Latvian PM resigns amid coalition doubt over her leadership

Latvian Prime Minister Laimdota Straujuma said on Monday that she was resigning her post after political squabbles within her center right ruling coalition and dissatisfaction about her leadership. Straujuma made the announcement after meeting with the country’s President Raimonds Vejonis. She gave no more details. Straujuma’s hawkish ruling coalition won a 2014 general election after […]

Latvian Prime Minister Laimdota Straujuma said on Monday that she was resigning her post after political squabbles within her center right ruling coalition and dissatisfaction about her leadership.
Straujuma made the announcement after meeting with the country’s President Raimonds Vejonis. She gave no more details.
Straujuma’s hawkish ruling coalition won a 2014 general election after taking a hard line over the actions of Russia, its neighbor and former ruler, in Ukraine.
The coalition was made up of the Unity party, the Nationalist Alliance and the Union of Greens and Farmers. But many members were unhappy with her leadership style.
“She has been quite a good Prime Minister in the sense that she has been able to consolidate this very diverse ruling coalition. But at the same time, there was quite a serious problem of political leadership,” political analyst Ivars Ijabs said.