Session Profile: Evelin Poolamets
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary sitting.
2025-05-12
Political Position
The political focus centers on the implementation of the Name Act and its relationship with gender and identity. One speaker stressed the necessity of legal clarity when registering unconventional names, while another adopted a strong values-based position, opposing the ideological approach that decouples a name from biological sex. This robust opposition is rooted in values, aiming to protect the rule of law and social order against ideological schemes.
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Topic Expertise
The speakers display a detailed knowledge of the provisions of the Name Act and the overall legal framework, citing specific sections and requirements pertaining to given names. The second speaker, in particular, demonstrates a command of legal philosophy and social theory, contrasting legal clarity and common sense with postmodern and Marxist concepts of gender as a construct.
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Rhetorical Style
The first speaker adopts an inquisitive and procedural tone, seeking clarity regarding the boundaries of the official's discretionary authority. The second speaker's style is highly combative, ideological, and cautionary, employing sharp rhetoric such as "chaos" and "dangerous precedent." The appeal targets both logic (the rule of law) and emotion (the disintegration of social order), vehemently stressing the necessity of resisting ideology.
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Activity Patterns
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Opposition Stance
The main opponents are ideological movements that promote views based on gender as a social construct, referring to this as the feminist, postmodern, and Marxist perspective. The criticism is intense and value-driven, accusing them of replacing reality with an ideological scheme and blurring the lines between truth and feeling. The opposition is also directed at the Ministry of the Interior's policy, which permits name changes without a medical gender determination.
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Collaboration Style
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Regional Focus
One speaker refers to a specific naming case in Rakvere, highlighting a problem in local administrative practice concerning unusual names. The second speaker focuses exclusively on the national legal order, social norms, and the policy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
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Economic Views
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Social Issues
Among social issues, the question of transgenderism and the right to a name is in the foreground, with the second speaker strongly opposing the ideology that allows an individual to change documents based on self-perception. Emphasis is placed on the need to maintain clear boundaries between man and woman, truth and feeling, protecting the family and children from the erosion of norms. The name must correspond to the medically and officially identified sex.
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Legislative Focus
The primary legislative focus is on the implementation and interpretation of the Name Act, especially concerning the requirements set for a forename and its correspondence with gender. The discussants are either in the role of the questioner (examining the limits of an official's discretionary power) or the claimant (insisting that the Ministry of the Interior must set boundaries to ensure the name aligns with the gender).
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