• OIK – mandatory procurement component for energy, or, very simplified, a static fee on your electricity bill, stemming out of 2001/77/EC. It was cancelled on August 16 by the ruling coalition, so after some parties had submitted their manifestos. If you'd like to learn more (oh god, why) – https://elenger.lv/en/what-is-the-mpc/
  
• KNAB – Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau of Latvia
  
• CVK – Central Election Commission of Latvia
  
• VID – State Revenue Service of Latvia
  
• Latvian pension system – https://www.manapensija.lv/en/pension-system/pension-system-2/
  
• Civil union law – legalization of gay marriage
  
• Vehicle operating tax – https://www.fm.gov.lv/en/vehicle-operating-tax
  
• Altum – Necessary context here is that this is a public agency that does subsidize mortgages, but you can read more here: https://www.altum.lv/en/about-altum/what-we-are/
  
• Non-citizen – After the USSR collapsed, Latvian citizenships were (re-)issued under jus sanguinis principle, referencing citizenship status in the first independent Latvia. This means Soviet colonists and immigrants, and exclusively their descendants, did not become Latvian citizens, and their civil rights did metastasize into a special status of a non-citizen (with privileges exceeding those of post-1991 permanent residency grants). As of 2019, 10% of Latvian population are non-citizens, with the most important restriction on their rights, relative to citizens, being inability to vote. You can read more here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-citizens_(Latvia)
  

• JV (6.69%, 8 MPs)
  
• LKS
  
• ZZS (9.91%, 11 MPs)
  
• TKL
  
• SV
  
• KPP
  
• S (19.80%, 23 MPs)
  
• S!
  
• TVS
  
• VL
  
• NA (11.01%, 13 MPs)
  
• LPV
  
• K (13.59%, 16 MPs, named JKP at the time)
  
• KuK
  
• PRO
  
• A/P (12.04%, 13 MPs)
  
• AL (14.25%, 16 MPs, named KPV at the time)
  
• AS
  
• R
  

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• "Protecting democracy and the nation": Accountable promises of education exclusively in Latvian by 2025; 2.5% GDP budget for defence and internal affairs each. Vague promises of a political nation; stronger Latvian media, national identity, courts; permanent NATO presence; enduring support to the EU, Ukraine; transparent civil defence and crisis management system.
  
• "Equal opportunities for everyone": Accountable promises of curbing public healthcare system queues to 30 days maximum; de facto legalized civil unions; subsidizing NGOs by 1% of income tax; investing into annual construction of 1000 rental units minimum. Vague promises of support for families and companies through energy and inflation crises; patient-oriented national health insurance scheme; elimination of domestic violence and violence against women; more kindergartens; social budget for ensuring retirement with dignity; public management overhaul; expansion of paved roads network; digital connectivity in the whole country; public transport system overhaul.
  
• "Human capital": Accountable promises of 1.5% GDP budget for R&D; mandatory secondary education with a minor in natural sciences; teacher's minimum age of 120% the national average. Vague promises of promoting re-immigration; comprehensive education syllabus reform; two universities in the international top 500; availability of sports activities.
  
• "Nature capital": Accountable promises of energy independence from Russia; construction of a modern LNG terminal. Vague promises of sustainable management of natural resources; economy ready for climate neutrality by 2050; local adaptation of the Green Deal; boosted solar and wind generation; subsidies for companies improving their energy efficiency.
  
• "Industrial capital": Vague promises of smart re-industrialization; unified digital management for the public sector; investments in development of regions; unified metropolitan model for Riga; minority shares of state enterprises on the local stock market; modernization of agriculture.
  

• Heading on protecting Russian speakers: Accountable promises of preservation of the monuments; unbanning of Russian television; establishment of a Latvian TV channel in Russian language; right to vote for non-citizens; revocation of the preamble to the constitution; revocation of fining rights from the State Language Centre. Vague promises of protecting right for education in a foreign language; support for citizenship to all non-citizens; enforcement of neutrality for the State Security Service and the National Electronic Mass Media Council; restricting minister for defence's privilege of deploying armed forces abroad.
  
