On Thursday, the judgment of the Riga City Court of March 14, 2023, came into force, which found Grecova guilty of committing the criminal offense provided for in Section 272 of the Criminal Law and punished her with community service for 160 hours.
Running for the post of a member of the 14th Saeima on the list of the 'For Stability!' party , Grevcova had signed a form submitted to the Central Election Commission, which provided false information about her education and past work experience, as previously reported by LSM.
In accordance with Section 18 of the Saeima Rules of Procedure, an MP convicted of a criminal offense shall be considered excluded from the composition of the Saeima from the day when a conviction comes into effect, thus Glorija Grevcova lost her mandate on Thursday.
Deputy Chief Prosecutor of Riga Eastern Prosecutor's Office Edijs Pastars said: “This was the first case in the history of Latvia when a person is convicted of knowingly providing false information to the Central Election Commission when standing for Saeima elections.”
Edijs Pastars, Rīgas Austrumu prokuratūras virsprokurora vietnieks: “Šī bija pirmā lieta Latvijas vēsturē, kad persona tiek notiesāta par apzināti nepatiesu ziņu sniegšanu Centrālajai vēlēšanu komisijai, kandidējot Saeimas vēlēšanās.” ⚫🔴 https://t.co/thzHaNDosr pic.twitter.com/P52oIpJIU7
— Prokuratūra (@prokuratura_LV) February 15, 2024
Grevcova had also previously been banned from participating in the Saeima sittings in connection with a video on the social network TikTok in which she denied the fact of Soviet occupation in Latvia. She has since split with the For Stability! party with which she was elected and has lately been sitting as an independent member of parliament. Now the mandate will revert to For Stability! with businessman Amils Saļimovs likely to take it up instead of Grevcova.
