Latvia's government resigns

Following a series of corruption scandals, Latvia's Prime Minister Aigars Kalvitis and his cabinet resigned yesterday as previously announced. Laila Pakalnina criticises Kalvitis' farewell speech: "This speech shows just how presumptuous Kalvitis has been over the past three years, and this is precisely what will stick in people's memories. Perhaps this presumptuousness led Kalvitis to believe that he belonged to the small group of people in this state who always have the last word. Yet his impudent behaviour was the reason for the mass demonstrations at Riga's Cathedral Square. This government has stood on the people's toes more times than any future government is likely to dare to do."

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