The advisor to the Minister of Finance, Guntars Vitols, provided an example of "collective madness (foolishness)" in public administration on the social network X: "How does collective madness work? Now and then. Unchanging. Back then, it was like this. The Police Academy was abolished. As a result, investigators no longer received advanced training in pre-trial investigations on current challenges. The State Audit Office had been warning for years — pre-trial investigations in Latvia are sinking due to a lack of professional qualifications and practical skills among investigators. Then came informational reports, the Karins government listened to recommendations, added the desires of prosecutors, and created... in fact, yet another legal education program, starting with Greek philosophers and going up to a full course in jurisprudence. The state created a program called "Pre-Trial Investigation." What do they teach there? Philosophy of law and sociology, history of Latvian law, public law, private law, commercial law, resolution of private law disputes, international law, and EU law. Nothing to solve the problems for which this course was created. In the spirit of a construction cartel, it was decided that a training building costing 20 million should be built from nonexistent money. As a result of institutional foolishness, they created a product, a course, that does not address the original goal. Neither do these investigators have time during working hours to attend a full master's program, nor does this solve the initial problem. Out of 15 students, only 2 graduated. And now? Now they are promoting the Sports Fund. The initial idea was to attract private money to sports. Great! And now? The original idea has long gone. The idea in the Saeima has transformed away from the goal (there will be no private money), away from any meaning. And the meaning was — to provide money to sports so that every year they wouldn't have to ask for funds from the contingency fund. And that has also disappeared. In fact, funding for professional sports will be transferred to the Olympic Committee. The clever ones will get more "cash," while popular and youth sports remain on the sidelines. Meanwhile, requests for funding various bridges from the contingency fund have not gone anywhere; they come to the Ministry of Finance every week. I have long wanted to vomit from this. Meanwhile, this monstrosity, the Sports Fund, continues its path to the Saeima. Institutional stupidity."
