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There were no lines of voters in Kaunas City Hall Square on Monday morning. After entering at 10 o’clock, R. Karbauskis immediately went to cast his vote: he lost position among other voters, as if voting in the first round.
“Voters’ attention should be drawn to the fact that no one will send voter certificates this year. For several elections, no one sends. Many voters complain that they did not receive voter certificates. You don’t need them, you can come to the district with your personal document, security device, pen and vote ”, said R. Karbauskis in his comment after the vote.
When asked how many seats he hopes to win in the second round, he said that of the 33 rounds in which “peasants” will compete, many of the battles will take place in rural districts.
“It is clear that the results will be determined by the participation of the voters. The less activity favors the parties of the” right “. According to the number of votes received by the” right “in the first round, the number of votes is the same than in 2016. The parties that today have more votes, the “right” parties, have already reached their peak. The number of people who will come will determine whether the “correct” parties will win or not. It will all depend on whether people attend. to the polls. If it does not arrive, the right-wing forces will win and the policy of tightening the belt will be implemented immediately. If it exceeds 40 percent. voters, the results may be favorable, although less – unfavorable “, predicted the leader of farmers “.
He is saddened by the fact that one of the “right-wing political mohicans,” Andrius Kubilius, is already talking about “tightening his belt.”
“I’m glad that among economists there are those who say that Andrius Kubilius is screwing around. All European countries go into debt to support their economies. Now it’s not about borrowing, but where we invest and how. Lithuania has one of the best situations in the European Union and one of the best in the world. There is no indication that Lithuania has difficult challenges in the future, “said R. Karbauskis, acknowledging that the coronavirus situation has indeed deteriorated, but is stable and deteriorating throughout the European Union.
If it exceeds 40 percent. voters, the results may be favorable if less favorable.
R.Karbauskis: “The Conservatives will try to recover Kaunas”
According to many political scientists, the election of Kaunas residents in the second round of the Seimas elections will be really significant, especially for the Lithuanian Christian Democrats-Union of the Fatherland (TS-LKD). In Kaunas only a duel was formed between non-conservative candidates and “peasants”, and political scientists promise more victory to the “right”. Asked whether the initiative shown by the mayor of Kaunas, Visvaldas Matijošaitis, expressed in support of the “peasants”, is sufficient, R. Karbauskis assured that 4 of the 6 candidates (who are fighting for entry to the Seimas in the second round in Kaunas) remain candidates for “Kaunas Unidos”.
VIDEO: R. Karbauskis cast his vote in Kaunas: “I would have preferred that people actively vote”
“The mayor of Kaunas said that these elections are also very important for” United Kaunas. “Kaunas has done a lot in cooperation with this government, many projects are still unfinished. It is obvious that the conservatives will try to take back Kaunas if they get that chance. And I should do it if I had national power. Put pressure on Kaunas, not give money, etc. “, said R. Karbauskis.
According to R. Karbauskis, the “peasants” did not speak of coalitions with other parties after the first electoral round.
Erik Ovcharenko / 15min photo / Ramūnas Karbauskis voted in the second round
“There are no coalition negotiations. It is too early to talk about them. The” right “has not yet won the elections. It is difficult to talk about the center-left coalition, because now the center-left has mathematically fewer votes than the right. ”, Assured the leader of the“ peasants ”.
Asked if he promises to take more initiatives this week regarding the legalization of pension 13, R. Karbauskis assured that he does not know if the Government’s conclusion in this regard has already been presented.
“This Seimas will definitely pass this law, but obviously, if the next Seimas is ruled by the” right “, it will repeal that law. At the will of the people. If the people think they don’t need it … And that the state can pay for that. pension, yes. There are about 560 million people in Sodra. reserve euros. Talk about the bad situation in Sodra … Our average salary increased by 8% in this crisis year, instead of the minus 8% predicted by the Bank of Lithuania. The situation is favorable. The debt level is one of the lowest in the European Union. That is a fact. And the interest rate is almost zero in total, “explained R. Karbauskis, who does not understand why the budget should be called a “belt-tightening” budget, because after all, both pensions and children’s money and wages are growing.
He says that all areas except tourism are on the rise.
Expect this year to end with a “plus” in the economy. The Finance Ministry, he said, has to forecast negative because it is forecasting very conservatively.
“All areas, except the tourism sector, are experiencing a rebound. The risks of an economic downturn again this year are not high. Enough money has been pulled out of the shadows in the last four years. Close to 200 million. Euros If I’m not mistaken, it will help the economy, ”said R. Karbauskis.
When asked how he evaluated the actions of the Vilnius authorities in managing the deterioration of the coronavirus situation, he began to talk about what other countries in the European Union are doing.
In the last four years, enough money has been brought out of the shadows: about 200 million. euros
Children’s autumn holidays are prolonged, some shorten the work of entertainment establishments, some forbid it. Different countries behave differently. A greater contribution from our municipalities is missing. In fact, not all municipalities are in such a bad situation. Now it is getting worse in Vilnius. There is a lack of leadership from the Vilnius City Council and the mayor. I understand that the electoral period and Vilnius are now thinking about the elections, not about what the situation in Vilnius will be like in a week. At the national level, the chosen combat method is regional, local. Otherwise, we would hit the economy hard ”, summarized R. Karbauskis.
Conservatives and “peasants” duel in Kaunas
Šilainiai County: the conservative Jurgita Šiugždinienė (31%) and the “peasant” Ligita Valalytė (16%).
Mountaineering County: the conservative Arvydas Anušauskas (31%) and the “peasant” Aušra Papirtienė (17%).
Petrašiūnai-Gričiupis District: the conservative Kazys Starkevičius (33%) and the “peasant” Gediminas Vasiliauskas (16%).
Panemunė County: the conservative Gintarė Skaistė (33%) and the “peasant” Aurelijus Veryga (19%).
Aleksotas-Vilijampolė County: the conservative Vytautas Juozapaitis (28%) and the “peasant” Karolina Žekaitė (14%).
Center-Žaliakalnis County: the conservative Gabrielius Landsbergis (38%) and the “peasant” candidate Audronė Jankuvienė (13%).
Only in the county volunteers in the second round will meet The conservative Paulius Lukševičius (23%) and the representative of the Freedom Party, Marius Matijošaitis (15%).
Early voting will be possible until eight in the evening. The second round of the parliamentary elections will take place on October 25.
The two candidates with the most votes in the first round compete in it.
After the first round, three Seimas candidates were chosen. This is Ingrida Šimonytė, the leader of the conservative list, which raised 61.17 percent. voters in the Antakalnis constituency, and Beata Petkevič, candidate of the Polish Lithuanian Election Campaign – Union of Christian Families with 59 percent. voters in the electoral district of Šalčininkai and Česlavas Olševskis with 52.77 percent. In the Medininkai district.
The first round of the Seimas election in the multi-member constituency was won by opposition Democrats TS-LKD with 24.8 percent. Lithuania’s ruling Peasants and Greens Union remained in second place with 17.5 percent. votes.
The Labor Party received 9.47 percent. Lithuanian Social Democratic Party: 9.26 percent, Freedom Party: 9.02 percent. votes, the Liberal Movement – 6.79 percent. votes.
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