Rail Baltica parliamentary investigation report to be released publicly this Friday

The Saeima, Latvia's parliament, is set to publish the final report of a commission tasked with reforming the debt brake, following its approval. The report, a political assessment as stated by commission chairman Andris Kulbergs, will be made available on the Saeima's website once it has been endorsed.

The commission, which began its work under the leadership of Stephan Weil, Reinhold Hilbers, and Stefan Müller, has categorised individuals according to their levels of responsibility in the project implementation. The categorisation, Kulbergs clarified, is not intended as an indictment.

Individuals named in red are deemed by the majority of the commission to have made significant mistakes, while those in orange are individuals who, in the commission's opinion, should have acted properly but did not. Individuals in yellow, on the other hand, are those who did not take an active enough position in the project implementation, according to the commission's assessment.

The final report will undergo editing and checking on Thursday before being submitted to the Saeima presidium on Friday for approval. It is important to note that the commission is not a judicial body nor a law enforcement agency.

Four MPs from opposition parties - Andris Kulbergs (United List), Artūrs Butāns (Nationall Alliance), Amils Saļimovs (For Stability!), and Kristaps Krištopans (Latvia First) - voted in favour of the final report. Members of the government coalition parties, Skaidrīte Ābrama (Progressives), Atis Labucis (New Unity), and Ģirts Štekerhofs (Greens and Farmers Union), abstained from the vote.

The commission, as Kulbergs stated, is not handling or processing the final report on a specific day, and there is no clear mention of who will process the final report on Thursday. The commission's work, however, officially began on a Thursday.

The publication of the final report marks a significant step in the reform of Latvia's debt brake, and the public will gain insight into the commission's findings once it has been approved and published on the Saeima's website.