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• Nationalists’ union blames coalition partners for lost chance to stop the possible forthcoming referendum on citizenship

Leader of the nationalists’ union All for Latvia!/FF-LNIM Raivis Dzintars stated there was a possibility to prevent the possible forthcoming referendum on granting Latvian citizenship to non-citizens blaming the Unity and the Reform Party for inaction. According to Raivis Dzintars, when the beginning of the collection of signatures in support of referendum on citizenship was announced, the nationalists’ union proposed to amend the Constitution of Latvia aimed at prohibiting the initiation of draft amendments trough referenda on issues that undermine the foundation of the state including the amendments to the Citizenship Law. Mr Dzintars is convinced if the outcome of the referendum on citizenship is successful it will mean the end of Latvia’s independence as according to him Latvia will be ruled by a Kremlin backed party. The Speaker of the Saeima Solvita Aboltina (Unity), in her turn, stated that politicians should first hear the opinion of the Presidential Commission on Constitutional Law and that the amendments drafted by the nationalist union were of poor quality. Vesti Segodnya, Chas