• Heading on cost-of-living crisis: Accountable promises of banning debt collection practice for utilities bills; VAT reduction on utilities and heating to 12% and 5% respectively; cancellation of OIK; free school lunches until the 9th grade; increasing childbirth welfare to 500 + 300/month; reducing food and first necessity goods' VAT to 5%; cancellation of all fines relating to COVID-19 certificates. Vague promises of compensations for drastic cost-of-living increase on essentials; buying cheapest internationally available energy resources; indexation of social welfare and the minimum pension for inflation; tying the untaxable minimum raises to the minimum wage raises; increased state quotas for medical services.
  
• Heading on economic crisis: Vague promises of redirecting transport infrastructure funds towards manufacturing; establishment of innovation centres at the local universities, to attract foreign talent; making salaries in public sector proportional to the minimum wage; state subsidies for innovative sectors and startups; state subsidies and state-backed loans for companies looking to develop or expand manufacturing.
  
• Nameless heading: Accountable promises of diversity quotas in the executive and judicial branches; factorization of vehicle operating tax into the cost of fuel. Vague promise of greater functional scope and selective autonomy for regional governments.
  

• "National security": Accountable promise of 2.7% GDP budget for defence. Vague promises of defending Latvian interests in the EU and international bodies; support to Ukraine's EU bid and opposition to Russian imperialism; better working conditions and compensation in the ministry of the interior; support to join EU military spending; support for NGOs and the media; diaspora outreach; elimination of the executive interference in the judiciary; stronger anti-corruption measures.
  
• "Energy security": Vague promises of promotion of energy independence; compensation of rising energy prices to households; development of energy efficiency programmes in housing sector.
  
• "Social security": Accountable promises of indexing pensions twice per year; annual 240 euro winter bonus for vulnerable individuals; and bringing salaries in medical sector into compliance with the established regulation. Vague promises of expanded child welfare; extra pension contributions for job experience before 1996; annual raises for welfare payments; domestic investments from the 2nd level pension funds; fair real estate tax policy; increased financing for the health sector; increased local availability of medical services; strengthened GP network.
  
• "Economic development": Accountable promises of restoring 80% income tax contribution to the municipal treasuries; transfers of customs levies into the EU budget. Vague promises of balanced development of local farms, lumber mills, and fisheries; VAT reduction for essential goods and medications; restoration of tax easements for small businesses; support for regions, especially entrepreneurship there; review of the administrative territorial reform; support for startups; unification of the technological landscape for public sector communications.
  
• "Education, science, culture, and sports": Vague promises of high-quality teaching resources; stronger school network; teacher compensations model co-developed with their union; gradual transition to free lunches in schools; modernization of vocational education; increased budget for tertiary education and science; promotion of Latvian language and culture; promotion of social cohesiveness; promotion of availability of sports.
  

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• Accountable promises of conveying the Constitutional Assembly to restore the 1922 constitution; transition to a presidential republic model; at least five-fold reduction of the referendum threshold; halving the number of ministries and staffing the remainder with technocrats; restoration of sovereign and independent industry guilds and chambers; withdrawal from Eurozone, back to the Latvian lats; nationalization of all land, to be subsequently rented out to the citizens; legally defining roads, waterways, bridges, airfields, ports, natural resources, airspace, and territorial waters as joint property of the population; cancellation of real estate tax on the sole home; cancellation of housing and transportation expenses compensation for MPs; elimination of the staff role of MP's assistant; restoration of the 1939 administrative territorial model with local governance, militia, and so on.
  
• Vague promises of defending freedom of speech and political beliefs; withdrawal from international organizations that interfere in Latvian affairs; reduction of influence of political parties; restoration of regional governance; simplification of the tax system; education system model rooted in the Latvian way of life, subordinated to the rhythm of solstices and the festivals of seasons; restoration of local economy and reinvestment of resources into uniform economic development in the country; focus on healthy lifestyle and preventative healthcare, with immediate availability of necessary medical services; ensuring equal representation of society's opinions in the media.
  

