The President assesses the pace of government formation as satisfactory

The President reminded that the candidate for the post of Prime Minister, Andris Kulbergs ("United List"), received an official invitation to form a government a week ago, and consultations and discussions about the upcoming work have already taken place. Rinkēvičs acknowledged that he regularly communicates with Kulbergs regarding the formation of the government, and during the meeting with Smiltenš, the schedule for creating commissions was discussed. The President stated that he sees no grounds for concern. He reminded that in the history of Latvian parliamentarism, the pace of government formation has varied. There have been cases when the government received a vote of confidence from the Saeima two to three days after the parliament was convened, but there have also been cases when the government was approved at the end of November or January. Rinkēvičs considers Smiltenš's explanation logical that first the composition of the Cabinet of Ministers needs to be formed, and then the parliamentary commissions. The President agrees that such a sequence allows for avoiding changes in the composition of the commissions due to changes in deputies. The President suggested that a new Cabinet of Ministers and commissions may appear by the state holidays, which will begin to consider legislative proposals. In his opinion, a shift of a week in either direction is not decisive, and he assesses this pace as completely satisfactory.