 Later that same year, on 14 September, Ķezbers's party was officially renamed the Democratic Labour Party of Latvia (, LDDP) and adopted nominally social-democratic platform.Following Latvia's renewed independence from the Soviet Union, the LKP was banned by a decision of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Latvia on 10 September 1991  as an organisation deemed hostile to Latvia's independence.In October of that year, the official newspaper of the Communist Party of Latvia "Cīņa", was shut down and banned.