Rookie lawmaker elected Parliament chair
Sep 26, 2007
By Talis Saule Archdeacon

CONTROVERSIAL CHOICE: Daudze’s appointment is likely to raise eyebrows, both for his lack of experience and for his Ventspils ties.
RIGA - Coalition lawmakers elected a virtually unknown politician with minimal legislative experience on the national level to chair Parliament after the previous speaker, Indulis Emsis, resigned from the post due to allegations leveled against him by state prosecutors.
In the ballot held Sept. 24, Gundars Daudze, a anesthesiologist and native of Ventspils, mustered 52 votes of support in the 100-seat Saeima. Thirty-six members voted against his candidacy.
The vote came three days after prose ...
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