By Years: Helmen Kütt

The main targets of criticism are the government and its ministers (especially Social Minister Karmen Joller and the Prime Minister), whose decisions are considered detrimental to the social sector. The criticism is aimed at political choices (e.g., not raising the subsistence level, reorganization of special schools) and the inaction of ministers (e.g., SKAIS funding, handling of the Pihlakodu case). He/She also criticizes the belittling of interest groups (e.g., trade union federations during the discussion of the Employment Contracts Act).

The criticism is directed at the government’s political positions that either impede the resolution of social problems (e.g., opposition to the draft bill on registering home births) or actively create poverty (such as the cancellation of the pensioner’s allowance). It criticizes the ministerial budget cuts in the social and healthcare sectors, arguing that these actions damage an already underfunded sector. More generally, the criticism targets the "done-thought" approach (May 29), which points to insufficient long-term planning.