Saeima
Proper noun
Meaning
Saeima
The Parliament of the Republic of Latvia
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After the Saeima did not accept the budget for 2005 proposed by the government of Indulis Emsis, the government resigned.
1st Saeima was chaired by Frīdrihs Veismanis, Second, Third and Fourth Saeimas were chaired by Pauls Kalniņš.
In any case, Saeima soon passed a law confiscating the church from Germans and giving it to Latvians.
''The international community has always looked upon the Baltics as one region, thus Latvia's presidency is both a challenge and an opportunity for Estonia and Lithuania,'' the Saeima speaker said.
Previously the National Alliance's Riga branch said it was considering two candidates: Broka and Saeima member Rihards Kols, but the latter withdrew his candidacy.
In the 1998 elections, the Latvian party structure began to consolidate with only six parties winning seats in the Saeima.