Session Profile: Helle-Moonika Helme
15th Riigikogu, Fifth Session, Plenary Session
2025-03-12
Political Position
The political stance is strongly focused on increasing government accountability and transparency, supporting a draft law that addresses corruption and conflicts of interest among government members. The speaker frames the issue as the unwillingness of government officials to cooperate with the investigation, thereby calling into question the motives of both the government and the commission. The position is highly supportive of the bill and critical of its rejection.
2 Speeches Analyzed
Topic Expertise
The speaker demonstrates knowledge of the legislative process (including the rejection of draft legislation and committee arguments) and government ethics issues, focusing specifically on manifestations of corruption and conflicts of interest. This expertise is based on highlighting significant cases presented by colleague Kert Kingo, rather than relying heavily on technical data or statistics.
2 Speeches Analyzed
Rhetorical Style
The rhetorical style is sharp, accusatory, and confrontational, expressing great astonishment and indignation over the opposing side's actions. Strong emotional language is employed (e.g., "childish and arrogant justification"), along with direct rhetorical questions ("Who are you protecting, or what are you hiding?"), in order to call the opposing party's motives into question.
2 Speeches Analyzed
Activity Patterns
The data is limited to two interventions made during one plenary session, which focus on the processing of a specific bill and criticizing the justifications for its rejection.
2 Speeches Analyzed
Opposition Stance
The primary opponents are the Government (which refused to provide an opinion) and the committee that rejected the draft legislation. Criticism is intense, accusing them of covering up corruption, conflicts of interest, and using childish/arrogant justifications. There is no sign of willingness to compromise; on the contrary, the motives of the opposing side are being directly attacked.
2 Speeches Analyzed
Collaboration Style
The style of cooperation demonstrates strong support for the bill introduced by the colleague (Kert Kingo) and the specific cases she highlighted, using these as the foundation for their own arguments. There is no information available regarding a willingness to compromise or engage in cross-party cooperation to save the bill.
2 Speeches Analyzed
Regional Focus
There is not enough data.
2 Speeches Analyzed
Economic Views
Insufficient data.
2 Speeches Analyzed
Social Issues
There is not enough data.
2 Speeches Analyzed
Legislative Focus
The legislative focus is centered on regulating corruption and conflicts of interest among government members, with the effort being a strong supporter of a specific draft bill. The speaker is acting as the bill's defender and is sharply criticizing its rejection by the commission.
2 Speeches Analyzed