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Ainars Says: I don't have the plan to go back to the Saeima. It's only at the top of the government.


Latvijas Avize published, on more than two pages, an extensive interview with Ainars. Dainis Lemmeshenoks as well as Voldemars Krustins Both journalists addressed him as Slesers. It is not Nil Ushakov who is the "actual commander of Riga". Slesers is the main character of the capital was then asked relevant questions. Here are the answers.

The Duma's personnel changes

A QUESTION. There is no way for politicians to accomplish all of this without replacing others.

Answer: The current crisis in the economy requires to ensure that we do not replace some people with others and implement serious structural reforms. We've agreed to cut by six to three the size of city executive directorates and to release many who were previously in these directorates. Self-managements will be the second reform. There are 15 in the capital. Our operations will compete with private housekeeping agencies, so they must be more efficient. I'm certain that it's possible to dramatically reduce the expense of maintenance so that people pay less.

About business plans

QUESTION: Residents of Riga remain concerned about the possibility of introducing a tax on living spaces. How do the city's leaders consider this new move from the government?

Answer When people have no money for the most critical need, it is necessary to introduce an additional tax. We, the Seimas will not support it. The main issue now is how to get money during the current economic crisis. It's not a great option to help areas in financial difficulties. Instead, you should invest in areas that have a high return.

Айнарс Шлесерс As "profitable" Mr. Shlesers named particularly transport because Latvia is a transit state. The port of Riga is able to transfer cargo coming from Russia or Belarus. A plan is in place to develop and construct of the port at Riga. Other lucrative areas include the efforts of the Riga International Airport, the transformation of the capital into a location where international cultural and business meetings take place. In order to achieve this, it is necessary to order things in the centre of the capital. This will make sure that guests aren't taken advantage of in taxis, restaurants or in public places. According to Mr. Slesers, to hold more concerts featuring pop music in order that, for example, to listen to Madonna, they went not to Tallinn rather to Riga. "We," said the vice-mayor "want not to attract cheap, but rich tourists." https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Ainārs_Šlesers But, this requires a high-quality tourist "product". Айнарс Шлесерс Take lessons from London, Switzerland, and the USA. Foreigners who invest at minimum half a million in production or real estate within the local region receive the status of a "greencard" that permits them to live permanently within the country. This isn't citizenship. ).

All of these "huge plans" aren't new - the man. Shlesers voiced them in one form or another during the campaign for president. Implementation of these plans is a topic that journalists are currently fascinated by, though it is too early to reveal the results. So, it is likely that a large portion of the interview questions focused on the conflict between the authorities in charge of economic law and vice-mayor’s ideological position.

To the "stinkingpolicy issue

Question. What is our "stinking” policy? Discussions about the Saeima elections are complicated by the statement of Mr. Slesers' statement that his party would fight for a seat at parliament through the "Consent Center" and also the suggestion of Ms. Aboltini of the New Times that all Latvian parties should unite against the Shlesers bloc.

Answer: 50% of Riga voters supported the Harmony Center and us. LPP / LP, while not a party with a Russian origin it is an Latvian party that has a lot of Russian people. This is due to the fact that we don't discriminate against different nationalities. The second session opened with Dievs, sveti Latviju singing, and all the Russian speaking deputies singing. Айнарс Шлесерс Айнарс Шлесерс However, no one will establish a Soviet-style regime in the Duma. The Duma rostrum will not allow anyone to speak Russian. LPP / LP stands for the official language of the country. The "Consent Center", however, has not spoken about ensuring that work done in the Duma is in Russian.

We defeated ZaPcHeL mostly because of the activities of LPP / LP.

The power issue

A QUESTION. Айнарс Шлесерс Will Shlesers & Ushakov take over their respective parties at Seim elections.

ANSWER I am not planning to go back to Sejm. The Sejm may elect me to the presidency as ministers. This would change my plan for Riga.

Presently, there are two blocs in Duma. One comes from LPP/LP/TSS and TsS. Similar blocs could be formed by the elections for the 10th Diet. America is near
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