"I believe that prosecutor general definitely has to assume responsibility, as in such a politically sensitive case he cannot avoid it. The government was sacrificed due to Loskutovs, as the result of the process around KNAB! Pickets and demonstrations were organized -- how can he avoid responsibility?" Kalvitis said in an interview with Latvian daily Neatkariga Rita Avize on April 22.
Kalvitis believes that Loskutovs was "covered" by Maizitis. "I have grounds to believe that under the pressure of the protests organized by the opposition, the Prosecutor General's office either performed its inspection carelessly or did not perform it at all. Loskutovs was deliberately covered," Kalvitis claims.
"My trust in the prosecutor general, who is entrusted with the control of the operative activities of the institution [KNAB], has resulted in the situation that my predictions came true - it was possible to steal money at the institution, in large amounts," he said.
In fall last year, after relatively minor discrepancies were found in KNAB's accounts, the conflict between Kalvitis and Loskutovs arose, which resulted
in the so-called "umbrella revolution" and the resignation of Kalvitis' government.
Kalvitis remains bitter that Prosecutor General Maizitis offered staunch support to Loskutovs throughout. By pointing out that there was little, if any, reason to sack Loskutovs on legal grounds, Maizitis made Kalvitis' campaign look increasingly like a personal vendetta or an attempt to save his People's Party from the embarrassment of a KNAB report detailing its massive overspending during the last general election campaign.
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