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Decree "About the Unacceptable Criminal Activity of Special Forces Militia Units and USSR Armed Forces in the Territory of the Republic of Latvia

Supreme Council, Republic of Latvia
Decree "About the Unacceptable Criminal Activity of Special Forces Militia Units and USSR Armed Forces in the Territory of the Republic of Latvia

The unlawful and criminal actions of the Special Forces Militia Units (Unit No. 3304) and the USSR Armed Forces continue within the Republic of Latvia. These actions threaten the state interests of the Republic of Latvia and the security, health and lives of its citizens. The Supreme Council of the Republic of Latvia has issued several informative statements about these actions.

The most recent proof was the November 9, 1990 armed violence in Jurmala by the Special Forces Militia Units and Baltic Navy sailors, which resulted in the interruption of the execution of a legal court decision of the State Arbitrage of the Republic of Latvia.

The direct organiser of this action is the USSR Communist Party subsidiary in Latvia - the Latvian Communist Party and its Central Committee, who clearly violate the laws of the Republic of Latvia, pay the salary of these armed units and have involved the USSR Armed Forces in these criminal actions against the Republic of Latvia.

The Supreme Council of the Republic of Latvia hereby resolves:

1. To strip the Special Force Militia Units in the Republic of Latvia of their militia and government representative status and to ban their involvement in the realisation of any public order or security assignment in Latvia.

To demand that the Council of Ministers immediately terminate the activities of the "Vikings" co-operative, due to their violations of law and their efforts to arm these units.

2. To demand that the Council of Ministers and local governments terminate the provision of social and material goods and services to any subunit of the USSR Armed Forces and the USSR Communist Party's territorial organisations in the Republic of Latvia until the beginning of discussions between the governments of the Republic of Latvia and the USSR as to the status of the USSR Armed Forces in the Republic of Latvia.

3. To demand that the Supreme Council Presidium of the Republic of Latvia form a commission to evaluate the activities of the USSR Communist Party and its subsidiary in Latvia - the Latvian Communist Party and to resolve the issue of USSR Communist Party property located in the territory of the Republic of Latvia.

4. To demand that the General Prosecutor of the Republic of Latvia ensure that the forceful actions of the Special Force Militia Units, the USSR Armed Forces and the USSR Communist Party subsidiary in Latvia - the Latvian Communist Party be effectively investigated and that the guilty be held accountable under the relevant laws.

5. This decree takes effect as of the moment of its adoption.

6. Supervision about the execution of this decree is given to the Defence and Internal Affairs Commission (Chair T. Jundzis) of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Latvia.

Andrejs Krastins
Deputy Chair, Supreme Council, Republic of Latvia

Imants Daudiss
Secretary, Supreme Council, Republic of Latvia

Riga, November 14, 1990

Source:
fax from Supreme Council Press Centre