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He stated that the celebration had already recognized a possible battle of curiosity on this scenario final week, as Wittenberg was as soon as the Minister of Transport, however the parliamentary investigation fee will definitely concentrate on the selections made throughout Wittenberg’s ministry in its work.
“We can’t be in a scenario the place Janis Wittenbergs is investigating himself, so in fact I hope that NA will change its consultant,” Shuvayev stated.
As reported, NA has nominated Wittenberg, Andri Kulberga (AS) and Kristaps Kristopanas (LPV) for the place of “Rail Baltica” within the Saeima parliamentary investigation fee.
The Union of Greens and Farmers (ZZS) has submitted to the parliamentary investigation fee Ārtas Štekerhoff, “Progressives” (P) – Skaidrītis Ābrams, “Jaunā vietība” (JV) – Ati Labuci and “Stability” – member of his faction Amil Salimovs.
Some politicians have expressed their concern on social networks that Wittenberg, as a former Minister of Transport, could also be in a battle of curiosity along with his work within the fee.
The Saeima is anticipated to resolve on the election of fee members on Thursday, June 20.
As reported, the Saeima, following the proposal of the opposition AS, NA and LPV and a complete of 34 MPs who don’t belong to factions, determined to determine a parliamentary fee of inquiry into the errors made in the middle of the “Rail Baltica” undertaking. The fee has a six-month working time period.
LETA already wrote that there’s at present no readability in regards to the operation and administration mannequin of the “Rail Baltica” railway line, in keeping with the analysis report on the scenario of the “Rail Baltica” undertaking carried out by the best audit establishments of the Baltic States.
In keeping with the info of the newest evaluation of prices and advantages of “Rail Baltica”, the full prices of the railway line within the Baltics can attain 23.8 billion euros, together with the prices of the primary section of the undertaking within the Baltics may very well be 15.3 billion euros, of which 6.4 billion euros in Latvia. Within the earlier cost-benefit evaluation in 2017, it was estimated that the undertaking would value a complete of 5.8 billion euros.
As reported, the development of the principle line of “Rail Baltica” is deliberate to start out this summer season, on this development season, the LETA company was knowledgeable in regards to the development of the railway undertaking “Rail Baltica” on the territory of Latvia by the representatives of SIA “Eiropas džežlės lijnas”.
The “Rail Baltica” undertaking envisages the creation of a railway line of European customary gauge from Tallinn to the border of Lithuania and Poland, in order that it might be potential to attach the Baltic states with different European nations by rail. Within the Baltic States, it’s deliberate to construct a brand new, 870-kilometer-long railway line of European gauge (1435 millimeters) with a most practice pace of 240 kilometers per hour.
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