Latvia's First Party

The party included a number of priests from all the major branches of Christianity in Latvia (Lutheran, Catholic, Orthodox and Baptist) as well as members of Jaunā Paaudze (New Generation), a charismatic church.

Using populist promises and support from religious organisations, it won 9.5% of the popular vote and 10 out of 100 seats in the Saeima after the elections of October 5, 2002 and joined all the coalition governments since that time until its dissolution.

E.g. Jānis Šmits who was appointed to the position of chairman of the Parliamentary Human Rights Committee has called his parliamentary colleagues to get familiar with religious writings "in case they can actually, read", quoting a passage from the Book of Moses that could be loosely translated as: "men having gay sex must die, and their corpses must be left soaking in their own blood".

Additionally, Latvijas Pirmā Partija members had several times made public statements saying that they don't feel that there is a necessity for a gay pride march in Riga, which allegedly contradicts the Freedom of Speech and Peaceful Assembly enshrined in the Constitution of Latvia.

Mozaīka have stated that they have done this to raise awareness for the rights of gays in Latvia via international media.

Between annual rallies Mozaīka has done little to slowly generate improved understanding of gays in Latvia and has preferred to follow its strategy of shock tactics.

His supporters pointed to many examples of improvement in Latvia's transportation infrastructure, including the airport and the national railroad.

The position of Minister of Children and Family Affairs was held by Baptist pastor Ainars Bastiks from 2002 to 2009.

One strategy has been the development and implementation of a new national foster care recruiting and training program, which has grown considerably every year since 2004.