By Months: Henn Põlluaas
Total Months: 9
Fully Profiled: 9
11.2025
2 Speeches
The legislative focus is directed towards a critical review of the provisions of the existing Imprisonment Act (VangS) concerning prisoners' right to temporary release or furlough. The objective is to determine whether the law is being applied in a manner that jeopardizes public safety, particularly in relation to offenders arriving from foreign countries.
10.2025
20 Speeches
The focus is on defending and clarifying existing sociopolitical regulations and military procedures, rather than initiating or supporting new bills.
09.2025
20 Speeches
The primary legislative priority is procedural correctness and transparency, opposing bills that lack impact assessments and proper accounting for budgetary resources. Furthermore, he/she is interested in removing regulations that impede the development of the defense industry and amending unreasonable traffic regulations (specifically trailer licenses).
06.2025
9 Speeches
The legislative focus is on national defense and internal security; it strongly supports withdrawing from the Ottawa Convention to reintroduce the use of anti-personnel mines. It opposes a draft bill that would grant the administrative court the right to challenge visa bans, viewing this as a threat to state sovereignty. Additionally, the Riigikogu is addressing issues concerning the organization of its work and the efficiency of the session schedule.
05.2025
10 Speeches
The primary legislative focus is supporting the initiative to withdraw from the Ottawa Convention, the procedural draft of which was previously rejected. Furthermore, attention will be directed toward a critical analysis of energy policy and green regulations (such as the aircraft fuel regulation) in order to expose their true costs and overall impact.
04.2025
9 Speeches
The legislative focus is on opposing government-initiated bills that restrict the authority of the Riigikogu or infringe upon the state's sovereignty. The speaker is a strong opponent of Bill 385 (the Foreign Relations Act, which restricts the initiation of treaty denunciation) and Bill 603 (which would allow visa refusals to be challenged in administrative court), viewing them as turning the Riigikogu into a rubber stamp.
03.2025
4 Speeches
The speaker is focused on the areas of national defense and demography. He is demanding swift decisions regarding the location and construction of the ammunition factory. He criticizes the coalition's recent decision to reject the proposal for establishing a population crisis commission, which demonstrates his commitment to initiating legislative solutions aimed at mitigating the demographic crisis.
02.2025
5 Speeches
The primary legislative focus is opposing a constitutional amendment concerning the right to vote in local elections, with the aim of revoking this right from all non-citizens. He/She emphasizes the need to implement strong and thorough security vetting for all citizenship applicants. A secondary focus is the need to legally restrict the cormorant population.
01.2025
8 Speeches
The legislative focus is on restricting voting rights in local elections solely to Estonian citizens, which necessitates amending the constitution. Also a priority is supporting the bill to abolish the car tax and securing funding for the Defence Forces' ammunition. [The focus/It] supports the further processing of Bill 530 so that the discussion can continue, despite the incompleteness of the proposed solution.