Delegates of the “Latvijas attīstībai” Convention are all “Latvijas attīstībai” municipal councilors, MPs and MEPs, ministers, and delegates of regional branches and youth wing of a party. Today head of the Convention was elected, and the next two years’ party Convention will be chaired by Viesturs Zeps, head of the “Latvijas attīstībai” group in Riga City Council. Viesturs Liepkalns, MP from “Attīstībai/Par!” and Baiba Bļodniece, parliamentary secretary of the Ministry of Defense were elected as deputy chairs.
“My priorities in the position of the head of the Convention will be to establish Convention as a place for disusing and adoption of important policy matters. Our agenda should be rearranged in a way that makes the results of our efforts measurable for regional branches of the party, that will promote new policy initiatives that come from regional representation and will affect the policy in the country. The second important aspect is that the best way for MPs and ministers to implement policy initiatives is when those initiatives come from different branches of party membership,” the further plans are summarized by the head of Convention Viesturs Zeps.
The decision to establish a new party governance institution – Convention – was taken during the “Latvijas attīstībai” winter congress, in December 2021. The necessity to form such an institution became apparent after municipal elections when “Latvijas attīstībai” secured 99 councilor seats in different municipalities. The institution will be working as an independent branch of party governance and will allow delegates to discuss important matters of the interest and will guarantee high participation of party members in the governance processes of the party.
To exchange experience, discuss political matters, and guarantee wide representation of party members in party governance processes, from now on, the party Convention will convene every quarter.
