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Latvian Parliament Dissolution Question, 2011
A Latvian Parliament Dissolution Question was decided by voters on July 23, 2011, in the country of Latvia. It was approved by 94% of voters.[1]
Due to the inability of the Parliament to elect a new MP in the country, Latvian President Valdis Zatlers sought to dissolve the Parliament via referendum.[2]
The government of Latvia had negotiated with other countries to operate foreign polling stations in 41 other countries. At the time, this was the largest amount of foreign polling stations which had existed in a Latvian election. The election chairman of the country noted that the short time for Latvians living abroad to apply for mail-in ballots led to this increase in polling stations.[3] It was reported that less than 15 percent of those Latvians living abroad participated in the election.[4]
Text of measure
The ballot question was as follows:[2]
| “ | Do you support dissolving the 10th convocation Saeima?[5] | ” |
See also
Footnotes
- ↑ EurActiv, "Latvians sack parliament, head to early elections," July 25, 2011
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Day, "Oligarch purge Latvian style," June 7, 2011
- ↑ Latvians Online, "Referendum on Saeima to have record number of polling stations abroad," June 21, 2011
- ↑ Latvians Online, "London and the U.K. top Saeima referendum voting activity abroad," July 24, 2011
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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