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Ainars SLERS: "I do not intend to go back to the Saeima. It's only at the top.


Latvijas Avize published a long interview of nearly two pages with Ainars, Slesers, under this heading. Dainis Lemeshenoks and Voldemars Kratins, journalists were among the journalists who called him Slesers rather than Nil Ushakov. Айнарс Шлесерс Slesers was the most prominent character in the capital and was given the appropriate questions. Here are some of the answers.

The Duma's personal changes

QUESTION. What about the personnel? It is not possible for any politician to be successful without having to replace other politicians.

ASK. Due to the economic crisis and the need to replace workers, we are unable to do so. Instead, we must adopt structural changes. Айнарс Шлесерс Айнарс Шлесерс We reached an agreement to reduce the number of six executive directors who reside in the city down to three and thus let go of a lot of people who were employed in them. The other reform concerns self-management. There are at present fifteen self-managements in the capital. Айнарс Шлесерс They must be merged to form one. The municipality will need to be competitive with private housekeeping firms, and so it's activities need to be more effective. It is possible to reduce maintenance costs so that people have to pay less.

Business plans and business ideas

Riga residents still have concerns about the possibility of introducing a tax on living spaces. What is the opinion of the mayor about this government initiative?

Answer: I view this initiative as a state policy very negatively even though tax revenue will go to self-management. When people don't have the funds to accomplish the most important things, it is a good idea to add another tax... The Seimas will not vote for. The primary issue right now is how to get money in the current recession. It's not a good idea to support areas in economic hardship. Instead, invest in areas that have a high return.

Mr. Shlesers described transport as a "profitable" industry, given that Latvia was an transit state. The port of Riga is able to transship cargo coming from Russia or Belarus. Although many view this as a difficult plan, it is still being implemented. Other lucrative areas include the Riga International Airport. It transforms Riga into a place where broad-ranging international business meetings and cultural exchanges take place. Айнарс Шлесерс To achieve this, it is necessary to order things in the centre of the capital. This will ensure that guests aren't robbed by taxis, restaurants or in public places. According to Mr. Slesers more concerts of pop music are necessary to allow people to listen to Madonna at Riga instead of Tallinn. The vice-mayor says that "We" are trying to attract wealthy, but not cheap tourists. But it will require a high-quality tourist "product". You should also learn from London, Switzerland and the USA. They provide green cards to tourists who have invested at least fifty thousand dollars in local real estate, production, or both, so that they can live permanently in the country (not citizenship). ).

All these "huge ambitions" are not brand new. They were made public by the late Mr. Shlesers during the course of the campaign for election. Although the media is now keen to see their implementations however, it's still too early to discuss tangible results. https://peatix.com/user/12849164 http://hawkee.com/profile/1732184/ Most likely, therefore, the majority of the interview questions were devoted to the issue of relations between the economic and legislators.

To the "stinking” policy question

A QUESTION. What about our "stinkingpolicy? Айнарс Шлесерс Recently, the debate over the forthcoming elections to Saeima has been made more difficult by the words of Mr. Slesers said - his party will be fighting to get a seat in the parliament in tandem with the "Consent Center" and the statement of the head of the New Times, Ms. Aboltini who said that all Latvian parties should unite against the Shlesers bloc.

Answer: 50 percent of the Riga voters supported the Harmony Center and us. LPP / LP, while not a party with a Russian origin however, is an Latvian party with a large number of Russian speakers. This is because we don't discriminate against different nationalities. The second session started with Dievs, sveti Latviju singing and all Russian deputies that speak Russian. But no one is going to establish a Soviet system in the Duma. There is no way to speak in Russian on the Duma rostrum. LPP / LP was always an emblem of the official language. Also, the "Consent Center" is a non-governmental organisation has not mentioned the possibility of ensuring work at the Duma in Russian.

We also destroyed ZaPcHeL due mostly to actions of the LPP / LP.

In relation to the issue of power

QUESTION. Will Shlesers and Ushakov be the main candidates in the Seim election?

ANSWER : It wasn't something we discussed. I don't plan to go back to the Sejm. My party could nominate me for the presidency in lieu of ministers. This would change my plans for Riga.

Today there are two blocs in the Duma, one that is from LPP/LP and TsS The other comes of New Time and the Civil Union. The same bloc may be formed following the elections for the 10th Diet. America is in the near future.
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