Latvia’s pro-Russian opposition party, For Stability, may be dissolved, LETA reports. Earlier, the Latvian Prosecution Office (LRP) ordered For Stability to remove social media content that violated regulations on political parties. The law prohibits political parties from acting against the independence or territorial integrity of Latvia or other democratic states, advocating for the violent overthrow of a democratic system, or calling for disobedience to the law. Aleksejs Roslikovs, chairman of For Stability, insisted that LRP’s order was “political retaliation.” He said that the party would refuse to comply with LRP’s warning and challenge its possible dissolution in court. The court may suspend the party’s activities for six months and, in the event of non-compliance with LRP’s order, dissolve the party. For Stability could thus become the first political party in Latvia to be dissolved since the country restored its independence.
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