RIGA, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- Latvian President Raimonds Vejonis on Wednesday tasked Janis Bordans, leader of the New Conservative Party, with forming the Baltic country's new government.
The president gave the prime minister-designate two weeks to put together a new center-right government. If Bordans fails to accomplish this, Vejonis will nominate another candidate.
Bordans said he hoped to form a coalition government of five parties -- the New Conservative Party, KPV LV, New Unity, the National Alliance and For Development/For!. He estimated his chances of forming the government to be 80 to 20.
Bordans' nomination comes a month after parliamentary elections which produced an inconclusive result. The political parties represented in Latvia's new parliament still have not come to an agreement on a new coalition government.
