Nationalist party wants to make March 16 an official memorial day

Nationalist party wants to make March 16 an official memorial day

The right-of-center National Alliance wants to make March 16, the controversial date when parades are staged to honor the Latvian Waffen-SS divisions, into an official memorial day, party head Raivis Dzintars told LTV March 8.

"We shouldn't be ashamed to honor Latvian freedom fighters," said Dzintars, after saying that, for a time in the 90s, March 16 was indeed a memorial day.

The party intends to submit amendments to the official calendar to the Latvian parliament within the next few days.

https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/...l-day.a270632/

There is a risk of provocations on March 16 but no reason for great worries - Kuzis

2019-03-13

RIGA - There is a risk of provocations also at this year’s March 16 events but there is no reason for great worries, at least for now, State Police chief Ints Kuzis said in an interview to Latvian Television this morning.

The police chief indicated that authorities have been monitoring the situation for more than a week already. Kuzis admitted that predicting how the situation will unfold is difficult as various incidents can happen spontaneously, but added that is why the police have several response scenarios.

Asked if there is information about any radical people arriving in Latvia for the March 16 demonstration, the police chief said there was no intelligence suggesting of major problems.

https://www.baltictimes.com/there_is...rries_-_kuzis/