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“Ingrida Šimonytė (as Prime Minister – Delfi) was mentioned in the statement, we agreed that we would start talking. Formally form a coalition. Nothing concrete, no posts, no areas, we formalized the start of the process. I mentioned before that we will start by listening to the thoughts of potential partners, areas for reflection. We agreed on the text, we informed the public that we had started the process, “said G. Landsbergis.
G. Landsbergis said that Aušrinė Armonaitė and Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen participated remotely in the meeting. According to him, neither President Gitanas Nausėda, nor Labor Party Chairman Viktor Uspaskich, nor Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis have called yet.
He also hoped that the discussion about the coalition would not last long, would go smoothly and quickly.
Regarding the number of members of the coalition, he said that 74-75 is not a bad result.
“The political statement speaks of the potentially concentrated mobilization of the votes of the Seimas members, but of the very idea that the future government must have a wider circle of voters than before,” he added.
Regarding the coronavirus crisis, Landsbergis said the first job would be to provide all the information.
“It just came to our attention at that time. The biggest problem in my opinion was that we did not know everything to the fullest. Are the reagent means enough, beds, I think the first task is to collect all the information? “, He said.
As previously announced, Aušrinė Armonaitė, chair of the Freedom Party, Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen, chair of the Liberal Movement, and Gabrielius Landsbergis, chair of the Christian Democratic Party of the Lithuanian-Motherland Union, issued a joint statement on Monday evening about the beginning of the coalition formation.
“Lithuania has entered the fourth decade of the restored Independent State with low indicators of trust in democracy, its main institutions and each other. The prevailing tendencies of mistrust in the country are threatening both the statehood and the democratic development of Lithuania. The vote of our citizens in 2020 In the Seimas elections, they expressed the expectation of a new culture and political quality, ”the statement reads.
The tripartite statement emphasizes that the public has expressed their trust in democratic political parties, the rule of law and respect for human rights, and that the decline in trust in the country’s rulers is testimony to the need for change. political.
“We are determined to unite to reestablish ties of trust in the state and among its people and to form a coalition and a government led by Ingrida Šimonytė. Lithuania will be stronger if the political forces can reach long-term agreements on the most important issues. important aspects of the development of the state and society. We are ready to represent all Lithuanian citizens, not just those who voted for our political forces. Therefore, we will invite other parliamentary political forces to join the agreements on the most important works of the coalition and consider including their programmatic ideas, ”the statement states.
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