Girnius: that is how the work of the new Seimas begins – shame on both sides

“It just came to our attention then. During the last twelve terms of the Seimas, there have been decisions that have violated the rights of our opposition in the Seimas to the point that a faction that is three times larger than the other four has no representation in the Seimas.

This was the first stage, the second stage was today, when we saw that there are amendments to the Statute of the Seimas, which establish that the opposition is deprived of the opportunity to appoint the President of Audit of the Seimas and the President or Vice President of the Budget ”, R. Karbauskis explained his decision.

In this Seimas a deliberate decision was made so that the opposition did not receive the main instruments of its parliamentary control. This morning, our group said that we would not participate at all in the leadership of any committee, in the leadership of any coalition or in the Conference of Elders. “

“My decision is to protest against the behavior of this ruling majority. If I didn’t do that today, I wouldn’t give you a chance to reproduce it all. Now I have given you that opportunity. They publicly mention that the biggest problem is me. “

When asked why R. Karbauskis does not want to work in the opposition, the politician assured that his functions as president of the party would not change.

“We have been very positive about working in the opposition, we need to form a shadow government. Consequently, my role as party chairman remains the same. I commissioned Saul Skvernelis to form a shadow government. The roles that he they are assigned to me as president of the party they don’t change at all ”, R. Karbauskis also said in the program.

“So when I get squeezed into a corner, I will become even more active,” added R. Karbauskis.

Majauskas: I ask Karbauskis to work constructively

The curator Mykolas Majauskas assured in the show that he hoped that the beginning of the Seimas work would be different.

“I myself imagined the beginning of the Seimas work today in a completely different way. We were really able to work constructively, sometimes we were too leaning, sometimes our opposition colleagues were perhaps too hot. I think there is no need to waste mandates, people still trusted the market, there really is no need to blackmail. Even if Ramūnas Karbauskis leaves the Seimas, the world will not change and we will keep working, but we can keep working and this is not a necessary solution.

“I ask Ramūnas Karbauskis to work constructively. It seems to me that this is what the people who voted for him expect of him. There is no need to blackmail and express oneself. It seems to me that we can work together, we can talk and talk about him. Additional Vice President of Seimas ”, says M. Majauskas.

Political scientist: the ruling majority made a big mistake

According to the political scientist Kęstutis Girnius, the ruling coalition made a big mistake at the beginning of its work.

“I don’t think this is a big crisis, because the group will be what it was, but I think it shows that the new ruling majority has made a big mistake.

In the sense that they come to power and ideally they would talk about new hopes, plans for what they would do, what problems, and now it comes down to personal disputes that were provoked by the ruling majority when they decided not to accept Norkien’s candidacy “- thought K. Girnius.

According to the political scientist K. Girnius, no major changes in the ranks of the peasants should be expected in the near future.

“The cleaning of the peasants took place before the elections, when many people fell. It won’t have much of an impact here. It is very unfortunate that this is how the work of the new Seimas of the new Government begins, shame on both sides ”, says the political scientist.