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The president of Seimas discussed with the Board of Seimas on Friday whether to go to Poland to replace the president.
He assured that just on Thursday, President G. Nausėda asked him to go to Poland, where delegations from various countries would meet, he would visit the US Secretary of State and the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, would probably attend. There is no doubt that the situation in Belarus will also be discussed in Poland.
“At the request of the president, I should just commit myself and go,” Franckietis said.
According to him, the trip will be made by car to minimize contact.
Liberal Jonas Liesys immediately pointed out that the Seimas president will need fourteen days of self-isolation after the trip. “Is this how we will work? He will not be able to hold a session on Tuesday, “he asked, recalling that due to events in Belarus, an extraordinary session of the Seimas is scheduled for Tuesday at the Seimas.
It doesn’t seem like an easy visit to me either.
“You are absolutely right, I could not have a meeting on Tuesday then, but I hope to attend the meeting remotely. It is ready, which I think will go well. The interest of the state is probably very important,” explained V. Pranckietis.
“It doesn’t seem like an easy visit to me either,” added V. Pranckietis.
J. Liesys doubted that the president of the Seimas should go to Poland, but the Board decided that it was necessary to go at the request of the president.
Presidential spokesman Antanas Bubnelis, when asked what the president was planning for the weekend that he cannot go to Poland, said that the president’s agenda would be announced Friday night.
Vice President of Seimas Gediminas Kirkilas 15 minutes He argued that the recommendation to isolate himself after a visit to Poland may be one of the reasons. “I think the president has his vision and I should probably ask him here what his agenda is, I don’t know, but in this case the president of Seimas is sacrificing himself in some way,” he said.
In this case, the Speaker of the Seimas is sacrificing himself in a sense.
The conservative Žygimantas Pavilionis assured that the president has now focused all his efforts and attention on the situation in Belarus, he has already spoken several times with the president of Poland, Andrzej Duda, and several meetings are planned next week, in which G. Nausėda will have to participate.
“Well yes. There are also several meetings in Lithuania. (…) From what I understand, important meetings can take place on Monday, where the President may have to participate,” said Ž.Pavilionis.
However, the question is whether isolation will be mandatory for the president of the Seimas, as the Ministry of Health has indicated that isolation is not mandatory for citizens of the Republic of Lithuania who have returned or arrived from the Republic of Poland. when work, study or agricultural activities were carried out.
President Ridas Jasiulionis’ adviser notes that the Presidency has received an explanation from the Ministry of Health that isolation is not mandatory persons who enjoy immunities and privileges under the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, 1963 The Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, as well as other international treaties and legal acts of the Republic of Lithuania, their family members and their service personnel, as well as members of official delegations and the staff of the institutions of the diplomatic service of the Republic of Lithuania.
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