The TV3 program “900 seconds” explained in the survey whether the published information causes people to worry about the election results and the system as a whole. Latvian citizens aged 18 to 65 participated in the survey.
A little more than half (55%) of Latvian citizens aged 18 to 65 believe that the conduct of elections in Latvia is generally reliable/fair (14% – definitely yes; 41% – rather yes).
On the other hand, a third part (34%) of the surveyed citizens do not think so (19% – rather not; 15% – definitely not).
A tenth (11%) of respondents do not have a specific opinion on this issue.
As reported, the manager of the information technology company “SOAAR”, Renārs Kadžulis, who is accused in the case of fraud in the procurement of the Central Election Commission (CVK), claimed to LTV that on the night of the 12th Saeima elections held in autumn 2014, Kampars invited him to talk and expressed his concern that Āboltiņa could lack the votes to enter the Saeima. “We need you to do it so that she gets elected,” Kadžulis allegedly said as Kampara said ten years ago. “I say, do you understand what you are asking, you are asking to falsify the election results. I will never step on that path in my life. And I refused. [Kampars] He said – well then everything will happen,” Kadžulis claimed in the program.
He said that these statements can only be proved by the fact that Āboltiņa was not elected in the end, however, he entered the 12th Saeima after Jānis Junkurs, who was elected from the “Unity” list, resigned from the Saeima. He announced that he had received a job offer from a company in Hong Kong. However, his public official’s declaration did not show his work in a Hong Kong company, which led to the conclusion that he left the Saeima to make room for Āboltiņa.
Kadžulis said that he reported the incident to the Constitutional Protection Bureau (SAB), but there was no response. “I reported this several times to the SAB. Think something happened? It’s like against a wall there, just like in the Office for the Prevention and Combating of Corruption (KNAB). At one point, hands go down to report something, because no one does anything,” criticized Kažulis.
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After these announcements, Prime Minister Evika Siliņa (JV) emphasized that she would ask the law enforcement authorities to check the statement made publicly. Siliņa emphasized that what Kažuļis said about the attempt to influence the democratic procedures established in the Constitution should not remain without consequences. “Either it happened, and one must answer to the law, or it didn’t, and the other must answer to the law. The opinion of the institutions protecting Latvia’s constitutional order and security must be expressed very clearly – there must be both assessment and action,” the Prime Minister believes.
Therefore, she has decided to request information from the state security authorities, as well as to invite the Prosecutor General to verify the statements made.
At the prosecutor’s office, there is currently a criminal case for fraud in the IT procurement organized by CVK. Kadžulis is one of the defendants in this case. The company led by him won several times in the procurement of CVK and the Directorate of Citizenship and Migration Affairs.
In April 2024, Kažulis claimed to TV3’s program “Neka peresika” that “Vienotība” had been using the system created by “SOAAR” for elections in congresses for free for eight years, without making the requested payment for the services. KNAB has started a departmental inspection in connection with this. A week later, Kadžulis’ announcements that Kampars tried to influence the counting of votes in the 2014 Saeima elections followed.
“Nothing personal” plot: “Vienotība” has been using the system created by “SOAAR” for elections in congresses for eight years free of charge
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