FILE - In this file photo dated Sunday, March 3, 2019, Chairwoman of the Reform Party Kaja Kallas arrives at a polling station during a parliamentary elections in Tallinn, Estonia.
(AP Photo/Raul Mee)HELSINKI โ Estoniaโs president on Thursday tasked the leader of the main opposition party to form a new government, a day after Prime Minister Juri Ratas and his Cabinet stepped down in the wake of a corruption scandal in Ratas' ruling Center Party.
Kaja Kallas, chairwoman of the center-right Reform Party that emerged as the winner of the 2019 general election, will have 14 days to put together a new Cabinet, President Kersti Kaljulaid said.
On Thursday, the Reform Party said it would start official government formation talks with the Center Party.
The pro-business and pro-entrepreneurship Reform Party defines itself on its website as โthe leader of the liberal worldview in Estonia.โDue to EKRE's strong rhetoric, Ratas' government was shaky from the start.