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The conservative Žygimantas Pavilionis, chairman of the Seimas Foreign Affairs Committee who arrived in Tbilisi and the capital of Sakartvelas a few days ago, threatened the ruling parliamentary Sakartvelas party that Lithuania would initiate sanctions against the country and prevent it from joining the EU and the NATO. it caused a political crisis. Although Ž.Pavilionis himself sees nothing wrong with it, politicians who know Sakartvelas best regard his behavior as a big mistake.
1 photoChairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Seimas, conservative Žygimantas Pavilionis. Photo of Elta
Audrius Butkevičius, signatory of the Act of Independence and former head of the Ministry of National Defense, comments on the situation:
“It is a typical variant of the older brother’s behavior. Members of Seimas Žygimantas Pavilionis behave in the same way as Russians when they come to the territories where I think they have the right to teach the local aborigines. If a person leaves the political border It might be possible to ignore it, but when the chairman of the Seimas Foreign Affairs Committee does so, it is a political move, especially considering the threats to use their influence on NATO and the EU.
If Ž.Pavilionis lived in the 19th century. after such noise he would be forced to shoot. It is unfortunate that the age of honor is over and now various unbalanced mental figures are not hampered by the enforcement of private policies or politics on behalf of all of us.
I have lived in Sakartvele for 8 years and I know its political elite well. It is not really necessary to advise the people of the country on how to behave in their own internal situation. They taste everything perfectly fine.
Such serious interference is guaranteed to be unacceptable to both the opposition and the ruling parties. You will both see this as an insult and I sincerely hope that upon seeing our representative’s behavior, you will not take your position to identify with the rest of Lithuania. “
Read more in Wednesday’s Evening News commentary.
The Republic recalls the arrest of the leader of the Sakartwell opposition, N. Melia. Security forces used tear gas at a party headquarters during the arrest of a politician on Tuesday.
In recent days, a dispute over Melia’s planned arrest has sparked a government crisis that ended Monday with the swearing in of the new prime minister, Iraqi Garibashvili.
Garibashvili’s predecessor, Gachary, resigned over plans to arrest the country’s top opposition leader. Gachary served as Sakartwell’s prime minister for just two months.
MEPs approved Garibashvili as prime minister of the Caucasus by 89 votes to two. Garibashvili has previously served as Prime Minister in 2013-2015.
In the wake of the parliamentary elections in October, which have been overshadowed by allegations of fraud, the internal political crisis deepens.
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