Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis and interior minister Linda Mūrniece meet in the Saeima building this week. Photo by Aivis Freidenfelds/State Chancellery

RIGA — A no-confidence vote against Latvia’s Minister of the Interior Linda Mūrniece failed to pass Thursday, but only by a scratch.

The Latvian parliament voted 48-44 against passing the measure, supported by the People’s Party in light of the interior ministry’s confiscation of journalist Ilze Nagla’s computer during the search for the hacker “Neo” last week.

The no-confidence motion was supported by [private_supervisor]opposition parties the People’s Party, Harmony Center and the Latvia’s First/Latvia’s Way union. In an interview last week with the television program “900 Seconds” Thursday, Mūrniece dismissed the parliamentary motion as “populism.”

“There is no basis for me to resign, the police have acted in accordance with the law. My position is strongly in favor of the freedom of the press,” Mūrniece told LETA Thursday.

Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis expressed disgust with the People’s Party, a former coalition partner, accusing it of going against previous promises by seeking to topple the government.

“This is the latest attempt by the People’s Party not only against a specific minister, but against the government as a whole, in an effort to cause its collapse using any means necessary,” Dombrovskis told the press Thursday. [/private_supervisor] [private_subscription 1 month]opposition parties the People’s Party, Harmony Center and the Latvia’s First/Latvia’s Way union. In an interview last week with the television program “900 Seconds” Thursday, Mūrniece dismissed the parliamentary motion as “populism.”

“There is no basis for me to resign, the police have acted in accordance with the law. My position is strongly in favor of the freedom of the press,” Mūrniece told LETA Thursday.

Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis expressed disgust with the People’s Party, a former coalition partner, accusing it of going against previous promises by seeking to topple the government.

“This is the latest attempt by the People’s Party not only against a specific minister, but against the government as a whole, in an effort to cause its collapse using any means necessary,” Dombrovskis told the press Thursday. [/private_subscription 1 month] [private_subscription 4 months]opposition parties the People’s Party, Harmony Center and the Latvia’s First/Latvia’s Way union. In an interview last week with the television program “900 Seconds” Thursday, Mūrniece dismissed the parliamentary motion as “populism.”

“There is no basis for me to resign, the police have acted in accordance with the law. My position is strongly in favor of the freedom of the press,” Mūrniece told LETA Thursday.

Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis expressed disgust with the People’s Party, a former coalition partner, accusing it of going against previous promises by seeking to topple the government.

“This is the latest attempt by the People’s Party not only against a specific minister, but against the government as a whole, in an effort to cause its collapse using any means necessary,” Dombrovskis told the press Thursday. [/private_subscription 4 months] [private_subscription 1 year]opposition parties the People’s Party, Harmony Center and the Latvia’s First/Latvia’s Way union. In an interview last week with the television program “900 Seconds” Thursday, Mūrniece dismissed the parliamentary motion as “populism.”

“There is no basis for me to resign, the police have acted in accordance with the law. My position is strongly in favor of the freedom of the press,” Mūrniece told LETA Thursday.

Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis expressed disgust with the People’s Party, a former coalition partner, accusing it of going against previous promises by seeking to topple the government.

“This is the latest attempt by the People’s Party not only against a specific minister, but against the government as a whole, in an effort to cause its collapse using any means necessary,” Dombrovskis told the press Thursday. [/private_subscription 1 year]

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