Latvian Political Monitor

From@citskovskisj

Sensing the smell of burning, JV is frantically pushing its party members into lucrative positions. Tomorrow's Cabinet meeting will consider the appointment of transport minister R. Kozlovskis's adviser Skrodele to the Liepāja SEZ board. For more than 2 years the board managed without a representative from the Ministry of Transport, but now, a month before the elections, there is such haste. The Liepāja SEZ board meets on average once a month, but the salary is around 35k a year. When members of the Cabinet and the NVO Memorandum council were paid a paltry 61 euros for attending a meeting, @AndrisKulbergs made a huge fuss. He called it 'sitting around' and eliminated the remuneration. Where has Andris disappeared this time? This time he won't eliminate it, because the Liepāja SEZ board also includes their own people from the United List. Already in 2024, the State Chancellery prepared amendments to the law to prohibit state officials from combining posts with the Liepāja SEZ and freeport boards. We also planned to significantly reduce the remuneration of board members. After lobbyists visited Siliņa, everything was adjusted. After all, we have to support our own.

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From@karlis_serzants

Remember Vineta Kutkeviča, former member of the Rīgas siltums council. Kulbergs' investigative committee found that her husband's company has been very successful in RS procurement and she left her post… to end up on the RAKUS council. @AndrisKulbergs when will this nightmare actually end?

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From@donaldtusk

In Poland, only idiots or traitors can rejoice in the triumph of AfD in Germany. There are quite a few of them in Konfederacja and PiS.

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From@girtc

@pucej @suvajevs Why shouldn't PRO work with Šlesers? Soviet times showed well that communist ideology goes hand in hand with kleptocracy.

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From@pucej

@suvajevs Unity and Progressives taught us that your 'red lines' are lies. I am sure that your stance against Šlesers will also disappear in the next Saeima, if only there is a chance to get into government because of it.

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From@realNepareizais

Poland wants to bring about significant changes in the EU's approach to granting asylum on its external border. Warsaw is proposing that the EU agree that people who cross the border in organized groups, using violence or damaging border infrastructure, would not have the right to international protection. Poland bases its position on Article 33(2) of the 1951 Geneva Convention. In certain cases, it allows a derogation from the principle of non-refoulement, which prevents a refugee from being sent to a country where they face persecution. Warsaw wants to achieve a broader interpretation of this exception, applying it also to persons who cross the EU's external border in an organized and violent manner. In practice, the implementation of such an approach would be particularly significant on the Polish-Belarusian border. Warsaw regards migration pressure from Belarus not as an ordinary migration crisis, but as an element of hybrid warfare conducted by Belarus and Russia. Poland wants to advance this issue at the EU level to achieve a unified approach across the Union. Thus, Warsaw's goal is to strengthen the principle that organized and violent crossing of the EU's external border cannot serve as a path to obtaining asylum in the EU.

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From@E_Stendzenieks

@karlis_serzants @AndrisKulbergs As you can see, I've really tried to get into various messes and criminal acts in life, I'm really a bit tired, but what else do I have to do to finally get onto some state-owned company's board or council? At least somewhere...

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From@citskovskisj

Sensing the smell of burning, JV is feverishly moving its party people into lucrative positions. Tomorrow at the Cabinet meeting they will examine the question of appointing transport minister R. Kozlovskis's adviser Skrodele to the Liepāja SEZ board. For more than 2 years the board managed without a representative from the Ministry of Transport, but now a month before the elections there is such hurry. The Liepāja SEZ board meetings on average once a month, but the salary is around 35k a year. When MK and NGO Memorandum council members were paid a mere 61 euros for attending a meeting, @AndrisKulbergs made a huge fuss. He called it 'sitting around' and eliminated the remuneration. Where has Andris gotten to this time? This time he won't eliminate it, because the Liepāja SEZ board also includes their own from the United List. Already in 2024, the State Chancellery prepared amendments to the law to prohibit public officials from combining positions with the Liepāja SEZ and free port boards. We also provided for a significant reduction in board members' remuneration. After lobbyists visited Siliņa, everything was adjusted. We have to support our own, after all.

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From@J_Hermanis

The number of occupied jobs in Latvia's public sector has reached 292 thousand, or 15.9% of Latvia's population. Some of those working in the public sector should move to the private sector, where workers are lacking. The old parties will not change the existing trend. #MēsMaināmNoteikumus (list No. 2) proposes a general cleanup in state administration to improve its efficiency and limit the burden on taxpayers.

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