Latvian Political Monitor

The president should be elected by the people, supporters of two parties believe (5)

The elections haven't really started yet, but Kulbergs and company have already mocked the secrecy of voters' choice enshrined in the Constitution.

Important decision for farmers - the government supported our proposed declaration of an emergency situation in agriculture across the entire territory of Latvia for 3 months. As a result of intense summer and autumn rainfall, it is not possible to fully carry out harvest and other seasonal agricultural work. Declaring an emergency situation will allow the Rural Support Service to apply derogations from various requirements to all farmers in relation to receiving direct payments.

🎾 Juris Pūce explains whether “Latvijas attīstībai” promises on healthcare can be believed. Source: LSM https://t.co/Xv9nxMg8dq

@heino_weber Vote for “Jaunā Vienotība” and none of that will happen.

ENOUGH TOADYING Ireland's electoral model strengthens the role of independent candidates because it allows people to run without being included on party lists. Currently parties dislike such candidates. I have myself seen how people who hold opinions are silenced in faction meetings and later punished by being placed in an unfavorable position on the candidate list. The current system creates spineless people but isolates the strong. MMN proposes to eliminate the dictatorship of parties. Edvarts Krusts, WE CHANGE THE RULES No. 1 in Zemgale

This is a national security issue. How long ago, and for how long, did the responsible services know that Stepaņenko had received criminal money transfers from Russia? Yes, exactly - it is about money transfers from a major builder close to and loyal to the Putin regime, who built his wealth in cooperation with this group of criminals and mass murderers. The public must immediately learn EXACTLY which politicians decided to delay and not disclose this crucial information. This is about the influx of Kremlin influence and blood money into Latvia. As for Stepaņenko herself, everything is clear; the question is precisely this: which politicians from the leading elite concealed this information for a long time? Given that this is an extremely serious national security issue, I ask the head of government @AndrisKulbergs to answer it.

@Pabriks Who in the West has the courage to respond?

Prices of four staple food groups have fallen by 10.18% after the VAT reduction.

After reviewing the ministries' expenditure base, it has been found that next year it can be streamlined by a total of 214 million euros. This is not an amount that could be reallocated to some other spending. This streamlining allows us not to sink into an ever-growing debt yoke within the mentioned sum. https://t.co/ahP9ZNb0RG

The National Armed Forces (according to the NBS unmanned systems concept, approved in 2025): unmanned system crews are specially trained and themselves fill warhead casings with explosives and attach detonators. In Ukraine, units equip drones with explosives according to combat needs. Andris Kulbergs: “How can we imagine that our military personnel would themselves put in the detonator… That is not done anywhere.”