Members of the Saeima voted on Thursday, February 17, not to appoint former head of the Latvian Constitutional Court Sanita Osipova, who has supported a push for protecting single-sex couples in Latvian laws, as a judge of the Latvian Supreme Court.
In the 100-member parliament, the candidacy of Osipova was supported by 40 legislators, mostly from New Unity, For Development/For! and the New Conservative Party.
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29 members of the parliament, representing the ruling coalition’s National Alliance and opposition’s Union of Greens and Farmers voted against the proposal. 16 legislators from the Saeima faction of Harmony abstained, therefore the needed number of 51 votes to support Osipova’s candidacy was not reached.
The candidacy of Osipova was submitted to the Saeima by the Latvian Supreme Court after her term in the office at the helm of the Latvian Constitutional Court ended on February 11.
Saeima prevents liberal-leaning constitutional judge from office in Latvian Supreme Court
