 On December 17 deputy mayor of Riga Andris Ameriks announced his resignation.On February 28 Pūce demanded Ušakovs to provide a detailed overview for the state of Rīgas Satiksmes' financial affairs and planned steps to stabilize the situation in the company after the interim chairperson of Rīgas Satiksme Anrijs Matīss announced the same day that the company would need 37 million euros in March to avoid insolvency.On March 5 Matīss resigned due to lack of support for changes in the company from Ušakovs and was replaced by Ernests Saulītis.