Kulbergs: Prosecutor General's demand to cancel decisions is like repeating WWII

Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs has reacted sharply to the Prosecutor General's demand to cancel two government decisions that provided support to the woodworking industry. He likened the move to an attempt to repeat World War II. Kulbergs emphasized that the war is over, the decisions have been carried out, and history cannot be turned back.

This stance came in response to the Prosecutor General seeking to annul the mentioned government decisions. Kulbergs noted that the government has a convenient logic – once decisions are implemented, even if they result in a 49.4 million euro reduction in state enterprise revenues, responsibility turns into history.

The prime minister implied that the prosecution's demand is unjustified since the decisions are already in force and their consequences have occurred. He called for not trying to change what has already happened, but rather focusing on future challenges. The issue of support for the wood industry is sensitive in Latvia, given the sector's importance to the economy and previous debates over the scale of state aid.