PART II
The Chancellor’s reached the following opinions upon supervision of activities of agencies and
institutions performing public functions:
• proposal to eliminate a violation (4 cases);
• recommendation to comply with lawfulness and good administrative practice (36);
• resolved by the institution during the proceedings (2);
• opinion stating a finding of no violation (33) (see also Figure 6).
PART I
STATISTICS OF PROCEEDINGS
In proceedings initiated for scrutiny of activities of persons, agencies and bodies, the Chancellor
found a violation of the principles of good administration and lawfulness in 38.6% of the cases.
In 2011, the indicator was 37.6%.
PART III
Figure 6. Chancellor’s opinions upon scrutiny of activities of agencies and institutions performing
public functions
2.3. Special proceedings
There were 89 special proceedings during the reporting year, i.e. 45.5% of the total number of
cases opened and 30% of the total number of substantive proceedings,
Special proceedings are divided as follows:
• providing an opinion on a legal act within constitutional review proceedings (34 proceedings);
• replying to interpellations by members of the Riigikogu (3 proceedings);
• replying to written questions by members of the Riigikogu (5 proceedings);
• proceedings for lifting the immunity of a member of the Riigikogu (2 proceedings);
• initiating disciplinary proceedings against judges and other proceedings relating to the
activities of courts (17 proceedings);
• opinions on draft legal acts and documents (19 proceedings);
• other activities arising from law (9 proceedings) (see also Figure 7).
Figure 7. Distribution of special proceedings
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