Latvian Political Monitor

From@pucej

Pillar in the Daugava - AirBaltic 300 million pawn bonds - 'drone superpower'. Progressives https://t.co/DxI8uWTPTo

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From@janisdombrava

I have addressed the Prosecutor General's Office regarding possible violations in the construction projects of certain disaster management centers. Evaluating the projects, I found uneconomical and suspicious cost items, including multiple cost increases. The use of state money must be justified and transparent. The responsible official has been suspended from duties, and an internal audit has been initiated in the ministry. Inaction, negligence, and uneconomical handling of state funds are unacceptable. One of the examples:

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From@liana_langa

I will remind that Leila Rasima ABSTAINED in the Mandate, Ethics and Submissions Committee in the vote on the further advancement to the Saeima of the bill 'Ensuring the Status of the State Language' signed by 10,500 citizens. https://t.co/OKXIeYmWp3 - here is a fragment from the historic committee meeting. https://t.co/mMN0wJ9CYH

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From@AndrisKulbergs

📡 To improve communications in Latvia, internal roaming between mobile operators must be introduced. I personally experience this regularly when traveling to regions of 🇱🇻, and I hear the same from colleagues and people across Latvia — mobile communications may have become worse in many places. Call drops, lost coverage, insufficient coverage. One possible reason could be — we have rapidly transitioned to 5G, which requires a denser network of base stations, while the declining role of the 2G network in certain places may affect coverage availability. One solution — internal roaming within Latvia between LMT, Tele2, and BITE. That would mean: if your operator's network is not available in a specific location, your phone could in certain cases use another operator's network. This would allow more efficient and rational use of existing infrastructure, improve communication availability and, importantly, increase 🇱🇻 resilience in crisis situations. I looked into what's happening with this issue. It turns out — such an initiative has already existed! All operators have even agreed to it, but the issue has remained "hanging" in the MK TAP portal after submission by @Sat_Min. Perhaps it was simply forgotten along the way. 👉 I tasked the office to find out where this issue is stuck and move it forward. Communications are not just convenience. In a crisis they are part of national security and resilience. We must use everything that is already at our disposal so that 🇱🇻 is more prepared.

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From@liana_langa

Here is why I will advocate for the denunciation of the 'hate speech' law - because politicians have ALREADY started manipulating and calling opinions about their own party HATE SPEECH! This is the same restriction of freedom of speech as during the communist dictatorship! #RunāLatviski https://t.co/mpV8PKLYFK

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From@KNL_LTV1

Agris Freifalts (GS) calls for prioritizing internal security and civil defense. Juris Pūce (LA) calls the 'Gobzema saraksts' position on the Ukraine issue a 'false dilemma' https://t.co/Qd7fAwmVfR

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From@RenarsKadzulis

@IvoButkevics @normundsbergs People-destroying JV government policy: €6,000 and €9,000 benefit for purchasing electric cars; €600 benefit for a child born. They have been leading the country in this direction for about 16 years!

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From@liana_langa

Phenomenal that politicians are running for parliament who STILL ALLOW THEMSELVES to ignore the Constitutional truth - that Latvia has and will remain ONE STATE LANGUAGE. #DeRussifyLatvia https://t.co/RfFS3Lq2vP

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From@michaeldweiss

I spoke to several intel sources about Ratcliffe's trip, from different countries. (Allies have been briefed.) The line I'm getting is that two things were discussed: ending the war in Ukraine and warning against further 'hybrid' attacks on NATO. There was no a great sense of urgency attached to the meeting, which has sparked a lot of curiosity (to put it mildly) that surely more must have been on the agenda. None of the sources emphasized the Baltics were the main threat vector, but given prior attacks there I'd imagine they were encompassed in any broader conversation.

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