The meeting organized by the President of the Environmental Protection Club, the aim of which is to advocate “on human ecology, justification of Covid-19”, gathered more than 25 people currently allowed in the country on the embankment on Saturday, the agency LETA observed.
The meeting gathered hundreds of parts with face masks, but mostly those gathered do not wear them. The law enforcement officers present have not interfered in what has been going on for half an hour, but have created a kind of chain between the gathered and the roadway, the agency LETA observed.
At one point, the State Police car passed the scene, playing a call not to assemble, because it is an offense. However, it was not easy to hear the call, because passing cars constantly signaled with car horns.
People of different ages have gathered, some have Latvian flags in their hands.
Cars decorated with national flags constantly pass the venue and constantly signal with car horns.
The event was announced by the club’s president Arvīds Ulme, while the club itself had previously announced that it had decided to withdraw from the invitation to participate in this meeting, which was distributed unilaterally on behalf of Ulme, emphasizing that any calls not to comply with the pandemic
The event was attended by 25 people – gathering more people due to the Covid-19 pandemic is currently banned.
About 300 people gathered in Riga in protest, violating the restrictions on gatherings and ignoring the requirement to use face fees https://t.co/JIGihPfg9z pic.twitter.com/uKiG6Gom1U
– LETA News (@letanewslv) December 12, 2020
Or @State police will break the law? # котлешниеки #Krastmala pic.twitter.com/ucE5zb73vd
– Ainis Sproģis (@ainissprogis) December 12, 2020
As reported, the Chief of the Riga Municipal Police Juris Lukass pointed out this week that the time when he tolerated the protesters against the restrictions of Covid-19 is over.
He said that the police are ready for any development scenario, but given the tense epidemiological situation, the period of tolerance for those who deliberately do not follow the restrictions has expired.
Consequently, the police will be ready to use all the restrictive means at its disposal to maintain order, commenting on the upcoming protests, Lucas pointed out earlier.
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