The Riigikogu passed with 68 votes in favour the Resolution of the Riigikogu On the Appointment of an Auditor for Supervising the Activities of the State Audit Office in 2006 (1037 OE), submitted by the Finance Committee. Pursuant to the Resolution, Veiko Hintsov, an auditor of the AS Deloitte Audit Eesti, was appointed to supervise the activities of the State Audit Office. Nobody voted against the Resolution and nobody abstained.

The first reading of the Draft Resolution of the Riigikogu On the Extension of the Use of the Estonian Defence Forces Units in Performance of International Duties of the Estonian State under the International Security Assistance Mission in Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain and Iraq (1052 OE), submitted by the Government of the Republic, was concluded. The Bill was sent to the second reading.

The first reading of the Draft Resolution of the Riigikogu On Amendments to the Resolution of the Riigikogu on the Formation of the Select Committee on the Application of the Ant-corruption Act (1041 OE), submitted by the Select Committee on the Application of the Anti-corruption Act, was concluded. The Bill was sent to the second reading.

The Riigikogu rejected at the first reading the Draft Resolution of the Riigikogu On Amendments to the Resolution of the Riigikogu in Connection with the Appointment of a New Member of the Broadcasting Council (1061 OE), submitted by the Cultural Affairs Committee. 51 members of the Riigikogu voted against the Resolution and 30 in favour of it, nobody abstained.

The Riigikogu Press Service