Case No 2018-11-01

Applicant: Edgars Bunka, Ruslans Dudkins, Solvita Kārkliņa, Sarmīte Merce, Ivars Geidāns, Aigars Balodis, Ulla Vilka, Aleksandra Romaščenko, Karina Sergejeva, Inesa Pavlova, Ingrīda Jonāne, Ralfs Meždreijs, Iveta Celmiņa, Dāvis Mednis, Tatjana Ževņeroviča, Daniēla Nātriņa, Rolands Rotts, Kristiāna Bernāne, Atis Pelčers, Aigars Reinis, Jēkabs Kavtaskins, Dzintra Malaševiča, Liene Štoka, Agnese Lielā, Rita Krūze, Daiga Balode, Laila Eliņa, Terēza Bezručko, Inese Kundžena-Kundženova, Mareks Zeltiņš, Laura Zaķe un Ilze Usa
Date of the judgment: 06.03.2019.
Official publication: 10.06.2019.

On Compliance of Para 1 and Para 2 of Section 3 (9.2) of the law “On Remuneration of Officials and Employees of State and Local Government Authorities” with Article 96 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia

Case short name: Public access to the information concerning the amount of remuneration of state officials and employees

The Constitutional Court held:
to recognise Para 1 and Para 2 of Section 3 (9.2) of the law “On Remuneration of Officials and Employees of State and Local Government Authorities” as being incompatible with Article 96 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia and void as of the moment they entered into force.

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Press-releases

• The norms, which establish the obligation of state and local government institutions to publish on their homepages and keep for at least eight years the remuneration of their officials and employees, are incompatible with the Satversme
• A case initiated with respect to norms that envisage that information about the remuneration of the officials and employees of state and local government institutions must be published on the homepages of these institutions and kept for at least eight years

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