their rights in Estonia, especially against a Prime Minister from the Reform Party. Long live Estonia — a truly rule-of-law state!" Vooglaid writes.