RIGA, Feb 23 (LETA) - The Administrative Court decision, rejecting Ikskile Region Council Chairman Indulis Trapins' (Latvian Green Party) request that environmental protection and regional development minister's decree suspending Trapins from his job be put on hold, LETA learned from the court.

Trapins asked the court to lift the minister's decision and make the minister to make a public apology.

As reported, Pless in April 2020 signed an order on the dismissal of Trapins about various violations that have been identified in the work of council.

Experts of the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development have been gathering information on various violations committed by Trapins for several months, said Pless.

"The decision is based on a series of violations, where the risks of corruption, illegal mishandling of municipal property, exceeding municipal powers, as well as arbitrary and one-person decision-making, which has been contrary to the public interest, prevail," the minister said.

The violations found shed light on the systemic behavior of Trapins and indicate his incompatibility with the position. The order applies only to the chairman of the regional council, therefore the council will have to elect a new chairman from among the elected deputies.

Trapins appealed the minister's decision at court.

After the territorial reform, Ikskile municipality does not exist as a separate territorial structure, but has been merged with Ogre municipality.