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Corruption cops look at United List politicians posing on combine harvester

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Corruption cops look at United List politicians posing on combine harvester
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Latvian anti-corruption authorities are investigating whether United List politicians misused administrative resources during a regional tour. The inquiry focuses on whether official ministerial visits were leveraged for pre-election campaigning, specifically regarding photos taken on agricultural machinery.

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The investigation addresses the ethical boundaries between official government duties and political campaigning in a democratic system.

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KNAB will also assess whether administrative resources were used in the campaigning. The Prime Minister’s schedule, previously distributed to the media by the State Chancellery, states that Kulbergs went on a regional visit to Kurzeme last Friday. Meanwhile, United List's (AS) social media on Saturday stated that over the weekend, the AS Kurzeme team travelled through South Kurzeme and Liepāja. The journey took them through Durbe, Grobiņa, Liepāja and Nīca – to meet businesspeople and farmers, local authorities and, “most importantly, the people.” Accompanying the Kurzeme team on the visit were AS representatives – Prime Minister Kulbergs, Finance Minister Māris Kučinskis, for whom this visit was part of his ministerial duties, Minister for Justice Edvards Smiltēns, the leader of the Latgale list Juris Viļums, Chair of the Saeima Defence Committee Raimonds Bergmanis, and AS board member Jānis Vilnītis.

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