Aigars Bērziņš, senior inspector of the Press Division of the State Police Press and Public Relations Bureau, told LETA that an administrative case can be investigated for four months. During that period of time, the police will analyse all materials collected in the case to decide who should be brought to administrative justice and on what part of the law that should be based.

During the event on Saturday, the commander of the Rīga Region Board of the State Police, Ints Ķuzis, told LETA that there will probably be an administrative case related to the law on meetings, marches and demonstrations, because the protesters who gathered in relation to Friendship Days had no authority or permission from the relevant institutions.

Ķuzis added that the opponents to the march appeared to be well-organised. People were carrying posters, and someone was commanding them, but the relevant institutions had not given their approval. According to information that is at the disposal of the police, the protest was organised by supporters of the “New Generation” church.

As has been reported in the past, Mozaīka, an organisation of lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgendered people and their friends, held a Friendship Days march in and around the Vērmaņdārzs park on Saturday. This year the event was, generally speaking, a peaceful one, and no incidents were permitted.