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Guntars Vītols (@guntarsv)
APVIENOTAIS SARAKSTS - Latvijas Zaļā partija, Latvijas Reģionu Apvienība, Liepājas partija · Ekonomists (FM ministra birojs)
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From@guntarsvI disagree, and here is why. A professional in the ministerial post works with a party mandate. Politically supervised. That will always be so by definition, because no party will put in someone who does not promise to implement the party's directives. If they fail, they are recalled. If they turn out not professional enough, too. The problem with MPs who become ministers is that they are harder to recall. Even if they totally ruin everything. There are many examples. Why are they not recalled? Because they are usually party bigwigs, leaders. They essentially put themselves in 'a bigger salary and more TV time'. Who can recall them then? That is why in the end there are various messes and incompetence.
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Guntars Vītols (@guntarsv)
APVIENOTAIS SARAKSTS - Latvijas Zaļā partija, Latvijas Reģionu Apvienība, Liepājas partija · Ekonomists (FM ministra birojs)
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Simple. You need to see whether the officials are carrying out your instructions. And there are two options. If you are a slogan-spouting monkey, they will never carry them out. Then you're to blame. No one will ever listen to a manager-monkey. If that's not it and you see resistance, then you can't work. Then you have to resolve the personnel issue. In practice, I have observed that officials do not refuse to meet with any significant political force. And they don't even hide it. They already don't know which monkey or human will be the next boss. But in everyday work, of course, the current manager determines the progress. Everything goes to the Saeima through the political filter. Which is logically correct.
From@janiscir@guntarsv @akberzins @AndrisKulbergs What will we do with state secretaries if politicians themselves are going to organise ministry work? 🙂 And what will we do when the political directive changes from “to the right!” to “to the left!”? Will we replace all the officials in the entire ministry? Better slower, but with thought. Statesmen, after all (?)
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Guntars Vītols (@guntarsv)
APVIENOTAIS SARAKSTS - Latvijas Zaļā partija, Latvijas Reģionu Apvienība, Liepājas partija · Ekonomists (FM ministra birojs)
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@ivars_auzins @akberzins @AndrisKulbergs That is indeed true. From my (financial) sphere — take the budget deficit, for instance. Social media holds the view that 'let's fire civil servants', put all salaries at the minimum at best, and everything will be fine. That is classic financial illiteracy. And on a truly apocalyptic scale.
From@ivars_auzinsPoliticians can only name the goal, usually in terms of a wish. But only a professional in the field can say HOW to turn that wish into reality — in concrete steps. It doesn't always work out, of course, because even professionals can be unsystematic idiots for whom higher-order thinking is a foreign concept. But at least there is some hope.
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Krišjānis Kļaviņš (@kr_klavins)
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From@ktn_rsI nevertheless think that it needs to be investigated why voters crossed out Aivis Ceriņš @CerinsAivis. He is a great Latvian patriot. Serves in the National Guard. Hosts a TV programme, speaks openly and honestly. Looks very good, has a beautiful family (divorced or not, that is another matter). Has his side steps without murders worthy of crime novels. Says nothing bad about his ex-wife. And as a reward, not many pluses, but minuses. Why?!. I really don't understand this. So for Latvians, such people are to be crossed out? That is, I still think there is envy and jealousy, from both women and men.
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“She is excellent in her post!” Māra Zālīte reveals that she would very much like one of the current ministers to keep her post.
Guntars Vītols (@guntarsv)
APVIENOTAIS SARAKSTS - Latvijas Zaļā partija, Latvijas Reģionu Apvienība, Liepājas partija · Ekonomists (FM ministra birojs)
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No, quite the opposite. People vote for ideas, not for implementation. Those are different things. They vote for promises. A deputy is a legislator, defines ideas, elects, and sets the big framework (laws). They are elected for that. No one asks — and how will you implement it, can you show that you can? And mostly they can't, because few have experience, understanding, and management skills. Running ministries is something completely different. It is a complex mechanism, requiring a skilled manager. Completely different skills. Show me 5 politicians who have managed it in 35 years? If there are, then why is so much botched? Those are different things. And since they are mixed, what results? The answer is the dominance of technocracy. Civil servants are professionals of their craft. They outplay the formal 'leader' and wait for the next minister. Because with sprinkling ideas and sloganism in meetings, in the eyes of civil servants you are just another clown. Without authority.
