Toro: Some Voters Could Repeat the Mistake of the Last Election

Lawyer and politician Arigo Toro, previously widely known as Aldis Gobzems and now a candidate for the 15th Saeima, Latvia's parliament, on the "Gobzems list", has spoken about voter choices on the programme "nra.lv sarunas". In a conversation with journalist Kristīne Kravcova, he suggested that the public could repeat a mistake made in the previous parliamentary elections.

Leaving Latvia

Four years ago Toro left Latvia, claiming at the time that voters had betrayed him. In the programme he was asked whether Latvian voters had changed since then.

Voters' mistakes

Toro replied that, to be honest, voters had also made mistakes. He noted that in the previous elections people voted for Krišjānis Kariņš. The politician asked rhetorically where Kariņš is now with his private plane flights, and where Evika Siliņa and the policy of the "Vienotība" (Unity) party are. In Toro's view, everyone sees and knows this clearly. He said he cannot be sure whether voters will repeat the error in these elections, but he allows that such a possibility exists.

He also expressed the belief that some voters are ready to vote for the existing policy and to behave much like a cancer patient. What the politician means by this comparison can be seen in the full conversation in the portal's video.