Even when the oaks were being transported, I thought – everything must be happening legally. However, I wondered to myself: how could the local authority have allowed such large oaks to be felled. Then spring arrived. A deputy of the Skrīveri municipal council, Jānis Brokāns, was visiting me. I asked him how the council could have permitted the felling of such large, healthy trees. The deputy replied that this was the first he had heard of it and that no decision had been made regarding permission to fell the trees.
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In recent weeks, both in the Saeima and the Cabinet of Ministers, the thesis has been heard once again: “We must act this way, otherwise there will be penalties, infringement procedures, etc.” Often, such a pseudo-argument completely excludes reasonable disputes, discussions, or alternatives, forcing those responsible to make decisions hastily and not always in the interests of Latvia. Why is that?
Old habits are hardening - someone somewhere knows better, let us rely on them
Lack of sufficient capacity or laziness to defend a different point of view
A generation of cabinet officials has been created who are accustomed to accepting rather than delving into matters
This is a serious problem for Latvia for which no solution is being sought. It will probably be all right somehow...
In Skrīveri municipality, a German citizen fells an oak grove...
