Putting the 'service' in civil service

Nov 11, 1999
By J. Michael Lyons

RIGA — It does not have the international glamour of European Union accession talks or the charisma of a good political row, but a bill quietly winding through Parliament this fall that forges the rules between the government and the governed will affect the everyday lives of Latvia residents more than the other two combined.Blandly entitled the Administrative Procedures Act, the bill will do nothing less than give citizens the power to challenge civil servants, the police and local government o ...

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