If he wins the election and becomes president, businessman and politician Uldis Pīlēns sees his cooperation with PM Krišjānis Kariņš’s government as “very productive”, as the presidential candidate mentioned in an interview to LTV programme 900 seconds.
Previously it was reported that New Unity political party said they would not support Pīlēns as a presidential candidate.
Despite this, if he wins, Pīlēns believes this position “would not be an obstacle for cooperation with Krišjānis Kariņš’s government”.
Pīlēns stressed that he has “sufficient experience to know there are almost no people with whom it is impossible to work with to achieve a common goal”. When asked if he could “get rid of Kariņš sooner or later”, Pīlēns said he “sees no logic in making sure Krišjānis Kariņš is not in charge of the government”.
“I can see the logic in making sure Kariņš’s government works efficiently and in Latvia’s interests.
To make sure Latvia finally catches up to its Baltic neigbours,” said Pīlēns.
In a previous interview, Pīlēns confirmed he has plans to run for presidency.
He is the first presidential candidate to officially announce his candidacy so far.
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