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On Tuesday, the longest queue for those wishing to vote early took place at Lukiškės Square in central Vilnius early in the morning. Politicians also seized this opportunity: the leader of the Freedom and Justice Party, Remigijus Žemaitaitis, and the president of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party, Gintautas Paluckas, came to vote.
It’s not the first time in a row
Ingrida Šimonyte also had to queue in the afternoon: “In some elections in the municipality I had to queue quite long, now that people stand less frequently, that line probably seems very long, if they were closer, maybe it would seem shorter. But the line is long and very good, it makes me happy. “
According to her, the queues show that people want to go to the polls, although the results of the first day’s participation do not show anything special, but the real participation will be seen in a few days, since it is possible to vote up to four days in advance this year.
When asked why he came to vote early and not on Election Day, I. Šimonytė mentioned the situation regarding COVID-19.
“In fact, we’ve done a little risk assessment that, with the current dynamics of COVID-19, you may inadvertently be on a team where someone will be inadvertently screened and scored, and if that happens on Friday, generally, it could. go to the polls. That is why I have decided that it is safer to come and vote early, and I urge people who are worried or fearful that there are many people to go ahead, “said the politician.
Expect “good results”
When asked what to expect from the elections, he said, to get a good result. However, he did not dare to specify what this means. And on future work after the elections, I. Šimonytė mentioned that it is difficult to imagine opportunities to cooperate with those political forces that make concessions to criminal and disrespectful human rights regimes, as well as to “encourage our neighbors to the East” due to to the Astrava power station.
It is not necessary to have enemies in politics, you can have opponents, sometimes it is very difficult to come to terms with them, but if you start looking for enemies, there is nothing left to talk about.
“It just came to our knowledge then. And we will see next to whom the voters will entrust the mandates of the Seimas members. According to this, it will be clear if it is possible to agree on works, because the agreements would be works, not chairs, etc.”, he assured I. Šimonytė.
I.Šimonytė answered the question about joint work with the Union of Peasants and Greens, first of all, mentioning the latter’s statements that they could not work with her, so there is little point in asking her that either.
Hinted at a minority government
“If they decide, it is their right to do so. It is not necessary to have enemies in politics, you can have opponents, sometimes the opponents are very fierce and very tough, sometimes it is very difficult to come to terms with them, but yes. you start looking for enemies, there’s nothing left to talk about. <...>.
I think there are things we could agree on with the Socdems, maybe it shouldn’t necessarily be a coalition, maybe a more successful minority government option could be tried. Here everything is in the hands of arithmetic, when we see the arithmetic, then we can talk, ”said I. Šimonytė about future coalitions.
However, the majority of voters are expected to be in the polling stations on Sunday, October 11, when the first round of the Seimas elections will take place.
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