By Plenary Sessions: Kalev Stoicescu

The political stance is strongly focused on strengthening civil defense and comprehensive national defense. The speaker emphasizes the importance of the bill in saving and protecting people during both non-military and military crises. The position is policy-driven, focusing on filling legislative gaps in the regulation of sheltering and threat warning systems.

The political focus is on national security and the necessity of severing, if required, the subordination ties of the Estonian Orthodox Church with the Moscow Patriarchate, which is considered a tool of the Putin regime. The speaker strongly supports the bill, rejecting claims of constitutional violation and emphasizing that this is a value-based defense measure against Russian propaganda and psychological warfare. The stance is strongly value-based, stressing that subordination to the Kremlin is not religious freedom that Estonia should be protecting.

The political platform is heavily focused on national defense and security. The most critical issue is withdrawal from the Ottawa Convention, a stance that is firmly supported, citing Russia’s full-scale war of aggression in Ukraine and the deteriorating security environment. Emphasis is placed on the necessity of ensuring the Defense Forces have flexibility in selecting weapon systems to defend Estonia "by all means from the very first moment of aggression."