Skele back in the driver's seat… again

  • 1999-07-15
  • By Philip Birzulis
RIGA - Two years after he was toppled as prime minister, Andris Skele looks set to lead Latvia again after three parliamentary factions agreed to work under him.The Parliament may vote in the next week to approve the new coalition, thereby bringing a quick end to the vacuum created by Vilis Kristopans' July 5 resignation from the top job.Kristopans' fall was triggered by a cooperation agreement signed two days earlier between Skele's opposition People's Party and For Fatherland and Freedom, part of the ruling coalition. These two declared they would form the core of any new government but a...
 
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