RIGA, Dec 19 (LETA) - Rezekne concert hall Gors is an important center of Latvian and Latgalian identity and should remain under public management, President Edgars Rinkevics said on social media.

Rinkevics has also discussed the matter with Culture Minister Agnese Lace (Progressives).

Rezekne City Council earlier said that it was considering changes to Latgale embassy Gors management system. The local government emphasizes that it provides Gors a subsidy from Rezekne budget every year, expecting in return high quality and the concert hall's work aimed at increasing its revenues so that the subsidy could be reduced. A recent audit of the concert hall's functions though identified several problems in its operations.

In the light of audit results and recommendations, the municipality, in cooperation with Rezekne Culture and Tourism Center, has started to work on possible changes "that would ensure sustainability of the institution and reduce its dependence on the municipality's subsidy".

One of the main tasks is to identify a management system that will allow Gors to become more efficient, transparent, and significantly increase revenues from its operations.

Commenting on the situation, Rezekne Mayor Aleksandrs Bartasevics (Together for Latvia/Latvia First) said that the possibility of renting Gors premises to a private company of organization of different events at the concert hall was not being ruled out.