RIGA - Just about the only certainty in the political opera on stage in Riga at the moment is that the National Harmony Party will not be invited to the ball. However, its success at the polls may provide clues about the shape of things to come in Latvian politics.The party, an alliance of four left wing parties, was seen as a political outsider in the run up to the Oct. 3 polls.The reason for it winning 16 seats is simple, according to leader Janis Jurkans: 25 percent of the electorate are ethnic minorities and getting half of their votes is "no big deal." As Latvia's nearly 700,000 non-ci...
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