Yesterday, a majority of members of the Saeima Legal Affairs Committee in Latvia agreed in principle on law amendments proposed by the National Security Council that would extend the statute of limitations 30 years on revealing who was a Soviet KGB operative or informer in Latvia.National Security Council Chairman Valdis Zatlers had told LETA earlier that the amendments also propose postponing the release of the KGB archives to the public for another 30 years.
The motion was initially put forward by the National Security Committee.This means that if approved by parliament, the public will not be informed of persons who cooperated with the KGB during the Soviet occupation of Latvia for another 30 years.
During the meeting, both Prosecutor General Eriks Kalnmeiers and Constitutional Protection Bureau head Janis Maizitis expressed the point of view that the information contained in the KGB archives cannot be released to the public ”for various reasons”.
As reported, a signature drive was recently underway at the Manabalss.lv portal, proposing to publish the KGB archives.
Source: The Baltic Course - LETA
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