• Nationalist Janis Iesalnieks will not stand in the Saeimas election
• State Language Centre fined a board member of the FHRUL for dissemination of leaflets in Russian language

Board member of the nationalists union All for Latvia!-For Fatherland and Freedom/LNIM, MP Janis Iesalnieks decided not to stand in the up-coming Saeimas election taking political responsibility for his statement about the tragic events in Norway. Janis Iesalnieks also resigned from the unions board members post. As reported, Janis Iesalnieks in his Twitter forum stated that multiculturalists should feel guilty for the massacre because their policy of islamisation led to insanity of the attacker. Diena, Chas

The State Language Centre (SLC) fined a board member of the political party For Human Rights in United (FHRUL) Latvia Aleksandrs Kuzmins for dissemination of leaflets in Russian language on 9 May during the celebration events of Victory Day in Riga. According to the decision of the SLC, the leaflets had to be translated into Latvian language for the security reasons and administrative control. Chas

• Saeima forwarded to the Legal Committee draft amendments allowing at least 10,000 of Latvian residents, including non-citizens, to submit their proposals for legal acts for the Saeimas approval
• Five political organisations from Latvia are named in the list of truly nationalists parties mentioned in the manifest written by a Norwegian right-wing extremist Andres Behring Breivik

The Saeima forwarded to the Legal Committee draft amendments to the Saeima’s Rules of Procedure stipulating that at least 10,000 Latvian citizens and permanent residents may submit a collective initiative concerning legal acts to the Saeima.

The Saeima forwarded to the Legal Committee draft amendments to the Saeimas Rules of Procedure stipulating that at least 10,000 Latvian citizens and permanent residents may submit a collective initiative concerning legal acts to the Saeima. Telegraf notes that thus Latvian non-citizens also will be able to impact legislative process. According to the draft amendments, the Saeima will have to review such collective proposal at its session and if it is approved by the majority of MPs the draft proposal should be forwarded to the parliamentary Committees for discussion and revision. After one month, the revised draft proposal should be reviewed in the Saeima and approved in three readings. Telegraf

According to the newspapers, five political organisations from Latvia are named in the list of truly nationalists’ parties mentioned in the manifest written by a Norwegian right-wing extremist Andres Behring Breivik, perpetrator of shootings and terror act in Norway on 22 July. The nationalists’ union All for Latvia!-For Fatherland and Freedom/LNIM, right-wing organisations the National Power Union, the Club 415, the Latvian National Front and the Latvian National Democratic Party or presently called the Osipovs’ Party are mentioned in Breivik’s manifest published on the Internet. According the acting Minister of Interior Aigars Stokenbergs, all the organisations are well known to the Security Police and those are being watched.

According to the newspapers, five political organisations from Latvia are named in the list of truly nationalists parties mentioned in the manifest written by a Norwegian right-wing extremist Andres Behring Breivik, perpetrator of shootings and terror act in Norway on 22 July. The nationalists union All for Latvia!-For Fatherland and Freedom/LNIM, right-wing organisations the National Power Union, the Club 415, the Latvian National Front and the Latvian National Democratic Party or presently called the Osipovs Party are mentioned in Breiviks manifest published on the Internet. According the acting Minister of Interior Aigars Stokenbergs, all the organisations are well known to the Security Police and those are being watched. Diena, Latvijas

• MP Valerijs Agesins appealed to the Security Police asking to initiate criminal procedures against a nationalist Janis Iesalnieks for his comments about tragic events in Norway
• Chas prints an interview with the head of an NGO Union of Citizens and Non-citizens Vladimirs Sokolovs about initiative called Movement 2013

Yesterday, MP Valerijs Agesins (Concord Centre) appealed to the Security Police asking to initiate criminal procedures against a board member of the nationalists union All for Latvia! / For Fatherland and Freedom/LNIM Janis Iesalnieks for his comments about tragic events in Norway. As reported, Janis Iesalnieks in his Twitter forum stated that multiculturalists should feel guilty for the massacre because their policy of islamisation led to insanity of the attacker. Mr Agesins considers that such statement is incitement to ethnic hatred. Vesti Segodnya, Chas, Diena

