Government likely to survive confidence vote
May 20, 1999
By Steven C. Johnson
RIGA - After a week's worth of accusations and political turmoil, the Latvian government says it will still be standing when the dust of a May 20 no-confidence vote settles."We thought the opposition was much stronger, with all these rumors of secret supporters in Latvia's Way and For Fatherland and Freedom, but I think this no-confidence vote will fail," said Latvia's Way member Indulis Berzins, the deputy speaker of the Parliament.Entering the week, the government's future looked as precarious ...
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