and the development of provisions necessary for the implementation of the law in practice (cf. Paragraph 7 of the Constitutional Court Judgment in the Case No. 200503-0306 passed on 21 November 2005). Although the Cabinet of Ministers is entitled to adopt regulatory enactments, the latter are not permitted to contain such provisions that cannot be deemed as aids for the implementation of the provisions of the law (cf. Paragraph 5 of the Constitutional Court Judgment in the Case No. 2000-07-0409 passed on 3 April 2001). Thus, it is permissible to delegate the drafting required for the implementation of a law in practice to the Cabinet of Ministers, whereas the Saeima is obliged to decide all the most important matters of the State and public life by itself through legislation. Furthermore, the first part of Article 68 of the Constitution prescribes that all international agreements, which settle matters that may be decided by the legislative process, shall require ratification by the Saeima. In order to establish whether the Saeima’s argumentation for the infringement of the rights of persons, one should consider whether the Cabinet of Ministers was entitled to decide without the authorisation from the Saeima the matters pertaining to the international loans, or else the respective commitments are to be taken as settling the matters that had to be decided through legislation and, accordingly, needed the Saeima’s approval. In determining whether the respective commitments are to be taken as settling the matters that had to be decided through legislation, one should take into account the previous practice of regulating such matters. So, on 29 December 1928, the President of the State announced the Law on External Loan adopted by the Saeima on 18 December 1928. Article 1 of this law stated: “The Cabinet of Ministers shall be authorised to enter into an commitment concerning an external loan for the amount of six million US dollars for a period of 35 years with 6% annual interest rate and to sell for this purpose the State Treasury bonds for the same amount for the highest possible rate.” Furthermore, Article 3 of this law stated: “The Cabinet of Ministers shall issue specific provisions for the implementation of this law into practice” (Collection of laws and Cabinet regulations, issue No. 27, 31 December 1928, p. 662). On 6 May 1931, the President of the State announced to the Saeima the Law on Internal Loan for Road Building with Premiums adopted on 28 April 1931. 49

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