On the 4th of April the Cabinet of Ministers viewed the «Tatyana Zhdanov vs. Latvia» case that is submitted to the European Court of Human Rights, according to information from the government’s website.
Previously it was reported that in autumn 2022 the Saeima had adopted amendments to the European Parliament Elections Law that prohibit people who worked in the Soviet Communist Party after the 13th of January 1991 to run in EP elections.
Before the Saeima passed these amendments, Zhdanok announced that if they end up passed, she would use them as an additional argument in an ongoing lawsuit in the European Court of Human Rights.
«My previous complaint over similar restrictions to the Saeima Election Law and Municipal Election Law is already in review in the European Court of Human Rights.
If the Saeima adopts amendments, I will definitely use it as an additional argument in an already ongoing case,» the MEP promised.
It should be added that Zhdanok was previously noticed giving an interview to Belarusian «propaganda media» last year. She also made statements about «the discrimination of Russians in Europe». The European Parliament even permitted the interview to be broadcast from the parliament’s studio in Brussels.
In this interview, Zhdanok claimed there is a civil war going in Europe at the moment, adding that society is fractured, especially in Latvia.
She also stressed that
«certain people, governments and leaders belong to countries that collaborated with Nazis in WWII, and that this is revenge on Russians for the lost war».
Zhdanok was also caught showing contempt – unlike other MEPs, who stood up and applauded, she remained seated after Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky read his speech. Zhdanok was not too eager to show respect to Latvia’s President Egils Levits after his speech in Brussels either.
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