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• Saeimas Legal Affairs Committee supported the draft amendments according to which an MP can be sent to the state language test

The Saeima’s Legal Affairs Committee supported the draft amendments to the Saeima Rules on Procedure stipulating order how an MP whose level of state language proficiency is in doubt can be sent to the language test. The draft amendments stipulate that appeal to check state language proficiency of an MP should be submitted by at least 10 MPs. The MP with poor Latvian proficiency will be given 5 months to improve the language and after that the MP will have to pass examination. If the MP fails, the Committee on Mandates, Ethics and Submissions forwards to the Saeima a draft law on expulsion of the MP from the parliament.

The Saeimas Legal Affairs Committee supported the draft amendments to the Saeima Rules on Procedure stipulating order how an MP whose level of state language proficiency is in doubt can be sent to the language test. The draft amendments stipulate that appeal to check state language proficiency of an MP should be submitted by at least 10 MPs. The MP with poor Latvian proficiency will be given 5 months to improve the language and after that the MP will have to pass examination. If the MP fails, the Committee on Mandates, Ethics and Submissions forwards to the Saeima a draft law on expulsion of the MP from the parliament. Telegraf, Vesti Segodnya, Diena