Protecting The Elite?

Prime Minister Aigars Kalvitis (People's Party, TP) suspended the head of the anti-corruption bureau (known by the acronym KNAB) in September on grounds of alleged financial violations. Opponents interpreted the move as an attempt to influence the results of a probe into party finances, as well as investigations into the business dealings of former prime minister Andris Sķele (TP) and into Aivars Lembergs, the mayor of Ventspils and a backer of the Union of Greens and Farmers (ZZS), another of the four parties in the ruling coalition, who is currently under house arrest and awaiting trial on charges of money

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