The Riigikogu is “likely” to pass a law which will require warning signs to be placed ahead of mobile speed cameras before the midsummer break, one of the bill’s sponsors said.
MP Valdo Randpere (Reform) told ERR: “We want to pass the law before Midsummer Day, but it will enter into force 10 days after the president promulgates it. So it will not take effect by Midsummer. However, we will pass it in the Riigikogu before Midsummer.” Midsummer (Jaanipäev) is Wednesday, June 24.
Randpere told ERR that the bill’s second reading, to be held before a full session of the Riigikogu, will likely take place on Monday, June 15, with the third reading and final vote expected a couple of days later. The Riigikogu breaks up for its summer recess on June 18.
While there are differences of opinion on the details of the bill even within his own party, Randpere said he nevertheless expects it to get broad support, adding he predicted “more than two-thirds of the Riigikogu will support this bill.”
The opposition Social Democrats (SDE, with nine seats) are an exception, Randpere added, and there would “certainly” be outliers among the other parties who will be opposed to the bill, “but overall it will definitely secure a two-thirds majority,” Randpere reiterated.
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