Jurēvics seeks another term as Unity leader

Edmunds Jurēvics, leader of the Unity party, will seek re-election, he said in an interview with Latvian Television, LSM reports.

The party will elect its leadership at a congress in late November. Jurēvics said several party members had encouraged him to run again. Dāvis Daugavietis is also seeking the leadership, Latvian Television reported.

Jurēvics said his priority would be to prepare Unity for municipal and European Parliament elections in two years, while involving regional branches in the work. He said the party needed to learn from its mistakes and regain voters’ trust after a disappointing parliamentary election result.

At the 15th Saeima election, Unity’s electoral alliance, New Unity, won just over 6% of the vote and seven seats, down from 26 seats in the previous election. The Alliance of United List won 41 seats, followed by Latvia First with 17, Sovereign Power/Union of Young Latvians with 15, and the National Alliance and Progressives with 10 each.