Legal Affairs Committee chair does not deny abuse claims
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Andrejs Judins, the chairman of the Saeima Legal Affairs Committee, has published a lengthy video response to allegations of violence and emotional abuse. Critics note that while the recording offers various justifications, it stops short of denying the specific accounts of physical abuse brought forward by activist Selma Levrence.
The country's top legal officials are having a difficult week. The Constitutional Court has ruled that Prosecutor General Armīns Meisters is either incompetent or simply ignores the law, while Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs is being accused of abandoning his previous hardline stance on the transit of Russian grain.
The Competition Council has fined eight funeral service companies for operating a cartel that fixed at least 13 separate procurement deals. Meanwhile, investigative reports are questioning the relationship between a leading governing party member and Russian journalist Leonid Ragozin, who is described as a Kremlin propagandist.