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The Independent Royalist Party of Estonia (Estonian:
Sõltumatud
Kuningriiklased) was a political party (now defunct) in early
post-Soviet Estonia.
The party, widely considered a humorous expression of protest,
was surprisingly successful in the first post-Soviet elections of
Riigikogu, gaining 8
seats (with 32638 votes) after spending a grand total of 1 kroon. Its most
prominent members were known humorists Priit Aimla, Kirill Teiter and Ralf Parve,
and the party was led by Kalle Kulbok. Later, Vilja Laanaru (married, Vilja Savisaar)
and Aadu Must joined Keskerakond, Priit Aimla Reformierakond, and
several others withdrew from regular party politics.
The party's official programme called for establishing Estonia
as a monarchy, as modeled
by Sweden and Norway.
In practice, the party's main achievement was consistent
ridicule of ridiculous laws, most notably getting rid of the
proposed mandatory hour of prayer by using it to perform a Neopagan
rite, complete with tambourine. The party is also remembered for
their eating strike, as opposed to the hunger strike of Lebedev and Petinov, and
the order to hold a parade in
Tallinn in celebration of
the Gustav Adolf
day—which instantly ended any lingering plans of holding a parade in celebration of the October
Revolution in Tallinn.
The party was also instrumental in plotting the exact route of
Baltic Way and in
making the determination to barricade the Riigikogu building on Toompea during the August coup.
The members of the party wrote to British Royal family member,
Prince Edward, Earl of
Wessex, declaring that, if elected, they would ask him to
become King of Estonia. It is believed the Prince did not
reply.
List of members who
served in Riigikogu
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