Raskevičius explained what he wanted to say about the men’s and women’s toilets at the Seimas: I’m not going to deny that we have to talk about it.

When a member of the Seimas asked him if he had actually made such a proposal, he explained that he had not done anything similar.

“Over the weekend, the United States Congress pledged for the next term not to give up gender-separated names. For example, don’t use Chair-woman or President-man, just use Chair. So, journalists who They called me and asked me to comment on the initiative of the United States Congress. I said it was a good initiative and then I asked if it should also be applied in Lithuania. “

Then, he said, he drew the attention of journalists who called on the fact that there are such practices in Lithuania that are very strongly related to gender.

“For example, that stubborn toilet labeling. Therefore, I have given an example that those toilets are also marked in the Seimas, and a ridiculous situation arises that in our parliament, the men’s and women’s toilets are not next door, but even on different floors. So if you really want to go to the bathroom and you’re not on that floor, you have to go up to the next floor. “

Therefore, TV Raskevičius said, a report was made from such a sentence that it was already going to destroy all those toilets.

“It just came to our notice then. Clearly, we can talk about whether this is really justified. It is true that other members of the Seimas were also unexpectedly surprised, because such a proposal never sounded, which is why they seemed so stunned.”

When asked if he would make a similar proposal in the future, the MP stressed that this was certainly not a priority at this time.

“It seems to me that we should now focus a lot on the legislation and the changes and priorities that were highlighted during our election campaign. I certainly cannot deny the need to talk about these soft measures, but in general it is not a priority. It would not be a good solution. raise this problem in the context of a pandemic, when the Seimas does not cope with teleworking, because the public may not understand ”.

However, he noted that these good practices are already applied in some Lithuanian state institutions.

“The government palace is divided into certain blocks where the men’s and women’s toilets are next door. Where there are no urinals, those toilets are marked. It seems to me that this is not a bad decision at all, because if that toilet does not differ in its infrastructure, then why is it male or female ”.

However, TV Raskevičius denied that this topic was a priority for him, and such an impression could have been formed only because it was written by the media. He is currently working on an association law, he said, and hopes to register it by the end of February.

“We hope that then a serious debate will begin at the Seimas.”