Four political forces have agreed to form a coalition in Riga City Council / Day
All potential partners have expressed their readiness to work under Kleinberg. As a result, the negotiations will continue for all political forces together, in -depth about the content of the work and the division of responsibilities.
« We have successfully concluded the first round of talks. There are no serious contradictions and we are all ready to work in one team. Of course, there are questions that we still need to agree, but the key is to avoid behind the scenes, » Kleinberg points out.
The next round of negotiations could take place on Thursday or Friday, with all party representatives in time.
As reported, parties on the creation of a new coalition continued in the Riga City Council today.
As reported, the local elections in the Riga City Council gained the highest number of votes in « Latvia’s first place » (LPV), but the Progressive and NA party also achieved very close results, according to the Central Election Commission.
In the municipal elections in Riga, LPV received 18.17% of the vote, which gives 13 out of 60 mandates in the council. 16.62% of voters voted for « progressive », giving them 11 Member’s mandates, NA – 14.2% of voters, who give it 10 mandates, but the current Mayor of Riga, Vilnius Cherry, gained 12.9% of voters. As a result, JV will receive nine posts.
The list of « sovereign power » and the « Jaunlatvian » union has received 12.13% of the vote and will be eight mandates respectively. Two more political forces – the « stability » party, supported by 6.94% of voters, entered the council, and the « combined list », supported by 6.29% of voters, allowing five and four mandates respectively.
The initiative to form the new ruling coalition has been taken by « Progressive » in terms of NA, JV and AS. A total of 34 votes from 60 would have such a coalition.
