Latvian government coalition loses majority

Latvian government coalition loses majority

World October 7, 2018 17:32

riga - In the Latvian parliamentary elections, the center-right coalition lost its majority. The Union of Farmers and Greens of Prime Minister Maris Kucinskis was punished despite the growing economy. He received less than 10 percent of the votes, halving, and only held 11 seats out of 100 in the parliament. The electoral council in Riga announced this on Sunday.

The government partners also lost. The National Conservative National Alliance and Liberal-Conservative New Unity were 11.03 and 6.67 per cent respectively. The pro-Russian opposition party Harmonie, supported by ethnic Russians, which make up a quarter of the population, has again become the largest with almost 20 percent of the votes (24 seats).

It is unlikely that President Raimonds Vejonis will instruct the leader of Harmonie to form a new cabinet in Latvia, which is a member of the EU and NATO. He probably arrives at the real winners, to which dissatisfied Latvian voters have defected. These are the three newcomers on the right: the populist KPV LV (14.1 percent), the New Conservative Party (13.6) and the liberal Party for Development / Former (12.04).

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