Sentence examples for * saeima from inspiring English sources

Justices of the constitutional court serve 10-year terms and are confirmed by the Saeima.

A vote is not necessary but Straujuma has said the Saeima should get a chance to approve the decision.

But he has not helped his chances of re-election in an upcoming vote by the existing Saeima.

The Latvian and Lithuanian parliaments the Saeima and the Seimas, respectively each elected a president for their republic.

The Latvian constitution of 1922 provided for a republic with a president and a unicameral parliament, the Saeima.

Enthusiastically welcomed, he was elected to the Saeima (Parliament) and was minister of education (December 1926 January 1928) and director of the national theatre (1921 25).

In his final act in office he called a referendum to dissolve parliament, the Saeima, which he said was in the pockets of three powerful tycoons.

The result vindicates Mr Zatlers, who as president precipitated the election by calling a referendum to dissolve the Saeima after it blocked a corruption probe.

It was signed by the chair of the human rights committee and the deputy chair of the the social and employment committee of the Saeima Latviaia's national assembly.

Yet Harmony is far from victorious: the Saeima, Latvia's parliament, has 100 seats and Harmony won 24, well short of a majority.

Ms. Straujuma will continue in the role until a successor is found, but labyrinthine allegiances in the Saeima, Latvia's Parliament, will make the task of finding a credible successor difficult, parliamentarians said.