Deputāta pļauka: Latvijas Satversmes sapulces deputātu Jura Pabērza un Andreja Bērziņa konflikts 1921. gadā

Abstract

During the spring of 1921, for the first time in history, the government of Latvia plunged into crisis. As a result of an interpellation by the Latgalian Peasant Party, on the 1st of June, Kārlis Ulmanis’s government fell. On the preceding day, 31st of May, the government responded to the interpellation, and subsequent debates were held, during which an argument between the deputies of the Constitutional Assembly Andrejs Bērziņš representing the Labour Party and Juris Pabērzs from Latgalian Peasant Party was ignited. The dispute escalated into a physical conflict when Bērziņš face-slapped Pabērzs. The research aims at extending the scope of existing perceptions regarding certain spectacular political events during the Constitutional Assembly period. The tasks of the research are a reconstruction of the course of the mentioned political event, as well as an analysis of different views and comments on the respective happening. Sources of the research are Latgalian periodicals published in 1921, such as “Latgalits”, “Jauno Straume” and “Latgolas Vords”. Methods applied: source method and linguistic interpretation method. The research can be classified as regional as the central figures researched are deputies elected from the Latgale region.