Latvian Political Monitor

Welcomed Romania’s Foreign Minister Oana Țoiu @oana_toiu on her first visit to Latvia. 🇱🇻🇷🇴 Romania is our trusted ally. Together we defend NATO’s Eastern Flank and invest in counter-drone capabilities. Our partnership is growing further with Romania opening an embassy in Riga. https://t.co/d7bnAhxIYI

Art is not to comment, art is to do – “Latvijas attīstībai” – 11th list https://t.co/XCmOdzmawb

Today in Ludza we started a regional forum cycle for farmers, 'Our product, our strength – strong agriculture for a safe Latvia', on how to develop a stable, crisis-resistant agriculture and food production sector. Meanwhile, the task of politicians is to equalize direct payments to the EU average level and VAT on food at 5%.

The prosecutor's office's rabbit @prokuratura_LV and the Attorney General's creation @MeistersArmins consider all those statements by @AndrisKulbergs to be empty chatter. Here will be an official statement. https://t.co/VXgrIgbqHk https://t.co/bDSrGRKaOX

Latvia does not need to return to this nightmare that was called temporary residence permits. 😤

⚠️ WHAT'S THE POINT OF PAYING TAXES IF, AT THE MOMENT WHEN A PERSON NEEDS SAFETY, PROTECTION AND HELP, THE STATE CANNOT PROVIDE EVEN THE BASICS? People want answers. People want to hear names and surnames - who haven't done their job, who haven't fulfilled their duties, but still sit in positions and get paid for it. That's why society also pays taxes - so that the state provides its citizens with services, safety and protection. I want to say my opinion about the two latest loud events. FIRST - CSDD. I personally believe that in the CSDD case, those responsible must be named and law enforcement authorities must initiate criminal proceedings for the irresponsibility of specific officials. It cannot be that they try to tell us it's an 'accident', it's a 'data leak'. And NO - don't try to tell us now that the solution is to change car license plates! NO! And what next? Will we change street names, house numbers, personal codes, first and last names? Seriously? IF DATA IS STOLEN, IT'S NOT AN 'ACCIDENT'. It's a CRIME, and responsibility must be assessed at all levels. First, the hackers who illegally stole the data. Second, the responsibility of CSDD officials, the board, and those people whose direct duty was to ensure the security of IT systems and our data. And now it turns out that problems in the system were known since 2018, but the person who once reported the 'system hole' is accused. Isn't that absurd? A hall of mirrors state - OUR LAND LATVIA. SECOND - THE STORM. First of all, THANKS to the rescuers, national guardsmen, volunteers, municipal and technical workers who responded promptly, risked their lives and carried out the first emergency rescue work. Truly, respect to you! But what do I see at the state level? Inaction, unpreparedness and ignorance. And then the Crisis Management Center starts telling and blaming that people themselves aren't ready, that they don't have a 72-hour bag. AGAIN PEOPLE ARE TO BLAME!? Maybe each of us should keep a 365-day crisis kit, a generator, a fuel tank, a satellite phone and our own power station at home? The storm very quickly showed how ready Latvia is. Electricity goes out. Mobile communications go out. People can't call each other. And the worst part is that services whose primary task is to save people have communication problems. It turns out there are no backup generators, independent communication solutions and other elementary things that should work in a crisis even when everyday infrastructure no longer works. And at the same time, from the blue TV screens and radio we hear every day - already the fifth year of war. Fine. Then my question is very simple: WHAT HAVE YOU DONE IN LATVIA DURING THESE YEARS? Where is readiness? Where are backup communications? Where are generators? Where is civil defense infrastructure? Where are shelters? Where did all that preparation go that you've been telling us about for years? Friends, what did I want to say with all this? DON'T JUDGE A MAN BY HIS HAT AND SWEET TALK - LOOK AT DEEDS. A MAN AND HIS WORD. Those who want to speak - speak up. What's your opinion?

The formulations of the draft project prepared by the Ministry of Climate and Energy and now already withdrawn, which have caused ambiguities and interpretations, will be clarified while maintaining the main goal of the project — to ensure the protection of employees of critical service providers in crisis situations, the Minister of Climate and Energy Jānis Vitenbergs (NA) indicated on 'Rīta Panorāma'.

However, that part of the audience for whom the most important factor is Gorbunov's hairstyle is satisfied. https://t.co/AgguKM6O06

Ideologically the closest is Kulbergs, but right now it looks like he is starting to merge with exactly what we want to replace