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• Association Latgolys Saeima asks the President of Latvia, MPs and the government to evaluate the suppression of the Latgallian language by ex-President Karlis Ulmanis

The association “Latgolys Saeima” which works for the protection and the recognition of the Latgallian language in Latvia sent an open letter to the State President of Latvia, MPs and the Cabinet of Ministers asking them to evaluate the actions of the ex-President of Latvia Karlis Ulmanis (1934-1940) regarding the suppression of the Latgallian language. The authors of the letter ask for the return of the status and the rights of the Latgallian language which it had been granted prior to the start of the Ulmanis’ regime in 1934, such as the teaching of the Latgallian language and literature in schools, publication of books, journals and newspapers in Latgallian.

The association Latgolys Saeima which works for the protection and the recognition of the Latgallian language in Latvia sent an open letter to the State President of Latvia, MPs and the Cabinet of Ministers asking them to evaluate the actions of the ex-President of Latvia Karlis Ulmanis (1934-1940) regarding the suppression of the Latgallian language. The authors of the letter ask for the return of the status and the rights of the Latgallian language which it had been granted prior to the start of the Ulmanis regime in 1934, such as the teaching of the Latgallian language and literature in schools, publication of books, journals and newspapers in Latgallian. Vesti Segodnya