is latvia a multi ethnic state
He is also credited with formulating the clause in Article I of the Latvian constitution (the Satversme , adopted in 1922) stating that the sovereign power of the State of Latvia is vested in the people of Latvia ( Latvian : Latvijas tauta ) rather than the Latvian people (Latvian: latvieÅ¡u tauta), and is thus responsible for laying part of the legal groundwork for a multi-ethnic nation-state and political nation.