• Accountable promises of banning employment restrictions based on medical status concerning infective diseases; reducing heating and electricity VAT to 5%; cancelling OIK; amending the constitution with a definition of a natural family; waiver of income tax for people under 25; setting state child support at 1/4 of the minimum wage; doubled tax returns for single-parent families; 10 years earlier retirement age of parents of children with disabilities; setting the minimum pension to 1/2 of the minimum wage; allowing people to withdraw their 2nd level pension; waiver of income tax for disability pensions; making interest payments on mortgages eligible for tax returns; cancelling code inspections for personal home construction plans; cancelling real estate tax for all dwellings; redirecting 95% of income tax to the municipal governments; reducing VAT on food made in Latvia to 5%; reducing VAT on social food and housing to 5%; setting the lowest wage bracket for teachers at the national average wage; VAT waiver for hobby education; free education for future critical industry workers; healthcare patient co-pay waiver; reducing tax burden for sole proprietors and family businesses to 9.5% social contribution and 0.5% income tax; reducing VAT on agricultural animal feed and supplements to 5%; blocking privatization of ports; cancellation of vehicle operating tax; reducing voting threshold for initiating direct democracy legislative action to 2.5% of the population eligible for voting; reducing the number of members of parliament to 50; mixed majoritarian vote electoral system with recall; reducing the state employee headcount by 1/3; public presidential election; allowing every citizen to choose which political party should receive the part of their income tax previously earmarked for the shared party funding pool.
  
• Vague promises of defending freedom of speech and beliefs; punish all wrongdoing pertinent to medical interventions against infectious diseases; oppose the Green Deal elements not profitable for Latvia; combined parental leave extension to 3 years, with welfare; compensations for poor individuals underutilising the child support subsidies; support for businesses employed retirees; trying untaxable pension minimum to the minimum wage; parental leave equivalent on adoption; limits on lumber materials exports, respective of the domestic demand; special tax and subsidies policies for promoting manufacturing in regions; using public resources to lobby on exporters' behalf abroad; support for development of science; fair salaries for medical professionals; protecting companies from inappropriate or unmotivated inspections; transforming Latvian transport infrastructure into a multimodal international logistics hub; stronger investments into the road network; public service buses providing access to government services in the regions.
  

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• Economic development – the foundation of people's wellbeing. To use the scientific method and prognosis. To support (using economic methods) companies, whose development the nation would benefit the most from in the short and the long term.
  
• To spur growth of a national network of manufacturers or suppliers of high-value-added products and services. Latvia must become a nation-manufacturer of robots.
  
• To swiftly and promptly, based on scientific evaluations, offer the inhabitants of Latvia the most optimal solutions to the problem of energetics. To disallow forcing households to declare bankruptcy en masse (using low efficiency solutions) and causing inhabitants to flee from the country.
  
• To scientifically develop the national energy sector development model and to implement it in a manner that does neither ignore the interests of the inhabitants, nor makes them go broke.
  
• To put in order the national transport grid. To use the scientific method in solving this issue. Latvia requires high-quality roads, ports, rail and air transport. To reduce corruption in the industry.
  
• To achieve an increase in the level of wellbeing of the inhabitants. To stop the catastrophic decrease in the population numbers.
  
• To achieve establishment of a middle class in the nation.
  
• To put in order the healthcare system. Using the scientific method, we will ensure that the sector operates efficiently.
  
• To put in order the efficient education system.
  
• To integrate science into the economy and the government.
  
• To optimize requirements facing entrepreneurs and business. To put in order taxes and to reduce the red tape. To make the country more attractive to business activities.
  

• "Representatives of people, not stooges of parties": Accountable promises of popular presidential election; single mandate majoritarian electoral system with recall; right to vote in municipal elections for non-citizens; digital voting platform. Vague promises of simplified referendum initiation procedure; regional referenda.
  
• "Latvia – socially oriented country": Vague promises of increased the role of state in macroeconomics; increased regulation in strategic economy sectors; resilient energy market model; reduced taxation red tape for small and-medium companies.
  
• "Economic befits for the majority": Vague promises of reduced tax burden on select goods both for consumers and manufacturers both; price caps on select goods and services; one-time welfare payouts to select population groups.
  
• "Human potential is the main wealth of Latvia": Vague promises of increased financing for medicine; extra staffing for GPs; restoration of specialized medical schools; increased state control over prices of medication; long-term investments into science and R&D; flexibility of choice in the language of instruction in education; functional life-long education and career change system.
  

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• "We shall not permit damage to our nation's independence": Vague promises of a review of Latvia's dependence of EU, with priorities of economic sovereignty and independent foreign policy towards neighbours; controlled default against the EU debt; exit from the EU energy market in favour of local hydropower at local prices.
  
