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Do the “workers” see themselves in coalition with the Freedom Party? Will the party’s leadership change when voters put businessman Antanas Guogas at the top of the list and downgrade Vigilijus Juknas, the vice chairman of the Labor Party?
Above all this: an interview with M. Puidokas, who now works at the Seimas and was chosen for the next Seimas.
– When will the support decide in the second rounds?
– For support in the second rounds, the decision must be made in the next few days. A meeting should be held with the chairman of the central party staff, and a council could even be convened later. There is no final answer yet.
– Will the support decide centrally?
– In principle, there may be several different solutions: one would be to support a political force very clearly, another to remain neutral and allow voters to choose which political force to support, and a third to support those ideologically ideological candidates, depending on the constituency in particular. closer or fighting those candidates who, in our opinion, would be a great evil for the Lithuanian state if they were elected to the Lithuanian Seimas.
– Or is it possible that in some members he will support the “peasants” and in others, the conservatives, even though they are everywhere?
– I think there is no such possibility. If “peasants” and conservatives meet, there will certainly not be different support. There will be a joint decision on what we support.
If, say, a Conservative and a representative of the Freedom Party meet, a decision can be made in favor of the Conservatives.
But if, say, a Conservative and a representative of the Freedom Party meet, a decision can be made in favor of the Conservatives because the Freedom Party is ideologically very distant from the Labor Party.
– Ramūnas Karbauskis, the leader of the “Peasants”, speaking of the center-left coalition, already attributes “peasants”, social democrats, “social workers”, representatives of the Polish Electoral Campaign-Christian Family Union and the Labor Party. How do you rate this?
– Even before the elections, political scientists made it very clear that this was the most likely coalition. But for this kind of coalition to happen, as our president mentioned, we need to get the results of the second round.
The second is to have a very clear and firm agreement that the provisions of the electoral program, which are crucial for us, will be included in the work of the future government.
These are provisions to create an investment climate in the country and a tax reduction package, incentives to create and operate small and medium-sized companies, large investments from foreign countries to make Lithuania one of the most attractive countries in the world and companies to create high paying jobs. For that to happen, all these instruments must be put into operation.
– You mentioned that where liberal and conservative candidates meet, you are likely to support the latter.
– It can be decided that we will support a closer candidacy.
Sigismund Gedvila / 15min photo / Mindaugas Puidokas
– But a right-wing coalition without the Freedom Party is probably unthinkable. And do you see yourself in such a coalition?
– This question should be asked of the party president. There is no final decision yet. I can only say my personal opinion: from my point of view, in terms of values, our support for the traditional family and the strong desire of the Freedom Party to legalize LGBT marriages, we are completely incompatible in terms of values.
– And as you can see: a right-wing coalition may be possible without the Labor Party, because a large number of right-wing candidates will still compete in single-member elections, but a left-wing coalition is certainly not possible without the Party? Labor?
– So far, I see that a left coalition is possible if the second rounds are very successful for the left: the Union of Peasants and Greens, the Social Democrats and, at the same time, we also have several candidates who went to the second round. It will certainly depend on this place if the voters can mobilize and if there are enough people in the second round for the votes to help achieve a landslide victory for the center-left forces. If that happens, a coalition of this type is likely to form. This is the most likely scenario.
They need far fewer victories to have a right-wing coalition without the Labor Party.
But since there are many second rounds where the forces of the right meet: the conservatives with the liberal movement, the conservatives with the Freedom Party. (In 18 individual members – 15min) – It is clear that they have a large number of mandates, which are guaranteed to the right. They have far fewer second-round victories against the leftists to have a right-wing coalition without the Labor Party.
– And will there be changes at the managerial level after people put businessman Antanas Guoga at the top of the list?
– In this case, we have a very strong charismatic leader who is envied by all parties. Viktoras Uspaskich kept his promise: the Labor Party is in the top three of the strongest Lithuanian parties, we won third place both in terms of mandates and in terms of the number of people who voted for us. I believe that we will all ask and strive for the president, as a leader, to continue to work as long as possible and to lead us.
There is a desire to further strengthen the positions of the Labor Party throughout Lithuania, so that during the next elections only we will have such political weight that the provisions of the program are implemented depending on our vote.
– Maybe that’s why you wouldn’t refuse to work in the opposition, because the population tends to follow the principle of the pendulum, to elect non-governmental representatives?
– I strongly agree with the president of the party: it is better to stay in the opposition than to come to the government and remain there, but no matter how little political weight we cannot make the real decisions that we have promised the people.
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