For Stability! ( lv, Stabilitātei!; S!) is a

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Latvian political party founded on 26 February 2021. It was founded by former members of the

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Aleksejs Roslikovs and Valērijs Petrovs. It is a party that advocates Russian minority politics, and it describes itself as

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on the political spectrum. The party organized multiple protests in 2021 against

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and restrictions related to the

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History

The For Stability - Yes! group was founded in the winter of 2021. It was founded by two former Riga councilors elected from the list of the

Social Democratic Party "Harmony" The Social Democratic Party "Harmony" ( lv, Sociāldemokrātiskā partija "Saskaņa"; russian: Социал-демократическая партия «Согласие», Sotsial-demokraticheskaya partiya «Soglasiye», S),The party officially ...

: Aleksejs Rosļikovs and Valērijs Petrovs. In the early

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, both councilors stood on the list of the Alternative party, which did not win seats in the council. At the end of the ten days set aside for collecting signatures, a total of 315 people participated in the founding of the party. At the time of its founding, the party had 647 members. The party's establishment was voted unanimously, and the party was officially founded on 26 February 2021. The group's leaders emphasized that they would build a political party free of sponsors, which would contribute to the stabilization of the state as its main task. They also announced that they would run in the local elections in 2021. They chose

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and the Republic as the closest groups. The party ran in the

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. It named Aleksejs Roslikovs as the candidate for

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. Among others, in favor of leaving the

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, achieving economic sovereignty and energy independence, direct presidential elections, reducing the number of deputies and majority voting. The party's postulates also included a revision of the tax policy, including a reduction in VAT on food and medicines. As regards schools, the party spoke out in favor of the right to education in Russian. The leader of the electoral list, Rosļikovs, described the party as centrist, while experts point to its populist profile.

Party program

Political program

* The

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is to be directly elected * Reform the

(EU) to give priority to national interests, or if not, leave the EU * Reduce tax rate on food, abolish tax on medicines * Electoral reform to allow the opportunity for people to vote for independent/nonpartisan candidates. * Reduction of the number of deputies in the

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from 100 to 50. * Reduce the number of government ministries from 13 to 11 by combining the Ministry of the Economy with the Ministry of Finance, and the Ministry of Culture with the Ministry of Education. * Prohibit MPs from voting "abstain" * Opposition to vaccine mandates and lockdowns * Allow

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to vote in municipal elections.

Election results

Legislative elections

References

External links

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