Mar 26, 2007
Joel Alas and BNS

He shot high for the post of PM, but on national TV got his hand slapped in the cookie jar. Not exactly what he wanted as a parliamentarian, and certainly not what most people in Tallinn wanted (back again). His 2005 Mayor-like adventures did little for the capital city, but did indeed helped with his vacations.

With the Center Party likely to be relegated to the opposition benches, party leader Edgar Savisaar appears eager to find a key position to occupy his time. He is now set to return to the post of mayor of Tallinn.

The Center Party holds outright power in the Tallinn City Government. The current mayor Juri Ratas ran as a candidate in the recent parliamentary elections and collected a large number of votes. On March 23 Ratas announced he intended to take his seat in parliament, clearing the way for the Centrists to appoint his replacement.

Savisaar, meanwhile, is unlikely to be content serving as leader of the opposition party in parliament, but has chosen to wield power in City Hall, which controls development within the capital. Savisaar said that he had promised the people of Tallinn he would serve them as mayor before the 2005 local elections.
The rest here:
http://www.baltictimes.com/news/articles/17576/