Integration monitor is a daily Latvian press digest on ethnic minority and society integration issues. The Monitor reviews the biggest Latvian dailies: Diena, Latvijas Avize, Neatkariga (in Latvian language), Vesti Segodnya (in Russian language). In specific cases other information sources are used. Latvian Centre for Human Rights is not responsible for information published by the media.

• Central Election Committee delayed the decision on referendum about non-citizen for one month

The Central Election Committee (CEC) delayed the decision on initiation of a state funded collection of signatures for support of referendum on granting Latvian citizenship to non-citizens for a month. Yesterday, the CEC announced that it will wait for all the requested evaluations of legal experts about whether the draft law is fully elaborated according to the Article 78 of the Constitution and can be forwarded to the referendum. Up to now, the evaluation are provided by the President’s Chancellery, the Saeima’s Legal Office, the Ministry of Justice, department of the Legal faculty of the University of Latvia, Legal faculty if the Riga Stradins University, and the Riga Graduate School of Law. According to the newspapers, all the provided opinions critically evaluate the draft law. The CEC wants to receive additional opinion of the Foreign Affairs Ministry, Legal faculty of the University of Latvia (not only its department), the Ombudsman’s Office, and experts in international law concerning citizenship. Telegraf, Diena, Chas, Vesti Segodnya, Latvijas Avize