“Jaunaja Vienotības” describes what happened as an earthquake, while political scientist Jānis Iksten says that Kariņas’ career as a politician is over.
Commenting on the report of the State Audit Office, TV3 journalist Ivo Butkevičs in a conversation with the program “900 seconds” says that it was clear that it would be unflattering: “What surprised me was the directness, harshness and how loud this report was. How harsh these conclusions were, that there really are people who have been pilfering through the state purse as if it were their private pocket.”
Now we can see the attempts of officials to shift the blame from one person to another, but as the journalist points out, “we can be very careful – the prime minister is fundamentally responsible”.
He compares the current situation in the “New Unity” to a tsunami, the damage of which will be revealed only later. However, it is clear that both the Kariņas flight scandal and the envelope salary scandal will be a present element for all parties in the European Parliament pre-election campaign. This is also reflected in the ratings of the parties – “Jauna Vienotība” has slipped from the top and has taken dynamics in the opposite direction.
The party usually has good results in the European Parliament elections, and from the journalist’s point of view, if “New Unity” gets bad results there, it will mean that the electoral base of the political power will give signals that the situation is not good.
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Kariņš has currently left the position of Minister of Foreign Affairs and the fact that it has not been possible to find a potential replacement for the party in power as “New Unity” does not look good, Butkevičs points out. However, he does not see any problems for the stability of the government in the short term.
“Problems with which “New Unity” are localized at the emotional level, those are their problems and that dirty uniform does not really stain the people standing next to it. Both “Progressives” and ZZS have their reasons why they should not make sharp turns. The “progressives” are in power for the first time, and they don’t just give power away – they attract power and fight for it. (..) “Załzemnieki” is in an even more special situation – the government has been working for half a year, but nothing has really been done,” the TV3 journalist sums up.
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2024-04-12 05:55:26
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