2024-06-14 21:51:38
Norms, which till now supplied that the municipalities of Daugavpils, Jelgava, Liepāja, Rēzekne and Ventspils cities would merge with the neighboring county into one municipality from 2029, have been excluded from the legislation.
Subsequently, each the talked about cities and neighboring counties – Augšdaugava county, Jelgava county, Dienvikkurzeme county, Rēzekne county and Ventspils county – will stay as everlasting municipalities even after 2029.
The respective proposals have been superior by the Saeima factions of the Inexperienced and Farmers’ Unions and the “United Listing”.
Within the State Administration and Native Authorities Fee, though initially such a path was conceptually supported, later particular proposals weren’t supported within the fee, with the votes being break up in half. However, the Saeima as we speak determined the alternative with an amazing majority, supporting the rejection of the merger of those municipalities.
Nevertheless, the Saeima rejected the proposals for the renewal of Carnikava, Babīte, Kandava, Ikškile, Ilūkste and Ozolnieku counties, in addition to the movement for the creation of the North Kurzeme county. Deputies additionally didn’t help the proposal so as to add Garkalne Parish to Ādaži County.
On the similar time, there may be nonetheless a chance for Đadaži and Ropaži counties to discover a consensus on whether or not and the way Garkalne parish ought to be divided by autumn – it isn’t identified whether or not such an settlement will likely be reached.
It has already been reported that the present cooperation between the large cities and neighboring counties was talked about by native authorities representatives on the assembly of the Saeima fee on Wednesday as an argument for not merging.
As reported earlier, on the assembly of the State Administration Fee, the Appearing Chairperson of the Jelgava Area, Ilze Vītola (LZS), emphasised that the area and town of Jelgava already cooperate in a number of areas for the good thing about the inhabitants, together with within the subject of civil safety, civil registration and training.
The primary deputy chairman of the Ventspils Metropolis Council, Guntis Blumbergs (“For Latvia and Ventspils”) emphasised that within the beforehand carried out inhabitants survey, each within the metropolis of Ventspils and within the Ventspils area, an amazing majority stated that they have been towards the unification. Blumberg additionally identified that Pilteni and Ugāli, for instance, could be thought of improvement facilities within the area.
The Ventspils councilor emphasised that the 2 municipalities are already cooperating extra broadly than the legislation requires, together with utilizing the hospital and polyclinic collectively, in addition to “resting and enjoying sports activities collectively”. Blumberg referred to as to not power the municipalities whose residents don’t wish to merge.
Ventspils County Council Chairman Aivars Mucenieks (LZS) expressed that the residents need the county to stay as a separate territory. The 2 municipalities have fully completely different profiles, and within the occasion of a merger, the illustration of residents is not going to be equal. Nearly all of such a council will all the time have the ability to say that it isn’t worthwhile to take a position funds in additional distant elements of the municipality, Mucenieks claimed.
Representatives of huge cities and different neighboring counties have beforehand argued on the fee assembly why their municipalities ought to be preserved as separate native governments.
2024-06-14 21:51:38