Chas prints an interview with the head of an NGO Union of Citizens and Non-citizens Vladimirs Sokolovs about initiative called Movement 2013 aimed at granting non-citizens voting rights in local election in 2013. According to Mr. Sokolovs, the main task of the movement is to involve non-citizens in the public life by giving them voting rights in local elections and it will not insist on granting other rights. Mr. Sokolovs believes that a choice whether to become a full fledged citizen of Latvia should be a moment of self-determination of every person.

• Latvian citizens voted for dissolution of the Saeima
• Board member of the nationalists union All for Latvia! / For Fatherland and Freedom/LNIM Janis Iesalnieks: multiculturalists should feel guilty for Norwegian victims
• Leader of the Concord Centre Janis Urbanovics proposes to declare a moratorium on historical disputes and ethnic issues for the next three years
• All for Latvia! and the For Fatherland and Freedom/LNIM merged in one party

According to the preliminary results, about 94% of Latvian citizens who took part in the referendum on 23 July voted for early dissolution of the Parliament of Latvia. As reported, the ex-President Valdis Zatlers, called the referendum on the dissolution of the Saeima on 28 May. The present Saeima was elected in October 2010. The extraordinary Saeimas elections planned to be held in September. Chas, Vesti Segodnya, Diena, Latvijas Avize, Neatkariga, Latvijas Avize

Commenting tragic events of 22 July in Norway , board member of the nationalists union party All for Latvia! / For Fatherland and Freedom/LNIM Janis Iesalnieks in his Twitter forum stated that multiculturalists should feel guilty for the massacre because their policy of islamisation led to insanity of the attacker. According to Mr. Iesalnieks, many Western leaders, including Angela Merkel and David Cameron, recently recognised that the policy of multiculturalism was a mistake and he believes that this mistake served as one of the reasons of tragedy in Norway last Friday. Chas

Head of the Saeimas faction the Concord Centre Janis Urbanovics appealed to the leaders of all other political parties to declare a moratorium on historical disputes and ethnic issues for the next three years. Mr Urbanovics believes that these issues hinder work of the Parliament. Vesti Segodnya, Chas

On Saturday, the congress of the nationalists parties All for Latvia! and the For Fatherland and Freedom/LNIM voted for the merger of both parties. The main value of the union is ethnically Latvian, politically active family. The union supports severe state language policy and naturalisation procedure. The union also supports widening usage of Latgalian language, stipulating opportunity to appeal to local and state institutions in Latgalian. Neatkariga, Chas, Vesti Segodnya

• Minister of Culture Sarmite Elerte: New Wave symbolizes ex-soviet space

According to the Minister of Culture Sarmite Elerte, international contest of young pop-singers “New Wave” organised by Russia’s TV channel in Jurmala (seaside resort city near Riga) symbolizes ex-soviet space which Latvia wants to leave forever.  The Minister believes that the level of the contest is average and she fails to understand why it is specially marked out among other events in Jurmala. Deputies of the Jurmala City Council oppose the Minister’s statement arguing that the “New Wave” brings about seven millions Lats  (ten million Euros) in the city’s budget and makes Jurmala recognisable in other countries. As reported, a group of nationalists held a protest against the contest yesterday. 

According to the Minister of Culture Sarmite Elerte, international contest of young pop-singers New Wave organised by Russias TV channel in Jurmala (seaside resort city near Riga) symbolizes ex-soviet space which Latvia wants to leave forever. The Minister believes that the level of the contest is average and she fails to understand why it is specially marked out among other events in Jurmala. Deputies of the Jurmala City Council oppose the Ministers statement arguing that the New Wave brings about seven millions Lats (ten million Euros) in the citys budget and makes Jurmala recognisable in other countries. As reported, a group of nationalists held a protest against the contest yesterday. Diena, Vesti Segodnya