By Plenary Sessions: Siim Pohlak
Total Sessions: 3
Fully Profiled: 3
2024-09-16
The 15th Riigikogu, 4th session, plenary sitting.
The style is combative, critical, and accusatory, employing strong labels such as "completely failed" and "neo-communist politics." The speaker uses rhetorical questions and emotional appeals to emphasize the government's failure and its being held captive by the Social Democrats.
2024-09-11
Fifteenth Riigikogu, fourth session, plenary session
The rhetorical style is formal and interrogative, concentrating on acquiring specific facts and examples concerning the impact of both security capabilities and social benefits. The tone is one of concern, particularly regarding security matters, and a brief historical reference (the Reform Party) is employed to establish the political context.
2024-09-11
15th Estonian Parliament, 4th session, press briefing.
The rhetorical style is highly combative, critical, and dramatic, employing powerful metaphors, such as equating the tax hike with curing a headache via guillotine. The tone is accusatory, stressing the catastrophic fallout of the government's actions ("a certainty for collapse"). The speaker resorts to direct accusations, labeling the Prime Minister’s assertions "an outright lie" and demanding a procedural remedy to officially refute the false statements.