Latvia: Information on the results of the general elections of 1 October 1995, including the number of seats won by each political party
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 May 1996 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | LVA23959.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Latvia: Information on the results of the general elections of 1 October 1995, including the number of seats won by each political party, 1 May 1996, LVA23959.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6abcf18.html [accessed 29 May 2023] |
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For information on the number of seats obtained by each political party in the general elections of 30 September and 1 October 1995, please consult the October 1995 Keesing's Record of World Events attachment. For information on the new government that resulted from those elections, please consult the BNS attachment of 21 December 1995. In a telephone interview on 16 May 1996, a research analyst who monitors political developments in the Baltic countries at Prague's Open Media Research Institute (OMRI), a research enterprise dedicated to the study of the former Soviet Union and east-central and southeastern Europe, provided the following information. The coalition government that was formed on 21 December 1996 remains in office, although the Unity Party intends to withdraw from the coalition on 21 May 1996.
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum.
Reference
Open Media Research Institute (OMRI), Prague. 16 May 1996. Telephone interview with research analyst.
Attachments
BNS [Tallinn, in English]. 21 December 1995. "New Government Detailed: PM Outlines Policy." (FBIS-SOV-95-246 22 Dec. 1995, pp. 55-56)
Keesing's Record of World Events [Cambridge]. October 1995. Vol. 41, No. 10. "Latvia: General Election," pp. 40788-89.
