Any society needs stability
Aug 27, 1998
By Joseph Shagal
The amendments to the citizenship law passed by the Saeima which provide automatic citizenship (without Latvian language tests) to children born in Latvia after 1991, have a very principled and constructive character. By contrast, the For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK party's decision to bring a solution to this problem to a nation-wide level looks non-constructive.The idea of a nation-wide discussion has always seemed attractive to me. First of all, by its democracy. But when the referendum is s ...
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