2024-04-26 13:13:52
Kadžulis in the Latvian Television (LTV) program “What is happening in Latvia?” claimed that almost ten years ago, the then General Secretary of “Vienotības” Kampars called on the election software provider “SOAAR” to falsify the results of the 12th Saeima elections, in order to ensure that the party’s then chairperson, Solvitas Āboltinas, would enter the parliament. There is no confirmation of such a conversation for Kajulis, but he once reported it to the law enforcement authorities.
“I have never asked or hinted at anything like that to anyone. These are absurd statements that do not correspond to the truth,” Kampars emphasized to the LETA agency. The former politician expressed his confusion as to why such false accusations appeared ten years after the alleged conversation took place. Such an absurd and blatantly false statement can only be thought of in fever nightmares, said the former General Secretary of “Unity”.
Asked about Kajulis’ claim that he was called on the night of the Saeima elections, Kampars thinks that he did not make such a call, while adding that it is impossible to remember all the phone calls that took place ten years ago.
Kampar said that he met Kajuli a few times, he had very few contacts with this person, so the politician does not think that he called Kajuli on the night of the Saeima elections or around that time.
On the other hand, commenting on Kadžulis’ claim that after the negative answer about interference in the counting of votes, Kampars actually threatened him that “then everything will be fine”, the former politician emphasized to the LETA agency that it was completely absurd and that he had never discussed such topics with Kadžulis .
Kampar will still think about how to take action against these slanders, which go “strongly beyond the limits of reason”. When asked if he could go to court against Kajuli for insulting dignity and honor, the former politician explained that he would still listen to legal advice on how to proceed.
As reported, Kadžulis, who is accused in the case of fraud in the procurement of the Central Election Commission (CVK), claimed to LTV that on the night of the 12th Saeima elections held in the fall of 2014, Kampars invited him to talk and expressed concern that Āboltiņa might lack the votes to enter the Saeima. “We need you to do it so that she gets elected,” Kadzulis allegedly told Kampara ten years ago. “I’m saying, do you understand what you’re asking, you’re asking to falsify the election results. I will never go down that path in my life. And I refused. [Kampars] He said – then everything will be fine,” Kažulis claimed in the program.
He said that these statements can only be proved by the fact that Āboltiņa was not elected in the end, but he got into the 12th Saeima after Jānis Junkurs, who was elected from the “Vienotības” list, resigned from the Saeima. He announced that he had received a job offer from a company in Hong Kong. However, his public official’s declaration did not show his work in a Hong Kong company, which led to the conclusion that he left the Saeima to make room for Āboltiņa.
Kadžulis said that he reported the incident to the Constitutional Protection Bureau (SAB), but there was no response. “I reported it several times to the SAB. Do you think something happened? It’s like against the wall there, just like in the Office for the Prevention and Combating of Corruption (KNAB). At one point, hands drop to report something, because no one does anything,” Kadžulis reproached.
After these announcements, Prime Minister Evika Siliņa (JV) emphasized that she would ask the law enforcement authorities to check the statement made publicly. Siliņa emphasized that what Kažuļis said about the attempt to influence the democratic procedures established in the Constitution should not remain without consequences. “Either it happened, and one must answer to the law, or it didn’t, and the other must answer to the law. The opinion of the institutions protecting Latvia’s constitutional order and security must be expressed very clearly – there must be both an assessment and action,” the Prime Minister believes. .
Therefore, she has decided to request information from the state security authorities, as well as to invite the Prosecutor General to verify the statements made.
At the prosecutor’s office, there is currently a criminal case for fraud in the IT procurement organized by CVK. Kadžulis is one of the defendants in this case. The company led by him won several times in the procurement of CVK and the Directorate of Citizenship and Migration Affairs.
In April 2024, Kažulis claimed to TV3’s program “Neka peresika” that “Vienotība” had been using the system created by “SOAAR” for elections in congresses for eight years for free, without making the requested payment for the services. KNAB has started a departmental inspection in connection with this. A week later, Kadžulis’ announcements that Kampars tried to influence the counting of votes in the 2014 Saeima elections followed.
“Firmas.lv” information shows that the owners of “SOAAR” are Kadžulis and Leonards Survilo in equal shares. They are also board members of the company. In 2020, the turnover of the company was 1.12 million euros, and the profit – 675,000 euros, while data for later years is not available.
2024-04-26 13:13:52