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On Monday, the BNS news agency organizes press conferences of the leaders of the political parties that have entered the Seimas to discuss the results of the elections.
You can watch the broadcast here:
Key areas highlighted
V.Čmilytė-Nielsen, who is in self-isolation due to the risk of coronavirus, connected to the conference remotely.
First, he thanked the voters for the trust mandate. He is pleased that the party’s second round of elections has been a success.
Yesterday, together with Ingrida Šimonyte, leader of the conservative electoral list, and Aušrine Armonaitė, president of the Freedom Party, issued a statement on the negotiations on the formation of a coalition.
According to V.Čmilytė-Nielsen, when talking about a possible coalition, it is first necessary to assume as gently as possible the works that are the most slippery, that are the most important and without which it is unthinkable to move forward.
Among those key areas, the leader of the Liberal Movement highlighted health care and public finances, where our financial health must be evaluated.
According to V. Čmilytė-Nielsen, the stability of the tax base is important for the Liberal Movement. In four years, liberals have said they have seen a great deal of chaos in this area and believe the time has come for consistent, growth-oriented solutions.
“But liberals are very clear that we are in favor of a gradual review of the tax system. And our goal is to get rid of unnecessary taxes and possibly reduce the proportion of those who would leave the most money in people’s pockets, “he said.
Another important area for the Liberal Movement is education.
According to V.Čmilytė-Nielsen, it is necessary to return to the national agreement on education, as well as to increase funding in this area.
Other important areas for liberals, as the party chairman pointed out, are the environment and regional politics.
Has candidates for ministers
The Liberal Movement would like to lead three ministries: Environment, Education, Science and Sports, and Economy and Innovation.
Furthermore, according to V.Čmilytė-Nielsen, the party could and should run for the post of President of the Seimas.
As Simon Gentville, spokesman for the Liberal Movement, said, as a possible Minister of the Environment, the party has a competent candidate for ministers of education, science and sport.
Luke April / 15min photo / Simon Gentvilas
However, his name was not revealed by S. Gentvilas. At the same time, he said liberals cannot run for public office without backstage support from conservatives and approval for key positions.
“We will see if we really persuade the partners that the Ministry of Education and its guidelines would have to paint the Liberal Movement for four years, we would definitely name a candidate,” he explained.
We will see that if we really persuaded the partners that the Ministry of Education and its guidelines would have to paint the Liberal Movement for four years, we would certainly also nominate the candidate.
S. Gentvilas said that one of the possible candidates of the Liberal Movement for the Ministers of Economy and Innovation is the militant Simonas Kairys.
“It just came to our knowledge then speaker. Today little is said about the Ministry of Culture. But this is one person who could run for both positions, ”explained S. Gentvilas.
Edita Rudelienė, mayor of Trakai district, representative of the Liberal Movement, added that this list of “coveted” ministries is not final, the point is that it has not been helped.
Photo by Lukas Balandi / 15min / Edita Rudelienė
Posted a statement
In parliamentary elections in the multi-member constituency, the Liberal Movement won 6 parliamentary seats.
Another 7 seats in the Seimas were won by party candidates in single-member districts in the second round.
On Monday night, three parties currently working in the opposition, the Union of the Fatherland, the Lithuanian Christian Democrats, the Liberal Movement and the Freedom Party, which won the Seimas elections, issued a statement in which They declare that these political forces are determined to mobilize and form a coalition led by Ingrida Šgrim.
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