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The Baltic Times
Another important point of view is inside relations of politicians. There are constant rumours that the coalition will collapse. Is there a fundamental problem with the whole political system? In my opinion, there are too many politicians for our small country Latvia. We have a five party coalition, which has good and bad aspects. The coalition was expanded at the start of the crisis so decisions could be made more easily. But this means there are five different opinions about how to resolve problems. But as the next elections approach, we are seeing party consolidation. The era of small parties is over, so we are on the right path, but inside Riga City Council will be a big fight on authority. Day –to –day in TBT we can read different people thoughts about politicians. On January 21st was written about suspended State Revenue Service Director General Dzintars Jakans, who will get another post. While the Greens/Farmers Union supported his rotation, Finance Minister Einars Repse said that Jakans must be penalized and removed from office, but if politicians in the coalition are not unanimous, a compromise must be found.…
In my opinion the most important political and economic issues covered by “The Baltic Times” (hereafter TBT) are because of current economic crisis. And from political they are: mistrust of politicians; pledges and hustings; hustle and bustle in the government; government good jobs; is our president the head of our state? o It’s not a secret that many citizens of Latvia do not trust the country’s political parties, arguing that there is still more belief in the parliament and government. They consider state institutions as a better representation of their interests. But for citizen own kids –it would be better to emigrate from this country. History shows that mistrust is like a spiral and this should be the right time to break it. But is it possible if for the moment only 5 percent of the population trusts political groups? Political parties tend to shift with the predictability of a freak tidal wave –you know it is coming, especially in an election year, but you never know exactly how and when. People are tired of pledges given by politicians and this is one more problem in our society.
