LIVE: Deputies determine on dissolution of Rēzekne council and union of two counties

Immediately, the Saeima intends to see the invoice on abolishing Rēzekne Metropolis Council within the first studying.

By that point, the parliament deliberate to determine on the problems of the agenda of the session of Could 16, which they didn’t have time to contemplate earlier than, as a result of the Saeima’s debate on the financial system of Latvia was lengthy.

The related draft legislation on the abolition of Rēzekne Metropolis Council was forwarded to the Saeima, together with that it dedicated violations of the “Legislation on Price range and Monetary Administration”, the legislation “On Municipal Budgets ” and the Legislation on Municipality , by not guaranteeing the efficiency of the duties specified by legislation and by not respecting the pursuits of the state and the residents of the related administrative space.

The Ministry of Environmental Safety and Regional Improvement says the council has proven systematic incompetence and intentionally dedicated unlawful actions associated to growth, adoption and implementation the town finances for 2023, in addition to the event and adoption of the 2024 finances.

The executive establishments of the supervisory state haven’t obtained confidence that the monetary scenario of the town below the present council might change. This endangers the efficiency of the autonomous features of the town and ensures the operation of the administration.

The draft legislation intends to nominate a short lived administration within the metropolis. Its director can be the deputy head of the Firm Registry, the lawyer Guna Puce, and its deputies can be the Rector of the Rēzekne Academy of Know-how, the Physician of Financial Sciences Iveta Mietule and the previous head of the Riga Building Authority Jānis Belkovskis.

As beforehand said by the Minister of Environmental Safety and Regional Improvement Inga Bērziņa (JV), it is going to be potential to grasp what is going on with the finances within the metropolis solely when the non permanent administration begins working there the town of Rēzekne.

To this point, the town of Rēzekne has submitted one data to the Ministry of Finance in a single occasion, and one other data within the different.

The minister additionally doesn’t believe that the city will be capable of reside with the finances adopted till the tip of the 12 months, so the non permanent administration should steadiness the finances to be able to acquire a state mortgage to enhance the monetary scenario. stabilize.

It has already been introduced that below the management of the mayor of Rēzekne, Aleksandar Bartaševiča (“With Latvia”), the town fell into critical financial issues, unable to satisfy its monetary obligations. Within the autumn of 2023, monetary violations have been found within the metropolis of Rēzekne, which led to the lack to cowl monetary obligations. In such circumstances, the Minister of Environmental Safety and Regional Improvement suspended Bartasevic from his submit. He has challenged his ban in courtroom.

The chairman of the Rēzekne council was suspended for critical and systematic violations whereas managing the work of the council and being liable for the group and administration of the municipal finances execution course of. The person violations, in addition to the council chairman’s failure to supply factual, correct, comparable, understandable and full details about the town’s monetary scenario and the preparation and execution of the town’s finances, confirmed the lack the chairman of the council to satisfy his duties.

“Kopa Latvijai” first tried to abolish the Rēzekne Metropolis Council and snap elections, however the authorities didn’t take applicable measures, as an alternative forcing the governing coalition of the Rēzekne Metropolis Council to undertake a balanced finances for 2024 and select a brand new choice. the chairman of the council.

The Authorized Workplace of the Saeima has assessed that the submitted invoice doesn’t present enough authorized grounds to dismiss the council.

Due to this fact, the skepticism of the Union of Greens and Farmers (ZZS) concerning the authorized foundation launched conditional uncertainty for some time, nonetheless, the votes of representatives could be sufficient to help the draft legislation dismissed the Rēzekne Metropolis Council within the first. studying

Immediately, it’s anticipated that the draft legislation can be supported by the “New Unity” within the coalition and the vast majority of MPs from the “Progressive” group of the Saeima, in addition to the opposition Nationwide Union and the “United Listing”.

However, the ZZS within the coalition couldn’t help the draft legislation except extra justification for the dismissal of the town is obtained from the accountable ministries.

Additionally, throughout immediately’s session, the deputies intend to hold out a conceptual evaluate of the modifications to the legislation on administrative areas and settlements proposed by the federal government and the Ministry of Environmental Safety and Regional Improvement (VARAM), which plans to attach Varakļani County with Madona County.

It is suggested that Could twenty seventh be set at 11am because the date for submitting proposals for the second studying.

In accordance with the legislation on administrative areas and settlements, the municipality of Varakljani County needed to arrange a public session on the mixing of Varakljani County with the encircling counties to be able to obtain the objectives of administrative territorial reform by October 1, 2021, for advisory functions.

The outcomes of the organized survey confirmed that if a choice is made because of the territorial reform of the administration of the Varakļlani district, that your entire majority of the inhabitants would love it to be the Madona district.

Varakľani county is the one metropolis whose union with one of many neighboring counties was nonetheless an unresolved challenge.

Though the accountable VARAM, assessing the targets of administrative territorial reform, supposed to attach the realm of ​​Varakļani with the realm of ​​Madona and the residents of the realm expressed this want in a number of polls, the thirteenth determined Earlier Saeima to merge with Rēzekne area. The Constitutional Courtroom acknowledged that the choice of the thirteenth Saeima doesn’t adjust to the essential legislation of the nation, so the Cupboard of Ministers, evaluating the targets of administrative territorial reform, ready a proposal for the 14th Saeima on the executive territory of Varakļani. County.

The legislation is anticipated to come back into impact on June 30 this 12 months to proceed the municipal work of Varakļani district and Madona district district till the municipal elections in 2025, in addition to figuring out the process for conduct and announce the 2025 municipal elections concerning the executive places of work of Varakļani district and Madona district.

“In a private assembly with the residents of Varakļlani and Murmastiene, I bought affirmation that the residents need Varakļlani county to be merged with Madona county. That is additionally confirmed by the outcomes of the general public session. thought-about by the federal government after which submitted to the Saeima.