Quotas, compensations, basic pensions... What is Kulbergs preparing for us? 0 13

Tomorrow, the new government of Kulbergs will take office - it is expected that the Saeima will approve the powers of this government during the next plenary session. The future ruling coalition has already completed all its "homework" - the composition of the government has been agreed upon, the coalition agreement and the government declaration are ready and will be signed tomorrow morning, before the start of the parliamentary session. Although the president recommended Andris Kulbergs to draft a very concise declaration - the government is being formed for a very short period - the final document turned out to be 6 pages long! The declaration, as is customary, contains a lot of "water" - general, meaningless words that do not even deserve your attention, reader. However, some provisions of the declaration turned out to be quite specific - and we will introduce you to them!

Thus, it seems that the politicians of the National Alliance have managed to convince their partners of the necessity to follow the Lithuanian path and introduce quotas for the admission of foreigners. Here is what is written in the declaration: "We will limit the issuance of new long-term visas and residence permits to foreign citizens. Considering the capacity of the competent authorities, we will determine the permissible number of citizens from third countries. We will ensure strict control over the issued residence permits and compliance with the conditions of stay. We will establish a ban for unscrupulous invitees to invite foreigners."

The government intends to compensate for the damage that may be caused by a possible "arrival" or more precisely - the fall of drones on certain objects in Latvia. "We will develop a compensation mechanism to cover the damage caused by unmanned aerial vehicles," the declaration states.

Shortly after the president tasked Kulbergs with forming the government, the prime minister candidate promised to significantly cut the fund for bonuses and rewards in public administration. In the declaration, however, the wording turned out to be softer: "We will completely review the principles of bonus and monetary reward payments, integrating them into a motivating and results-oriented remuneration system."

It is clear that the government will not be able to resolve very complex issues temporarily. At most, it will start the process of addressing certain issues. Thus, the new government promises to begin changes in the equalization system - there should not be a situation where Riga and the Riga region "feeds" the rest of Latvia at the expense of the taxpayers of the capital and surrounding municipalities! "We will start developing a new law on the equalization of municipal finances, which is agreed upon with the municipalities," the declaration emphasizes.

Kulbergs and Co. also plan to come up with new initiatives "to increase budget revenues and will contribute to the economic development of Latvia."

"We will continue working on the creation of a defense, security, and resilience bank," the declaration states. Apparently, this refers to a defense fund, the resources of which will come not only from the budget but also from sponsors.

A very important point in the declaration is the introduction of a basic pension system. It is planned to start paying these, as far as can be understood, to people of very advanced age - 85 plus - this year. However, it is still unclear how these basic pensions will be calculated and how much higher they will be than the minimum old-age pension.