The situation is more serious than we could have imagined: officials promise inspections and raids throughout Lithuania

As early as Monday, people on social media actively shared images captured near or inside supermarkets. It is clear that many people do not comply with quarantine restrictions, and there is a siege of buyers in supermarkets.

“This message was perhaps more directed at the supermarket management, because we are really seeing in recent days that supermarkets are not complying with quarantine requirements, supermarkets are full of people, people are not wearing protective equipment or not. use correctly “.

There is a very dangerous situation, so once again we ask supermarkets to take responsibility, lead and ensure order in their supermarkets. If this cannot be ensured, we will resolve the issue of bringing the administration to administrative responsibility ”, assured the police representative.

“Of course, we are talking about the whole of Lithuania, although the big cities here are probably exceptional, because there are even more people here, but the inspections will be carried out throughout the country,” added R. Matonis.

When asked about the restrictions, which will take place on Wednesday, Matonis assured that there are still some uncertainties regarding the restriction between cities, but it is expected that there will be enough information and clarity.

“You know, that decision was only made on Monday, it was corrected, so we continue in contact with our officials, we participate in remote conferences, we coordinate the last details, we prepare basic information for the officials who will work in the positions. Basically, most of the information is clear to us, but there are some moments of uncertainty, but the right is left to the judge to decide on the spot. We hope that officials will do so, ”said the representative.

When asked if there really will be enough staff capacity, R. Matonis said there will definitely be more officials in public places.

“No one has freed us from other responsibilities and criminals and criminals will not stop, so officials will make sure people answer calls, we will secure all basic functions, but special attention will be paid to restricting movement. We hope that there are more officials in public places and this will allow residents to be safer, “says the representative.

“There will definitely be many more officials on the streets and in public spaces,” promised R. Matonis. “The police will also organize raids, monitor sobriety and other violations.”