The Constitutional Court has begun reviewing the constitutionality of the law on the dissolution of the Rezekne City Council and the legislative norms on local government elections. The application was filed by the Rezekne City Council. This is reported by Latvian media.
According to the law on the dissolution of the Rezekne City Council, it was dissolved. This law, as well as the law on local government elections, stipulate that a temporary administration will operate in Rezekne Municipality until the next elections. The applicant claims that these provisions have effectively terminated the functioning of the city council and appointed a temporary administration that will operate until the next city council elections scheduled for 7 June 2025.
“During this period, the municipality will not have a democratically legitimate Duma as a self-governing body elected by the local population.“, the Rezekne City Council states, arguing that the contested norms violate the principle of local self-government, since they deprive the municipality of the right to manage its administrative territory in the interests of its residents.
The Constitutional Court asked the Seimas, which issued the contested act, to submit a response outlining the circumstances of the case and the legal justification by the end of September. The preparation of the case must be completed by the end of December, after which the court will decide on the form and date of the trial.
It was previously reported that the temporary administration of the Rezekne municipality began its work after the dissolution of the city council. A lawyer and former head of the Register of Enterprises was appointed its head Kind of Puceand the deputies were the rector of the Rezekne Academy of Technology, Doctor of Economics Iveta Mietule and the former head of the Riga Construction Department Janis Belkovskis.
On June 20, the Saeima adopted the law on the dissolution of the Rezekne City Council in the final reading.
Source: www.gorod.lv