• "We will revise tax policies to favour the people": Accountable promises of reducing VAT for food to 5%; waiving VAT for medication; waiving real estate tax for the sole home; reducing excise tax on fuel by 50% for the duration of the crisis; paying 1000 euro stipend for childbirth, with 300 euro/month welfare for the first 18 months, and then 100 euro/month until the age of 20. Vague promise of a beneficial tax policy for small companies.
  
• "Our children are the nation's priority": Accountable promises of access to education in mother tongue; free school lunches. Vague promises of cancelling the school reform; increasing the number of free tuition seats in universities.
  
• "The state's moral imperative is to treat pensioners fairly": Vague promises of indexation of pensions; increased untaxable minimum for pensions.
  
• "We shall not permit splintering our society": Accountable promises of right to vote for non-citizens; public presidential elections; party-less or majoritarian vote electoral system.
  
• "We will put in order the executive": Accountable promises of merging ministries of finance and economics; merging ministry of culture into ministry of science and education; reducing the number of members of parliament to 50; banning members of parliament from abstaining from a vote. Vague promises of a VID reform aimed at support and consultation functions; war on bureaucracy, to reduce the state apparatus both in headcount and in square metres occupied.
  
• "Politicians must be responsible for their actions": Accountable promises of calling to criminal responsibility the current parliament and government for the pandemic management; introducing personal criminal liability for political decisions of members of parliament; cancelling OIK.
  

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• "Growing Latvia": Accountable promises of rent-for-mortgage scheme for municipal housing; increased minimum pension; reduced VAT for traditionally Latvian foods and the food services industry; reduced labour taxes; free tertiary education; 20% increased number of roads qualifying as being in good condition. Vague promises of increased child support; targeted welfare for troubled individuals; boosted exports; boosted innovation in entrepreneurship; expansion of housing refurbishment scheme; improved methodological basis for general education; diaspora outreach; subsidies for small and medium farms; and increased digital literacy.
  
• "Secure Latvia": Accountable promises of energy independence from Russia; ban for government-aligned Russian media of any kind; introduction of mandatory civil defence class for secondary education; introduction of conscription military for men; and introduction of GI Bill equivalent for active national guard members. Vague promises about stronger support for NATO and opposition to "federalization" of EU defence and foreign affairs policymaking; cultural and economic support for Latgale; and improved speed of court proceedings.
  
• "Latvian Latvia": Accountable promises of education exclusively in Latvian; destruction of monuments glorifying Soviet occupation; codification into law of right to provide services exclusively in Latvian; and revised tax regime for creatives. Vague promises about increased proportion of Latvians; opposition to mass immigration; and further development of local arts and cinematography.
  

• Accountable promises of mixed electoral model; referendums starting at 30k signatures; closure for the constitutional court; constitution amended with the definition of a family as a heterosexual union; waiver of all taxes on the first year of employment; reduction of the tax wedge on labour to at least EU average; quadrilingual secondary education; opening a national investment bank; golden passports scheme funding reimmigration bonus of 5000 EUR and mortgage rebates for families with children; from 10% for a single-child family; to 100%; up to 100k limit; for a family with five children; protection against closure or freeze of one's sole bank account; VAT for food and food services reduced to 10%; cancellation of real estate tax; 10% patent fee for sole proprietors
  
• Vague promises of better national security and societal cohesiveness; restoration of presumption of innocence; prevention of mandatory vaccination; persecution of the current government; financial compensation for costs incurred during the pandemic; reduced tax burden for young companies; timely healthcare system; fair salaries for teachers; relaxed rules for foreign university teachers; further sports subsidies; pensions indexed in accordance with inflation; price caps on energy; heating; and main food products during high-inflation periods; prevention of receipt of advance tax payments; protection of privacy; financial support for restoration of houses of worship; restoration of the road fund for transport infrastructure development; reduction of bureaucracy through merger of similar state institutions; introduction of personal responsibility for inaction of elected or public officials; making Latvia the Dubai of the North; prevention of brain drain and promotion of reimmigration; making Latvia one of the world's richest countries in 8 years.
  

