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“They should be shot anyway”
“The Polish party and Tomaszewski have nothing in common. Tomaszewski is a beetle of absolute color who, receiving funding for his party from the Lithuanian state budget, is an anti-state. Anyway, they should shoot those already. Start with him because that’s the problem with what he does.
He lives in Lithuania, initially he received money from Poland, there he destined it to minorities in neighboring countries, now he takes it all with practically open cards from Russia to play in the hands of that particular country. Their interests and those of the Polish minority have nothing in common. ” delfi.lt A.Valinskas, the former spokesperson for Seimas, told Daiva Žeimytė-Bilienė at the show.
Later the entry on the portal was corrected and the phrases no longer existed: “Tomaševskis is an absolute colored beetle, who is receiving anti-state status when he receives funds for his party from the Lithuanian state budget. Anyway, those should be shot by now. One year at a time. Start with that. “
Photo by Arno Strumila / 15min / Arūnas Valinskas
You can listen to the excerpt of the conversation with the words of A. Valinskas about shooting here.
The Vice President of the Polish Parliament addressed
However, this did not stop the reactions. While writing zw.ltThe Vice President of the Polish Seimas Piotr Zgorzelski addressed the Lithuanian Seimas Spokesperson Viktoras Pranckietis, appealing that the fight against hate speech is one of the common challenges faced by Lithuania and Poland.
“I write to you with the certainty of the friendship between Poland and Lithuania. We are united by evolving economic, cultural and tourist cooperation based on historical foundations and good relations today. Our countries face many challenges, both in their relations and in their politics. One of these is the fight against hate speech, which is spreading in societies on an unprecedented scale.
Therefore, I sadly listened to the statement of A. Valinskas, the former president of Seimas, when he said a few days ago that politicians like V. Tomaševskis should be shot.
The more responsibility we, as politicians, should feel, and the more we should demand of ourselves, as well as of other opinion leaders, who shape their views and opinions, and perhaps even, in a sense, give permission to act. (…) Therefore, I was saddened to hear Arūnas Valinskas, the former president of the Lithuanian Seimas, say on the program a few days ago that politicians like Valdemaras Tomaševskis, who is the leader of the Lithuanian Polish Electoral Action Union of Christian Families, they should be shot.
I will always support the right to criticize, which is the basis of democracy, a free country, but I believe that the limit of that right is incitement to violence. Especially, and perhaps first of all, when it comes to the biggest political opponent. It is possible to disagree with the politics or values of the party or its representatives, but words that encourage physical coping should never be heard, especially in countries that have experience with violent demons, like ours, ”wrote the vice president of the Polish Seimas to V. Francis.
Sigismund Gedvila / 15min photo / Flags of Lithuania and Poland
He said he wanted to get the attention of a Lithuanian colleague because he may not have heard of that speech during the intense election campaign.
He does not want to comment himself
Representatives of the Lithuanian Polish community, who often criticize V. Tomaševskis and his party, as well as Polish journalists and public figures, who are also difficult to suspect of supporting LLRA-KŠS, spoke on social media about the fact that such words of A. Valinskas are incitement to hatred. Not to mention the nationalist portals.
Too much honor for that person and so forth, said A. Valinskas.
Valinskas himself will have lunch on Monday 15 minutes He said over the phone that he had no intention of commenting: “Too much honor for that person anyway.”
Weekend portal zw.lt He said that people who understood humor understood that it was an old humorous context. “People in my immediate environment know that I have a remake that I usually use as a form of language, phraseology. There was no call or anything in this place. Smart people understand and fools don’t explain much, “said A. Valinskas.
He also emphasized that if it seems to someone that it was not just a form of speech, a picturesque speech, one can go to court, which would answer the question.
Apply to law enforcement
V. Tomaševskis, MEP, president of LLRA-KŠS, agrees to ask the police for the words of the former president of Seimas A. Valinskas, reports BNS.
“It just came to our attention then. We will respond accordingly according to the Criminal Liability Code,” the politician told BNS.
Luke April / 15min photo / Valdemaras Tomaševskis
He said the matter was being dealt with by lawyers, but due to the high level of employment he said he did not know exactly when he could appeal and under which article of the Penal Code it would be.
“It is obvious to everyone present that the court will evaluate. This has probably not been the case in Lithuania for 30 years,” said the politician.
This is not appropriate for a former politician
The political scientist, associate professor of the Faculty of Political Science and Diplomacy of Vytautas Magnus University, Andžejus Pukšto, says that A. Valinskas spoke in this case as a former president of the Seimas and politician, expressed his opinion on the results of the elections, and V. Tomaševskis and LLRA-KŠS paid close attention.
Photo by Sigismund Gedvila / 15min / Andžejus Pukštas
“Perhaps that is an advantage, in that explanation he separates the Polish electoral campaign from the Polish voter. He explains that the party does not serve and has nothing to do with the Polish community, but still, even though if we do not see, and We probably won’t see, the incitement to national discord here is incitement to hatred, because there he said it very clearly, that those politicians who belong to LLRS-KSS need to be shot. One per year. He says it very clearly there.
I don’t think it is appropriate for the former president of the Seimas, a man who has been in politics, to say such things. We cannot close our eyes to such things. It is a language of hate and incitement to hatred, “said A. Pukštas.
A.Pukštas also emphasized the fact that in this conversation he was surprised both by A.Valinskas’ speech and by the fact that the presenter did not react to such words, but continued the conversation.
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