From@lastguru_net@guntarsv @akberzins @AndrisKulbergs Okay, but then why are such deputies and party leaders needed who can't do anything? Let's fill those Saeima seats with professionals too…
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Guntars Vītols (@guntarsv)
APVIENOTAIS SARAKSTS - Latvijas Zaļā partija, Latvijas Reģionu Apvienība, Liepājas partija · Ekonomists (FM ministra birojs)
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From@guntarsvNot only me or Aiva Vīksna, Kulbergs himself, then neurosurgeon Putniņš, civil servant Brencis, the prime minister's adviser Bolēvics, former health minister Meņģelsone. They elected us, but what? None of us are party members; the government is led by non-partisan Andris with his own personal understanding. So what? Bad? There are other people working in the office who were not elected. And? If they don't cope, they'll be replaced. The United List is a special construction. Others don't have one like it. The boundary between a professional and a party member practically does not exist. A mix. Is it bad, then, that professionals hold positions (elected or otherwise)? I support @AndrisKulbergs's position. In every case it is better than when there are only professional talkers without doers. Then all positions are filled with only pleasantly (re)speaking people.
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Guntars Vītols (@guntarsv)
APVIENOTAIS SARAKSTS - Latvijas Zaļā partija, Latvijas Reģionu Apvienība, Liepājas partija · Ekonomists (FM ministra birojs)
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Not only me or Aiva Vīksna, Kulbergs himself, then neurosurgeon Putniņš, civil servant Brencis, the prime minister's adviser Bolēvics, former health minister Meņģelsone. They elected us, but what? None of us are party members; the government is led by non-partisan Andris with his own personal understanding. So what? Bad? There are other people working in the office who were not elected. And? If they don't cope, they'll be replaced. The United List is a special construction. Others don't have one like it. The boundary between a professional and a party member practically does not exist. A mix. Is it bad, then, that professionals hold positions (elected or otherwise)? I support @AndrisKulbergs's position. In every case it is better than when there are only professional talkers without doers. Then all positions are filled with only pleasantly (re)speaking people.
From@guntarsvAccountability before voters is nevertheless easier to achieve if you can replace an incompetent minister/manager. One who does not implement your plans, which you promised to the voter. You are answerable for promises; no one elects you for an ability to run something. If you put yourself in, then it comes into conflict with yourself and is practically impossible. We have seen that very often. The problem is even more nuanced. If you put someone other than yourself as minister, then you are not the one basking on TV. But electability is proportional to visibility, which the minister gains more of. And then in the next elections... Right now there is an interesting situation with the defence minister, for example. He is a true professional, but he is not in parties. Is that bad? Or maybe fresh air?
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Krišjānis Kļaviņš (@kr_klavins)
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From@andrislov7 seats, and she sits at the president’s table like the lady of the house. The voter has spoken, just not in the language that New Unity understands. And yet Evika Siliņa emerges from Riga Castle with the same face with which a person leaves a bank that has refused them a loan, and still orders a yacht. The partners, look, will be AS, NA and also the Progressives. And now this same company, shrunk to a microscopic faction, dictates with whom one may sit at the table and with whom one may not. Is that not a mental deviation? A person who has been the head chef in the kitchen for 17 years does not understand that he has been appointed as a dishwasher. The voter has given Kulbergs a mandate. Let Unity count its 7 chairs and learn to sit quietly. https://t.co/aMHPjYxK5R
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Krišjānis Kļaviņš (@kr_klavins)
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From@Lato_LapsaInteresting - so why do she and the rest of Unity's cancer remnants now so want to crawl into Kulbergs' government?🤡
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People of Liepāja expect the incoming government to fulfill its promises and improve life.
Kārlis Seržants (@karlis_serzants)
APVIENOTAIS SARAKSTS - Latvijas Zaļā partija, Latvijas Reģionu Apvienība, Liepājas partija · Politiķis un žurnālists
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I am fascinated by politicians' phrase “first we must agree on the tasks to be done.” Dear people, for the last twenty years those tasks have been almost the same, it's just that so far carrying them out has been poor. Let's hope @AndrisKulbergs finally shows how things should be done.
LTV Ziņas (@ltvzinas)
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A leader capable of achieving good results, and also a person who so far has not actually accomplished anything as head of government. Residents' opinions about Andris Kulbergs vary widely; the "United List" he represents has received the greatest support in these elections. The public mostly speaks positively about the possible prime minister, but from the next government people expect both the keeping of promises and putting life in order. 🖥️ https://t.co/b4NP8MgYe9
Lato Lapsa (@Lato_Lapsa)
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Interesting - so why do she and the rest of Unity's cancer remnants now so want to crawl into Kulbergs' government?🤡
TV3 Ziņas (@TV3zinas)
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Juris Pūce (@pucej)
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Well in this case, the prime minister himself would be personally politically responsible for their result.
From@akberzinsI disagree with @AndrisKulbergs on this issue. Ministers make political decisions; they should be elected representatives of the people. Of course, professional advisers and strong VS and VVS behind them are needed, But (with perhaps emergency situation exceptions) giving “professionals” to lead ministries means giving serious political power to people who are not accountable to voters.
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