Claiming to have been the victim of a "witch hunt" when he was the only candidate in the running for the position of prime minister of Estonia, Siim Kallas announced, on 12 March - in the middle of political negotiations on the composition of his country's next government - that he has withdrawn from the race.
Until the last few days, it seemed that the post - which Kallas already held from 2002 to 2003 - was effectively guaranteed to…