Valdis Dombrovskis’,Latvia’s Prime Minister resigned on Tuesday Nov 26,2013 after
accepting political responsibility for the collapse of a supermarket
roof in the capital that killed 54 people and wounded at least 40
others.
Valdis Dombrovskis’ decision means that his
centre-right government automatically falls.
He is the longest serving
Prime Minister in Latvia’s history.
Latvian President Andris Berzins can either reject the resignation or accept it
and nominate an acting prime minister whose job it will be to form a new
cabinet
Note
Last week’s
collapse of the Maxima supermarket that killed 54 people and wounded at least 40
others was the worst disaster since Latvia
declared its independence from Soviet Union in 1991, and has caused a
storm of outrage from Latvians
A view of the collapsed roof of the Maxima supermarket in Riga, Latvia on Friday. The destruction has killed at least 51, including three firefighters
Police have opened a criminal investigation into the cause of last
week’s tragedy
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