Saeima Presidium asks ethics committee to review Pagors' use of Russian in the chamber

The Presidium of the Saeima, Latvia's parliament, has prepared a submission to the Mandate, Ethics and Submissions Committee, asking it to open an ethics violation case over deputy Andrejs Pagors communicating in Russian from the Saeima plenary hall. The parliament itself announced this.

Pagors represents the SV/AJ faction. The submission was drawn up by Saeima Speaker Edvards Smiltēns (AS) together with the other Presidium members. The Presidium is the Saeima's leadership body, and in this case it is asking the committee to assess the deputy's conduct from an ethics standpoint.

The source does not say when the communication took place or how the committee will handle the submission. It is up to the committee to decide whether to open an ethics case.