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“The prime minister has to make strategic decisions, not perform very specific technical functions. The operations manager performs technical functions, “S. Skvernelis told reporters at the Seimas on Tuesday.
According to him, formally the law allows those duties to be carried out by the prime minister.
What are the responsibilities and functions of the operations manager? Ask Aurelius Veryga. If the Prime Minister has the opportunity to approve a dozen statutes, especially in the field of health, every day, what happens, it comes to us on the eleventh or twelfth night, I cannot imagine … ”, said the Prime Minister .
The Minister of Health now holds the position of Chief of State Operations for Emergencies at the state level. Its decisions regulate both COVID-19 testing and treatment, establish safety requirements, etc.
According to S. Skvernelis, the Government Law stipulates that committees and commissions can be established for the Prime Minister and the Government to implement separate specific tasks, thus the COVID-19 Steering Committee was established. It is he who makes the strategic decisions.
Žygimantas Gedvila / 15min photo / Ingrida Šimonytė
The candidate for the post of Prime Minister I. Šimonytė has repeatedly mentioned that the management of the COVID-19 crisis in the country must be taken over by the Head of Government when a new government takes office.
“Now, one of the biggest problems is that there are two centers of power: there is a health minister, there is a prime minister. Sometimes one of them is a good policeman, the other is bad ”, said the candidate for the position of prime minister.
“Sometimes different information comes from two sources, I don’t think it builds trust in society and it’s not good in a situation like that,” he said.
According to I. Šimonytė, a group of experts is needed alongside him, who could help the Government.
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