Jūrmala council rejects opposition motion on Trukšnis's dual role

Deputies of the Jūrmala city council decided at Thursday's meeting not to include an item proposed by the opposition on the agenda. The proposed item concerned deputy Gatis Trukšnis of the Latvian Green Party (LZP), who simultaneously serves as head of the mayor's office.

Opposition representatives wanted the council to discuss how Trukšnis organizes his working time and whether he is properly fulfilling both roles — as a council deputy and as head of the mayor's office. However, the majority of deputies decided not to place the topic on the meeting's agenda, meaning the issue was not publicly debated this time.

Context

Situations in which one person simultaneously serves as a municipal council deputy and holds an administrative position within a municipal institution can sometimes raise questions about how working time is divided between the two roles. It was precisely this type of question that opposition representatives sought to have addressed at Thursday's council meeting, though it did not make it onto the agenda.

The source report does not provide further details on the numerical outcome of the vote or on the arguments deputies raised when deciding not to include the item. It is also unclear whether and when the opposition intends to raise the matter again at a future council meeting.