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• Saeima supported the extension of working hours of some polling stations during the parliamentary elections
• Aleksandrs Gaponenko appealed to the Constitutional Court objecting the legal norm which allows only citizens to elect the local government

Yesterday, the majority of the Saeima supported the draft amendments to the Saeima’s Election Law extending working hours of some polling stations during the parliamentary elections. The draft amendments were proposed following the appeal of the Jewish religious community asking to extend the working hours of the polling stations due to the Shabbat. Traditionally the elections are held on Saturday from 8 a.m. till 8 p.m. but accoding to the amendments some of the poling stations will be opened until 10 p.m.

Yesterday, the majority of the Saeima supported the draft amendments to the Saeimas Election Law extending working hours of some polling stations during the parliamentary elections. The draft amendments were proposed following the appeal of the Jewish religious community asking to extend the working hours of the polling stations due to the Shabbat. Traditionally the elections are held on Saturday from 8 a.m. till 8 p.m. but accoding to the amendments some of the poling stations will be opened until 10 p.m. Latvijas Avize

Head of the United Congress of Russian NGOs in Latvia Aleksandrs Gaponenko appealed to the Constitutional Court claiming to acknowledge that the norm of the Law on Local Election which stipulates that only citizens can elect the local government does not correspond to the Latvian Constitution. Mr Gaponenko believes that the law discriminates non-citizens. 

Head of the United Congress of Russian NGOs in Latvia Aleksandrs Gaponenko appealed to the Constitutional Court claiming to acknowledge that the norm of the Law on Local Election which stipulates that only citizens can elect the local government does not correspond to the Latvian Constitution. Mr Gaponenko believes that the law discriminates non-citizens. Vesti Segodnya