Event 00a76599-1bf6-4f9e-b2c6-55ca48b59d7f

Approved event from Hybrid War Tracker

Status: Approved Confidence: Low Category: Uncategorized Country: Latvia

Source: https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/politics/15.05.2025-saei...

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Event Time

7mo ago

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Created

1mo ago

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Updated

1mo ago

Summary

Headline: Saeima rejects proposal to grant voting rights to non-citizens of Latvia

Short Summary: Latvia's parliament rejected a proposal to grant voting rights to non-citizens.

Description

On May 15, 2025, the Latvian Saeima (parliament) rejected a proposal to allow non-citizens the right to vote in local elections. The proposal was submitted by the opposition faction 'For Stability!' but was not supported by the majority of parliamentarians, who characterized the idea as dangerous and contrary to the principles of Latvian law and statehood.

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The proposal to allow non-citizens to vote in local elections is dangerous and should not be supported: with such remarks, the majority of the Saeima rejected the attempt by the 'For Stability!' faction's attempt to expand the rights of non-citizens on 15 May.

Such ideas appear on the parliamentary agenda from time to time.

The amendments to the local government election law were submitted by the opposition faction For Stability!

Source

https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/politics/15.05.2025-saeima-rejects-proposal-to-grant-voting-rights-to-non-citizens-of-latvia.a599183/