The task of forming the new government in Latvia was given to the current Prime Minister Kulbergs

According to the news of Latvia's public broadcaster LSM, President Rinkevics made statements at the press conference he held after his meeting with Kulbergs.

Stating that all political formations respect the general election results, Rinkevics stated that after his meetings with the representatives of all political formations elected to the parliament, he decided to give Kulbergs the task of forming the new government. Rinkevics stated that the current Prime Minister Kulbergs will be the prime minister candidate for the new government and will hold talks with the political formations elected to the parliament about forming a government coalition and the distribution of duties and responsibilities.

In the general elections held in Latvia on October 3, the AS alliance, led by Prime Minister Kulbergs, came first with 35.28 percent of the votes and was entitled to be represented with 41 deputies in the 100-seat parliament. With this result, AS reached the highest number of seats won by a single political formation in the history of the Latvian Parliament.

TRIPLE COALITION OPTION

Experts speaking to LSM highlighted the triple coalition option among the options to form a new government. Experts pointed out that the AS alliance, led by Kulbergs, has a common stance with the National Alliance (NA) and New Union (JV) on pro-NATO and pro-European Union policies, increasing defense spending, continuing support for Ukraine, continuing sanctions against Russia and strengthening the eastern border.

If these political formations form a coalition, a parliamentary majority of 58 deputies will be achieved. While the official election results are expected to be approved by October 12, the first session of the newly elected parliament is planned to be held on November 3.