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Saeima establishes parliamentary investigative commission on sale of Citadele

BC, Riga, 13.11.2014.Print version
Latvian Saeima decided today to establish a parliamentary investigative commission on the sale of Citadele bank, reports LETA.

The commission was established to thoroughly assess the Citadele bank's sale process.


In the current circumstances, the Latvian government cannot even influence the bank's price. This raises suspicions about corruption, MP Andrejs Elksnins (Harmony) previously said.

 

He believes that the bank's sale agreement stipulates that the bank's price will depend on the quality of its credit portfolios, among other parameters, but these indices will depend on the new shareholders. Thus, the price of Citadele could be reduced further by EUR 10 million, Elksnins believes.

 

MPs Ringolds Balodis (For Latvia From the Heart), Gunars Kutris (For Latvia From the Heart), Imants Paradnieks (VL-TB/LNNK), Andrejs Elksnins (Harmony), Arvids Platpers (For Latvia From the Heart), Aivars Meija (For Latvia From the Heart), Romans Mezeckis (For Latvia From the Heart), Arturs Kaimins (Alliance of Regions), Karlis Kreslins (VL-TB/LNNK), Inguna Sudraba (For Latvia From the Heart), Silvija Simfa (For Latvia From the Heart), Nikita Nikiforovs (Harmony), Ivans Klementjevs (Harmony), Julija Stepanenko (Harmony), Janis Urbanovics (Harmony), Janis Tutins (Harmony), Sergejs Potapkins (Harmony), Raimonds Rubiks (Harmony), Sergejs Mirskis (Harmony), Boriss Cilevics (Harmony), Vladimirs Nikonovs (Harmony), Mihails Zemlinskis (Harmony), Zenta Tretjaka (Harmony), Sergejs Dolgopolovs (Harmony), Valerijs Agesins (Harmony), Janis Adamsons (Harmony), Ivars Zarins (Harmony), Vitalijs Orlovs (Harmony), Arturs Rubiks (Harmony), Ivans Ribakovs (Harmony), Igors Pimenovs (Harmony), Regina Locmele-Lunova (Harmony), Marjana Ivanova-Jevsejeva (Harmony), and Andrejs Klementjevs (Harmony) previously proposed establishing the investigative commission.






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