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• "Fair energy prices": Accountable promises of LNG infrastructure in 2 years; energy independence from Russia; electrical grid connection to Sweden; and 50-fold increase to solar and wind power generation. Vague promises of viewing nuclear energy favourably and adequate heating season utilities bills.
  
• "Curious; healthy youth and motivated educators": Accountable promises of eliminating pay discrepancies between pre-school; education only in Latvian; and school staff salaries and doubling funding to science and tertiary education. Vague promises of stability in the education system; annual pay raises for educators; and greater investments in youth's physical education.
  
• "Defence; internal security; and foreign affairs": Accountable promises of growing armed forces to 50k and fixing police buildings. Vague promises of developing MIC; buying modern NATO weapons; deepened relationship with US/UK/Baltics/Ukraine; salaries of loyal policemen/border guards/firemen boosted to 1500; systemic and swift removal of occupation memorials; and continued gambling restrictions.
  
• "50k new dwellings in regions and Riga": Accountable promises accessing 2nd pension level funds for mortgage down payment or urgent health problems; reduced Altum fees; 0% Altum mortgage down payment for people under 35 with above-average income. Vague promises of waived real estate tax on first home until certain value; reduced real estate tax for farmers and entrepreneurs; and deregulation of building code inspections.
  
• "3×750 and twice greater family welfare": Accountable promises of minimum wage and average pension reaching 750; twice increased family welfare for children; and extending the multi-child family education stipend to parents of such families. Vague promises of untaxable minimum for the income tax.
  
• "Reliable healthcare system": Accountable promises of introducing a registry of cancer patients and annual increase in state budget for medicines of at least 10%. Vague promises of oncological treatment together with European institutions; restrictions of excess price raises for medication; and GPs' quality being measured through patients' health and life expectancy.
  
• "Unflinching rule of law": Accountable promises of introducing register of lobbies and establishing Judicial affairs academy to provide education for future judges; prosecutors; and law enforcement leaders. Vague promises of quantifiable effectiveness evaluation criteria for KNAB and the Competition Council; state sponsorship programmer for anti-corruption NGOs; and prevention of violence against women; and domestic violence in general.
  
• "Latvian roads – best in the Baltics": Accountable promises of starting renovation of the Riga ring road. Vague promises of building new highways to main development centres; establishing railroad as the backbone of transportation; and a national cycling roads programme.
  
• "Work smart for Latvia": Accountable promises of 5000 IT professionals attracted to the local job market and seasonal workers tax regime in agriculture; hospitality; and food services. Vague promises of 10 unicorns in 10 years; lowest interest rates and banking fees in the Baltics; focused AML policies; increased subsidies for small-medium farmers; and reduced entrepreneurial red tape.
  
• "The most effective government in Europe": Accountable promise of restoring 80% income tax split in favour of municipalities. Vague promises of a fair public sector salaries reform; Latvia reaching top 3 of Europe for e-government and open data; and regional revitalization with ministries gradually relegated to the regions.
  

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• "Restore power to the people": Accountable promises of public presidential election; reduction of referendum threshold to 30k; electronic referendums; and cancellation of reimbursements MPs receive for housing and transportation expenses. Vague promises of reducing the number of MPs and restoration of democratic principles.
  
• "Educated society": Accountable promises of free lunches in school and staff salary raises as per the established regulation. Vague promises of proximity of schools to children; European level of education; secondary education for everyone; and boosting reputation of being a teacher.
  
• "Promotion of healthcare": Accountable promises of reducing VAT on medications to 5% and staff salary raises as per the established regulation. Vague promises of availability of medical staff; responsible attitude to one's own health; and an integrated education process.
  
• "Welfare": Accountable promises of food VAT reduction to 12%; food; electricity; gas; and fuel VAT reduction to 5% in times of crisis; cancellation of vehicle operating tax; cancellation of the real estate tax; childbirth bonus of 5000; monthly child welfare of 100; lowering pension age of mothers of 4+ children to 60 years; and counting their maternal leave as job experience; income tax waiver for pensions below 1000; additional indexation of pensions for people with job experience predating 1997; free public transport for all pensioners; ban on crisis-time foreclosure or utilities bills debt collection; Latvian citizenship jus soli from 1991; retroactively. Vague promises of automatic welfare grants system and improving quality of life of individuals with disabilities.
  
