Matiss Steps Down As Rigas Satiksme Acting Head

RIGA, March 5 (LETA) Anrijs Matiss has decided to step down as the acting head of Rigas Satiksme municipal public transport company.

Matiss in an interview with the Latvian public radio explained this decision with lack of support for changes in the company on the part of Rigas Satiksme shareholders, namely Riga Mayor and Harmony's leader Nils Usakovs.

Initially the support of the Riga City Council to the changes at Rigas Satiksme was huge, but as Usakovs decided to run for the European Parliament elections, this support has been lost, said Matiss.

Thus, Matiss today has decided to announce his resignation. He said that he was not scared, but he cannot complete this job alone.

Matiss also noted that he had not been previously informed about change of the temporary board members, he received this information just a couple of hours before the shareholders meeting.

As reported, Edmunds Zivtins and Janis Gedusevs, who were appointed members of Riga municipal public transport company Rigas Satiksme board at the end of 2018, on March 1 were dismissed from the company's board. Zivtins and Gedusevs have been replaced on Rigas Satiksme board by Ernests Saulitis, a high-ranking official from the Riga City Council's Property Department, Juris Svanders, a high-ranking official from the Riga City Council's Financial Department, and transport expert...