Consistency in governance is clearly a tenet City Hall subscribes to. After lambasting the state for taking matters into its own hands in the removal of the Bronze Soldier - the Soviet era statue of a Red Army infantryman erected in 1947 as a 'monument to the liberators of Tallinn' - from the centre of the city, it has now passed the buck on erecting a memorial to the victims of Communism as, it says, such things are matters of national importance. Clearly it has nothing to do with the fact that the party currently leading the city (Keskerakond, or the Centrists) has the local Russian-speaking population to thank, almost single-handedly, for its absolute majority.
Showing posts with label Bronze Soldier. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bronze Soldier. Show all posts
Tuesday, August 7, 2007
Nothing to do with us
Consistency in governance is clearly a tenet City Hall subscribes to. After lambasting the state for taking matters into its own hands in the removal of the Bronze Soldier - the Soviet era statue of a Red Army infantryman erected in 1947 as a 'monument to the liberators of Tallinn' - from the centre of the city, it has now passed the buck on erecting a memorial to the victims of Communism as, it says, such things are matters of national importance. Clearly it has nothing to do with the fact that the party currently leading the city (Keskerakond, or the Centrists) has the local Russian-speaking population to thank, almost single-handedly, for its absolute majority.
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