• "Fertile entrepreneurial environment": Accountable promises of 9-month tax-free regime for new companies; halved 2nd pension level; redistributing the remainder into 2pp for 1st pension level; and 1pp for healthcare; consequently reducing net social contribution to 31.09%; and individual control over pension funds. Vague promises of revised and simplified tax system; competitive prices for energy; financial; and human resources; investments into entrepreneurship; transforming Altum into a national investment bank; simplified import of foreign labour; restoration of part-time jobs; equal subsidies and EU-level lobbying for farmers; and simplified tax payment regime for the self-employed.
  
• "Government": Vague promises of deregulation; lean government; prohibition of punishing people before consulting them; prohibition of measuring effectiveness by fines collected; reduction of repressive functions and excessive control; state revenue service mandated to help file taxes; rather than to punish; promotion of electronic documents; prohibition of asking for information available in public data banks.
  
• Miscellaneous sections : Accountable promises of establishing a security academy; doubling salaries for police; fire departments; and the border guard; 2.5% GDP budget for defence; an acoustic concert hall in Riga; culture sector workers' salaries in accordance with the established regulation; establishment of free public legal consultation centres; judicial sector workers' salaries in accordance with the established regulation; cancellation of all COVID-19 restrictions; and ban of mandatory vaccination against COVID-19. Vague promises of the most modern national security expertise centre in Europe; support for development of military skills; fully-fledged participation in EU and NATO; and defence of Latvia's interests in international organisations.
  

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• "To overcome crisis responsibly": Vague promises of price caps on energy and reductions to the utility bills; VAT reductions for fresh food characteristic to Latvia; reduced taxes for individuals with monthly gross income below 1000; increased real estate tax for idle properties; fair pensions; social labour programme for economically vulnerable groups; close collaboration with EU and NATO.
  
• "To invest in people and resilience": Accountable promises of setting the minimal salary for teachers to the national average wage; 100% increase for R&D investments and student welfare; 0.5% GDP annual increases to healthcare budget until it's 8%; establishment of national public housing system; abolition of natural gas use in favour of local resources; established of agency for energy efficiency; introduction of regulation for online gambling. Vague promises of balanced workload for teachers; state subsidies for education; deliberate industrial policy with modern reforms and areas of focus; increased efficiency of the healthcare system; reduction of deductible on medical services and medications; improved availability of GPs in regions, with differentiated salary; subsidies for physical education in schools; increased salaries for social workers, and families supporting long-term care relatives; comprehensive Nordic-style reform of public transportation, focusing on railroad; thoughtful environmental policies; support for agricultural cooperatives; expanded nature preservation programs; gradual ban of casinos with slot machines.
  
• "To shape an inclusive society": Accountable promises of education only in Latvian from age of 1.5 years; ratification of the Istanbul Convention. Vague promises of increased support for public media; open financing for NGOs; improved accessibility for disabled individuals; framework for anti-bullying; support for the culture sector, including digitalization; increased support for KNAB; regulation of lobbying; overhaul of management in public institutions and companies.
  

• Accountable promises of construction of 1000 MW of domestic electrical capacity between wind, sun, wood, and geothermal; restoration of conscription service; establishment of an internal security academy; English language and programming classes starting from the elementary school; a public secondary in every county; 100% increase to spending on education, science, and R&D; free annual STEM or digital literacy courses for everyone; 100% increased public fund for NGOs.
  
• Vague promises of subsidies for house heating improvements; price caps on heating costs; new programmes for hydrogen and nuclear energy; wide-scale reforms of the national security apparatus; procurement of air defence systems; stationing a permanent NATO brigade in Latvia; further subsidies and development programs for Latvian language; respectable wage and sense of mission for every teacher; relaxed regulations around foreign teachers and students in universities; increased focus on preventative care; reforms for primary care and oncology; digitalization of medicine; reduction of medication prices; reindustrialization of regions; subsidies for elderly care; increased digitalization; legal protections for all families; regulations for the social media; support for European federalization.
  

• "Government": Accountable promises of electronic voting system; public presidential elections. Vague promises of direct democracy; lean government; personal liability for public servants; laws simplified to laypeople's level; broad reform of the institute of the president; modernization of governments data banks; requiring public institutions to "consult first".
  
• "Foreign affairs": Vague promises of support for Ukraine and opposition to European federalization.
  
