Newly married Riga mayor can avoid conflict of interest, says municipal executive

As long as Ušakovs delegates all decisions regarding the work of the office manager to an official proxy, he can avoid coming into a possible conflict of interest, explained Radzevičs.

Thus the delegated proxy will have to take all decisions regarding Strautiņa-Ušakova’s work, for example when she will be approved to take vacations and similar matters.

Since marrying his long-standing office manager Strautiņa, as announced in a “proud” November 19 tweet, Ušakovs has had to refrain from any decisions regarding their professional relations, now that their personal affairs have been officially formalized in this manner.