Latvia, Legislation

For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK, one of the two parties which makes up VL-TB/LNNK, made the decision today to expelled Bordans from the party.

TB/LNNK's board believes that Bordans has been actively involved in the formation of another political party - the Democratic Patriots, and thus cannot be allowed to remain in TB/LNNK.

The party also claims that Bordans has refused to promise them that he will not run on a different party's ticket in next year's Saeima elections, thus the decision was made to expel him from TB/LNNK.

Several media outlets have reported other possible reasons why Bordans was expelled from the party, pointing out that his recent activities to straighten out the bankruptcy process in Latvia has angered the controversial VL-TB/LNNK General Secretary Aigars Lusis, who is a bankruptcy administrator by profession.

In recent months, various media have written articles about Lusis and the various high-profile bankruptcy cases he and other bankruptcy administrators have been involved with, where several well-known local entrepreneurs were given very favorable bankruptcy conditions.

Bordans (born 1967), was on VL-TB/LNNK's ticket for the 11th Saeima elections, but was not elected to parliament.

He has a law degree from the University of Latvia.

Bordans has changed many parties during his political career. He recently left Civic Union (now a part of Unity) to form the association Democratic Patriots.