Due to the fact that President Edgars Rinkevics and Speaker of the Saeima Daiga Mierina will both be outside Latvia at the same time, for a day and a half at the end of this week and the beginning of next week, the duties of the president will be performed by the Deputy Speaker of the Saeima, Linda Matisone, according to the president's message in the official publication 'Latvijas Vēstnesis'.
The mentioned message states that from June 27 to 1:00 PM on June 29, the president will be outside the country, but at the same time, from June 28 to June 29, the Speaker of the Saeima, Mierina, who according to the Constitution performs the duties of the president during his absence, will also not be in Latvia.
According to the Constitution and the regulations of the Saeima, on Saturday, June 27, the duties of the president will be performed by Mierina, and from Sunday, June 28, until 1:00 PM on Monday, June 29, the duties of the president will be performed by the Deputy Speaker of the Saeima, Matisone (in the photo), the president's message states.
Matisone was elected as the Deputy Speaker of the Saeima on June 4 after the government change when Andris Kulbergs became the prime minister.
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