Law and Order (Latvia)

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Law and Order
Likums un kārtība
AbbreviationLuK
LeaderAldis Gobzems
Founders
Founded8 January 2021; 12 months ago (2021-01-08)[1]
Split from
HeadquartersRiga
Membership (2021)974[2]
Ideology
Political positionRight-wing
Colours
  •   Black
  •   White
Saeima
2 / 100
(de facto)[a]
Website
likumsunkartiba.lv

Law and Order (Latvian: Likums un kārtība, LuK[3]) is a right-wing populist political party in Latvia.[4] It is positioned on the right-wing[5] on the political spectrum and it is staunchly socially conservative and eurosceptic.[5][6] It was founded in January 2021 and it is led by Saeima deputy Aldis Gobzems.[1][7]

Founding[]

Since being expelled from Who Owns the State? in February 2019, Aldis Gobzems had hinted at starting a new party.[8][9] A preliminary kick-off event for the party was held in Riga on October 10, 2020, with a promise to found the party by November 22 the same year.[10] Due to a national state of emergency caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and introduced on 9 November, that – among other things – put a temporary ban on gathering the 200 people needed to legally register a political party,[11][12] the party founding and registration was postponed. In a December 28, 2020 interview with Latvijas Avīze, Gobzems said that he would found the party on January 8, 2021.[13]

The party was eventually founded via videolink on 8 January 2021.[1] Among the over 500 co-founders attending the conference call[14] were the four Saeima deputies Aldis Gobzems, , , and Jūlija Stepaņenko. Gobzems and Sprūde were elected in the 2018 elections on the list of Who Owns the State? (now called For a Humane Latvia),[15] while Švecova and Stepaņenko were elected on the Harmony list.[b][16][18] Aldis Gobzems and Jūlija Stepaņenko were elected co-chairmen of the party.[16]

On 29 January 2021, the Latvian Register of Enterprises postponed their decision on whether to legally register the party or not, due to issues with insufficient information in the application documents. The party was given until 29 April to fix the issues.[19] On 26 February, the Register of Enterprises officially registered the party.[20]

Party co-chair Jūlija Stepaņenko and board member Ļubova Švecova, both members of parliament, left the party on 30 June 2021, citing Gobzems' style of communication.[7] He had in weeks leading up to the breakaway been criticised for encouraging people not vaccinated against COVID-19 to wear a yellow star, as he claims the government's alleged discrimination against non-vaccinated people is comparable to that of the Jews in Nazi Germany.[21]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Whille not officially forming a parliamentary faction, the two independent MPs Aldis Gobzems and are members of the party. As such, the party holds two de facto seats in the Saeima without constituting a faction.
  2. ^ Jūlija Stepaņenko was at the time a member of Honour to Serve Riga! (GKR), a municipal party in Riga, but ran and was elected on the Harmony electoral list at the 2018 elections. On the day of the first sitting of the 13th Saeima, Stepaņenko left the Harmony parliamentary faction.[16][17]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Ivanova, Paula (17 January 2021). "No Gobzema partijas ārā lien āža kāja". jauns.lv (in Latvian). Retrieved 8 February 2021.
  2. ^ "Uzņēmumu reģistrā saņemti dokumenti Gobzema partijas Likums un kārtība dibināšanai". LETA (in Latvian). Diena. 25 January 2021. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
  3. ^ Līcītis, Egils (12 January 2021). "Gobzema partiju dibina sveču gaismā. Kāds cālēns izšķilsies? Egila Līcīša feļetons" (in Latvian). Latvijas Avīze. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
  4. ^ Latkovskis, Bens (14 January 2021). "Gobzema partija – dāvana valdošajai politiskajai šķirai" (in Latvian). Neatkarīgā Rīta Avīze. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Latvia". Europe Elects. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
  6. ^ "Topošās Gobzema partijas "Likums un kārtība" dibināšanas sapulcē piedalās vairāk nekā 500 dalībnieku". jauns.lv (in Latvian). 8 January 2021. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  7. ^ a b Ozola-Balode, Zanda (30 June 2021). "Stepaņenko un Švecova aiziet no Gobzema partijas "Likums un kārtība"" (in Latvian). Public Broadcasting of Latvia. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  8. ^ "Gobzems sapulcinājis ap 20 cilvēku komandu un jauno partiju plāno dibināt rudenī". LETA (in Latvian). Public Broadcasting of Latvia. 20 May 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  9. ^ "Gobzems gada laikā sola dibināt jaunu partiju". LETA (in Latvian). Latvijas Avīze. 10 February 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  10. ^ Anstrate, Vita; Ambote, Sintija (10 October 2020). "Esplanādē pulcējas deputāta Gobzema atbalstītāji" (in Latvian). Public Broadcasting of Latvia. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  11. ^ "Gobzemu no partijas dibināšanas neaptur pat ārkārtējā situācija". LETA (in Latvian). Latvijas Avīze. 10 November 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  12. ^ "Ja nebūs tiesas atļaujas, Gobzema partijas dibināšana 22. novembrī nenotiks". LETA (in Latvian). apollo.lv. 17 November 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  13. ^ Krautmanis, Māris (28 December 2020). "Aldis Gobzems: Pienāks diena, kad man būs jāvada valsts" (in Latvian). Latvijas Avīze. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  14. ^ Rozentāls, Atis (11 January 2021). "Sāk ceļu uz jaunu partiju" (in Latvian). Diena. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
  15. ^ ""Gobzema piecnieka" deputāte Karina Sprūde - "ekssaskaņiete" ar stāžu". jauns.lv (in Latvian). 28 January 2019. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
  16. ^ a b c Klūga, Māris (8 January 2021). "Gobzema jaunās partijas "Likums un kārtība" valdei virzīs arī Stepaņenko un Švecovu" (in Latvian). Public Broadcasting of Latvia. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
  17. ^ "Harmony member of parliament breaks away from party". Public Broadcasting of Latvia. 6 November 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
  18. ^ Egle, Ināra (16 September 2020). "Patiesais iemesls, kāpēc "Saskaņa" un tās premjera kandidāts šķīrās" (in Latvian). Latvijas Avīze. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
  19. ^ "Uz laiku atlikta Gobzema dibinātās partijas reģistrēšana". LETA (in Latvian). apollo.lv. 29 January 2021. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
  20. ^ "UR reģistrē Gobzema partiju 'Likums un kārtība'" (in Latvian). Delfi. 26 February 2021. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  21. ^ "Maverick Saeima deputies' marriage of convenience proves short-lived". Public Broadcasting of Latvia. 30 June 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2021.

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