• "Internal affairs": Vague promises of management overhaul at ministries of Justice and the Interior; lustration of the ministry of the Interior; police reform; proportional salary and social security reform for critical public sector workers; employing retirees of the Interior ministry.
  
• "Science": Accountable promise of boosting science funding to the EU average. Vague promise of supporting commercialization of scientific research.
  
• "Education": Vague promises of bringing the education system into order; basic skills life-long education programme; career counsellors in elementary school; promotion of entrepreneurship in tertiary education;
  
• "Health": Accountable promise of free annual health check for everyone. Vague promises of better preventative care; science-based voluntary vaccination; "people's sport".
  
• "Economy": Accountable promise of closure of OIK. Vague promises of economic support for people regardless of credit rating or current debts; appropriate state assistance to green energy producers; strategic reserves designation for local natural resources.
  
• "Taxation": Accountable promises of forbidding foreclosure on the sole home; waiving taxes on pensions. Vague promises of simple tax system, particularly supportive to small businesses; consultative obligation for the state revenue service; reduced income tax for the poor.
  
• "Finances": Accountable promises of capping personal bankruptcy at 18 months; capping debt collection cases at 10 years, unless for alimonies or criminal activity. Vague promises of establishing a national investment bank; easier debt erasure.
  
• "National security": Vague promises of joint military drills; establishment of an HQ covering fire departments, ambulance, police, national guard, and army; comprehensive civil defence plan.
  
• Miscellaneous sections. Accountable promise of banning any immigration to Latvia. Vague promises of strengthening energy independence; preservation of immaterial culture values; reduction of human waste in nature; civil education programme for waste management.
  

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• Accountable promise of mixed electoral model.
  
• Vague promises of strong job market; more frequent indexation of pensions during crisis; closer cooperation with NGOs; equal access to municipal and public services everywhere; increased budged for education and science, focusing on STEM; reduction in self-serving reforms; reduced referendum threshold; subsidies for MIC; support for national and civil security institutions; lobbying for further NATO presence in the region.
  

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• "Protection of voters. Eradication of parties' cartel": Accountable promises of reducing number of MPs to 50; electronic online voting; single-mandate districts electoral model with revocation rights. Vague promises of reduced referendum threshold; obligation for president to form a technocratic government.
  
• "National security": Accountable promises of 2.5% GDP budget for internal security; preservation of service pensions. Vague promises of continued support to the volunteer army and national guard; support for MIC; fair salaries and social support for employees of ministries of Defence, the Interior, Justice, and Finance; restoration of a modern police academy.
  
• "Prevention of crime and corruption, rule of law, protection of human rights": Accountable promises of unification of KNAB, Internal security bureau, and VID internal security department. Vague promises of modernization of the state police and the public procurement watchdog; independent and quicker courts; prevention of corruption and cartels in public procurement; reinforcement of basic human rights protections.
  
• "Economy": Accountable promises to withhold hydropower from Nord Pool; strategic resource status for local natural resources; construction of an SMR nuclear plant; transfer of vehicle operating tax to fuel prices; technical expansion for less than a decade old vehicles once in 2 years; waived real estate tax for the sole home; tax wedge capped at the EU average; shadow economy reduced to 19% of GDP. Vague promises of reducing utility fees in energy sectors; fixed rate for local renewables in time of crisis; reduced PVN for some sectors; redistribution of VAT and personal and corporate income taxes between the state and the municipalities.
  
• "Social wellbeing, demographics": Accountable promises of automatic pension inheritance; waiving taxes on pensions; pegging minimum pension to the minimum wage; making 2nd pension level optional; allowing to withdraw pension funds into an investment account with waived income tax. Vague promises of increased pensions; targeted welfare programs for various demographic groups.
  
• "Education, health, science, innovations, and social partners": Accountable promises of free lunches in schools. Vague promises of prioritization of faster development for education, health, science, and R&D; fair salaries and social welfare for employees in sectors of education, health, social support, and science, in accordance with unions' requirements; reduced patient co-payments; expanded preventative care, access to health services and medications; availability of medical specialists, including palliative care, in all regions.
  
• "Sports, healthy nation": Vague promises of a "ready for labour and defence" national sports programme; support for popular and elite sports; state subsidies for sports for individual children.
  

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