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Organizers of Tuesday’s protest expressed dissatisfaction with the government’s decision, by reducing COVID-19’s negative consequences for developers and cultural organizations by more than 60 percent. The support (43 million euros) is intended for the renovation of the infrastructure of the cultural institutions of the Ministry of Culture and the municipality, as well as the acquisition of real estate projects.
The celebrities: Gediminas Jaunius, Agnė Grigaliūnienė, Džiugas Siaurusaitis, Saulius Urbonavičius-Samas, Jogaila Morkūnas, Vytautas Rumšas jaunes, were also indifferent to the campaign.
However, Jazzu and Donatas Montvydas, who participated in the event with an important purpose, had an unpleasant experience: the police officers approached the artists in the Vincas Kudirka Square and asked them to show their identity documents.
Personal album photo album / Officials approaching Jazzu and Donato Montvydas asked to show personal documents
Justė Arlauskaitė-Jazzu 15 minutes He said he still doesn’t understand why, in a massive event where there were more people, they were only asked for documents. According to the artist, the situation raises many questions.
“We did not want to be taken, so we showed ourselves the documents, but it was all very strange. We did not understand anything. He said that we are organizing illegal activities. Which one? Did we walk in the park? Jazz did not hide his anger.
Many questions about the incident also arose for Donat Montvyd, who showed the document to police officers. “Well, he will plant,” Donatas laughed, answering the phone.
He also added that in trying to expose the already unclear situation, they agreed with the demands of the officials, but they also do not know if doing so is allowed.
“We just stood there, talking about the current situation, the sadness that the music world was still in the dark when it arrived, and we said that it was necessary to show the documents. Why, we didn’t understand, “he said.
After the artists showed the documents, the police took photos of the latter. Jazzu said he was still waiting for a clearer explanation of why this was done and where the data would be used.
However, when the artists asked why on the spot, Donatas and Juste received a response from officials that they were both suspected of organizing illegal activities. Such an explanation makes Jazz laugh.
Photo by Žygimantas Gedvila / 15min / Justė Arlauskaitė-Jazzu
When J. Arlauskaitė spoke about the incident on Facebook, other famous people did not hide their surprises about the actions of the mentioned officials.
“When a citizen does not know who the suspect is, something is wrong with the police communication,” wrote director Agnė Zalanskaitė.
At the time, performer Juozas Liesis wondered why officers were caught in this campaign, but paid no attention to the fact that quarantine requirements may be violated in some markets during quarantine; for example, safe distances are not observed, masks are not used correctly.
The same question arose for musician Robertas Semeniukas: “Officials probably have no idea what is happening in Gariūnai, Vingis Park, Kalvarijai Market, Ikea, Senukai, etc. t. We need to show our power against peaceful cultural figures and make fun of them easily. Absurd. I was ashamed to see everything. The situation is similar to that of Russia. “
And saxophonist Juozas Kuraitis joked: “Maybe the police wanted to get their signatures, but according to the technology of these times, they took identification as a memory.”
Suspected if the campaign was legal
Due to this incident 15 minutes contacted the police. Vilnius County Yulia Samorokovskaya, Chief of the Communications Division of the LSC, explained that it was unclear if the campaign was legally organized, therefore, in trying to identify the campaign organizers, officials had the right to request personal documents .
“Officials had no information on whether the organizers had received permission to organize such an event. Therefore, they will determine whether it was legally held or not, and who its organizers are. To determine this, people were asked to submit their documents, “said J. Samorokovskaya.
He added that the verification of personal documents is regulated by law as one of the rights of officials, and the photographs taken of them are used only for official purposes.
“Officials do not use personal telephones during the service, but official telephones,” he said.
It is true that there are still no clear answers about the event.
“The circumstances are currently being clarified, after which appropriate decisions will be made,” said Samorokovskaya.
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