Latvian Minister Steps Down Over Technical Failures in Municipal Elections
(MENAFN) Latvian Minister of Smart Administration and Regional Affairs Inga Berzina stepped down on Wednesday, accepting full responsibility for the technical failures that disrupted the vote-counting process during last weekend’s municipal elections.
Prime Minister Evika Silina confirmed Berzina’s resignation following discussions with President Edgars Rinkevics. Silina emphasized that the government’s immediate focus is on launching a comprehensive investigation into the incident and ensuring robust safeguards to avoid similar disruptions in the upcoming parliamentary elections scheduled for fall 2026.
At a Wednesday session of the Saeima's State Administration and Local Government Committee, Kristine Saulite, Chairperson of the Central Election Commission, initially announced her intention to resign. However, she later retracted her statement, clarifying she had yet to finalize her decision.
The problems stemmed from a malfunction in the electronic vote-counting system, forcing election staff to switch to manual ballot counting and causing major delays in delivering final election results.
President Rinkevics, who criticized the local elections’ organization as a failure on Sunday, reaffirmed on Wednesday that there was no cause to question the legality or legitimacy of the election results.
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