The Saeima on Thursday, May 12, supported amendments to the law removing legal barriers to the demolition of the Soviet memorial in Uzvaras park,APA reports citing lsm.lv.
The Saeima voted for the amendments at express pace in both the first and second, final, readings today.
The corresponding amendments to the Law on the agreements between the Republic of Latvia and the Russian Federation signed in Moscow on 30 April 1994 were supported by 68 members, while 18 were against – mostly members of the opposition party Harmony, as well as the independent members Jūlija Stepaņenko and Ļubova Švecova, according to the results of the vote.
The amendments supported by the Saeima Foreign Affairs Commission are intended to suspend the functioning of Section 13 of the “Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of Latvia regarding the social protection of military pensioners living in the territory of the Republic of Latvia and their family members”. Article 13 provides that Latvia shall ensure the preservation of memorial structures in Latvia.
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