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Parliament approves Latvia' s new center-right coalition government

Xinhua, February 11, 2016 Adjust font size:

Lawmakers approved Latvia's new center-right government in a vote at an extraordinary parliamentary session on Thursday, local media reported.

The government coalition includes the same three parties that made up Latvia's previous cabinet: the centrist Union of Greens and Farmers (ZZS), center-right Unity party and the right-wing National Alliance.

The new Cabinet of Ministers was approved by 60 votes to 32 with members of parliament (MPs) of the ruling parties voting for the new government and MPs representing opposition parties voting against.

Maris Kucinskis of ZZS is taking over as the new prime minister from Laimdota Straujuma of Unity who announced her resignation on Dec. 7.

Latvian President Raimonds Vejonis tasked Kucinskis with forming the new government after several rounds of talks with the political parties represented in Latvia's current parliament.

Under the deal reached by the coalition partners, ZZS has six ministerial portfolios in the new government, Unity, five, and the National Alliance, three. Endit