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• MP Raivis Dzintars asked one of the Unity leaders Solvita Aboltina to explain the position of the Unity regarding the transition of ethnic minority schools into Latvian language

The MP Raivis Dzintars (nationalists’ union All for Latvia!/FF-LNIM) appealed with an open letter to the Saeima’s Speaker, one of the Unity leaders Solvita Aboltina asking to explain the position of the Unity regarding the transition of ethnic minority schools into Latvian language. Such appeal was made following the statement of the MEP, member of the political party Unity Karlis Sadurskis that all state funded education should be in Latvian language only. Raivis Dzintras stressed that his party recently proposed to transfer all schools into Latvian but it was refused by other members of the governing coalition. Solvita Aboltina did not reply on the Mr Dzintars’ appeal yet but trough her press secretary explained that Mr Sadurskis voiced his own opinion and the party does not share it. Vesti Segodnya, Latvijas Avize