The photo of the Alytus district municipality caused outrage: L. Kasčiūnas posed without masks



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L. Kasčiūnas, chairman of the Seimas Defense and National Security Committee (NSGC), announced the leaders’ meeting with the conservative on Monday on the website and on his Facebook account.

The distributed photo shows the smiling faces of L. Kasčiūnas, the mayor of the Alytus district, the conservative Algirdas Vrubliauskas, the director of the municipal administration Gintarė Jociunskaitė and the deputy mayor Dalia Kitavičienė without masks. The two meter distance was also not observed.

This was not overlooked by the followers of the municipal website.

“Everything looks great without masks. It is a wonderful example for the public, “commented a man after the photo.

The person managing the Alytus district municipality site did not bother and replied: “All wearing masks, but can be removed for 2 minutes. Otherwise, not a photograph, but a joke of a person. You do not agree?

L. Kasčiūnas: it was necessary to stay with masks

L. Kasčiūnas MP 15 minutes He assured that during the meeting all his participants wore masks, which were removed during the photo session.

I certainly will not excuse myself here, I will remain guilty.

“For a moment we took off those masks, took a photo and put it back on. Yeah I probably had to stick with masks, I’m not saying we got it right here. I will definitely not apologize here, I will be guilty, “he said.

Mayor’s Advisor: Commenters may have been overly sensitive.

Dalia Paulauskaitė, the mayor’s advisor, who took the scandalous photo 15 minutes He said the meeting itself was held in full compliance with the requirements.

“It just came to our notice then. Knowing that a member of the Seimas would arrive, the room was disinfected, everyone was wearing masks. And just a moment before pressing the camera button once. And immediately they put the masks back on, the room was disinfected after leaving, everything, I have nothing more to say, “he said.

Photo by Irmantas Gelūnas / 15min / Dalia Paulauskaitė

Photo by Irmantas Gelūnas / 15min / Dalia Paulauskaitė

When asked if it is normal for hundreds of people to be infected with the coronavirus during the day and dozens to die to comment from a municipal account that a photo with masks is a joke of a person, D. Paulauskaitė said that people may have reacted too sensitively.

“There’s really no one person’s joke … Just maybe that’s not how people understand it. Maybe it meant that if you take a photo of a person wearing a mask, then why take a photo of him? Because you cannot see a person. That is the case in this case. And to make fun of a person, by no means does anyone in our municipality have such thoughts or initiatives. Only the commentators may have reacted with too much sensitivity. We are very aware of what delicate that is the subject ”, he said.



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