Sunday as the eleventh political force Riga City Council “Center Party” applied for the extraordinary elections, the chairman of the Riga City Election Commission Juris Kokins informed.
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The “Center Party” offers only eight candidates for the Riga City Council elections. Jānis Valtervitenheim, who has been nominated as the president of the “Association of Latvian Catholic Students and Academicians Dzintars”, will be the first candidate on the list, but he will be followed by Normunds Grostiņš and Andžejs Zdanovičs.
In its program, the party is the first to emphasize that it has officially proposed dismissing the Saeima. The party also welcomed the dismissal of the Riga City Council. “We offer 30 deputies instead of 60 deputies in Riga and 50 deputies in the Saeima instead of 100. This will save millions of euros in a few years,” the party writes in the program, although the local government does not decide on changes in the law.
The party promises to reduce heating costs, repair the streets, gradually introduce free public transport for all residents of Riga and prevent “raids in the center of Riga”.
Tomorrow, the submission of lists for the Riga City Council’s extraordinary elections will end, and Kokins knew that three more parties – KPV LV, “Jaunā taisa” and “Rīkības partija” – plan to submit their lists, so a total of 14 political forces could apply for seats in the municipality.
So far in the elections registered party association “Development / For!” and the joint list of the party “Progressive”, New Conservative Party, “Honor to serve Riga”, party “Harmony”, unions “All Latvia!” – “Fatherland and Freedom” / LNNK and Latvian Association of Regions joint list, “New Unity”, Green and the Farmers’ Union, the “Alternative” party, the “United Latvia” party and the Latvian Russian Union.
Voters can get acquainted with the submitted lists of candidates, pre-election programs and information about candidates on the website “rd2020.cvk.lv” and during the election week also at polling stations.
Lists of candidates for deputies for the Riga City Council elections may be submitted by registered political parties, registered associations of registered political parties, as well as two or more registered political parties which have not merged into a registered association of political parties.
Citizens of Latvia or other European Union Member States who have reached the age of at least 18 on the day of elections and are registered in the Latvian Register of Voters and who are not subject to the restrictions on candidacy prescribed by law have the right to participate in local elections as candidates for deputies.
In order to stand for election to the Riga City Council, a candidate must meet at least one of the following conditions on the day of submitting the list of candidates: – must have a registered residence in Riga without interruption for the last 10 months, have been employed or self-employed in Riga for at least the last four months; real estate.
The list of candidates and the documents attached thereto shall be prepared using the application of the Central Election Commission, to the access rights of which the authors of the lists of candidates may request the Riga City Election Commission.
The number of candidates on the list may exceed the number of deputies to be elected to the City Council by three candidates. 60 deputies must be elected in the Riga City Council, thus the maximum number of candidates in one list is 63. A pre-election program must be added to the list of candidates, the amount of which does not exceed 4,000 imprints.
The security deposit for the list of candidates for the Riga City Council elections is 850 euros. The security shall be released if the list of candidates wins at least one seat in the election. The rest of the list security is transferred to the municipal budget.
In the Riga City Council elections, the lists of candidates for deputies will not have a number, but the order in which the marks in the polling stations (whose list mark will be on the surface) will be arranged will be determined by lot.
The election will take place on August 29, and you will be able to vote for a few hours or more a day during the previous voting from August 26 to August 28.
When staying at the polling station, voters will have to keep a distance of two meters, disinfect their hands, use a mouth and nose mask. Voters who do not have their own face shield will be issued a disposable face mask at the polling station.
Voters are also invited to use their own pens at the polling station, but if the voter does not have such an option, each voter will be provided with their own pen at the polling station.
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