An official’s flight over the Riga City Council

Let us remind you that Elite Baklane-Ansberg won the competition for the position of deputy executive director of Riga several months ago. It was planned that the deputy director would head the central administration of Riga, that is, he would be responsible for all the capital’s clerks, thereby relieving the executive director of Riga, who is also the holder of capital in municipal enterprises.

However, Mrs. Baklane-Ansberga was considered a person of Juris Puce, one of the leaders of “For the Development of Latvia.” As a result, the “Tevzemites” who were part of the ruling coalition made it clear that they would not vote for her.

However, last week her candidacy was nevertheless approved by the relevant committee and Mayor Kirsis decided to include the issue of approving Baklane-Ansberga on the agenda of today’s meeting of the Riga City Council.

As a result, there was a failure: only half of the present deputies voted for the approval of this candidate – 24. And for a positive result, at least 31 deputies had to vote “for”.

This is another signal indicating the “stability” of the current ruling coalition in the Riga City Council.