With the elections approaching, the Minister of Culture Nauris Puntulis decided to revisit the temporarily postponed topic of street renaming. He proposed to the Saeima to take the initiative of the then President of Latvia, Egils Levits, off the dusty shelf. Specifically, on June 19, 2023, Levits suggested, under Article 47 of the Constitution, to adopt a law on "renaming names introduced as a result of the communist totalitarian regime and the policy of Russification." Minister of Culture Nauris Puntulis: "It is unacceptable that Latvia still has street names such as Pioneer Street. This exists in 11 populated areas of Latvia, there are still 4 Maskavas Streets, October Street — in 5 places in Latvia, streets named after collaborator Andrei Upis — in at least 6 populated areas, there are streets named after the minister of the occupation government, Pauls Leinis, in Riga and Jelgava, and there are also populated areas in Latvia named Hungry Streams and Quiet Harbor. There are still too many absurdities in the names of streets and populated areas, and this needs to change." Nauris Puntulis: "Abandoning street names that glorify the communist totalitarian regime or individuals who supported it will create a more Latvian environment, strengthen Latvian self-awareness, and affirm a free and democratic state. This would be another long-overdue decision to overcome the totalitarian past and promote a unified historical consciousness in society." In a press statement from the Ministry of Culture, it is stated that "in July of this year, Minister Nauris Puntulis met with the chairman of the board of the 'Center for Public Memory' society, historian Karlis Kangeris, and researchers from the society. The 'Center for Public Memory' has done important work studying the history of the occupation period in Latvia and has updated the draft law 'On the Renaming of Names of the Communist Totalitarian Regime and Russification,' which, along with Puntulis's proposal, has been submitted to the Saeima's Education, Culture, and Science Committee. The 'Center for Public Memory' has also compiled a list of toponymic names that are subject to change."