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Please, Latvia, don't elect Kristaps Porzingis your next prime minister

I'm begging you.

The tiny Baltic nation of Latvia was thrown into turmoil on Tuesday as their prime minister tendered her resignation. Per the Associated Press:

Latvian Prime Minister Laimdota Straujuma on Monday handed her resignation to the president, after rumors had been circulating for weeks about a possible government collapse.

The head of the prime minister's office, Arnitis Ringolds, said that although her resignation would come into effect immediately she would continue to lead the three-party coalition in a caretaker capacity until a new government is chosen by Parliament.

Ringolds gave no reason for her resignation except to say that the prime minister felt the need to have "a new government .