Latvian President Valdis Zatlers has sadly shown the world once again that he lacks any kind of will to stand up to the government and force politicians to make necessary decisions. After more than one and a half years in office, the president has yet to grow a backbone. In mid-January, after a riot tore through Riga's Old Town, the president issued an ultimatum. He said that he would dissolve parliament if a list of key demands 's ones which would have helped get the country back on the right track 's were not met by the end of March. It was a rare show from the president that he was w...
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