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Professor at the Mykolas Romeris University (MRU), political scientist dr. Virgis Valentinavičius stated on the show that publicly presented arguments about such actions can be convincing.
“Since there are no competitors, why hold demo elections? The situation is very different from 2016, when there were some, including myself, who demanded that Mr. Landsbergis not only not stand for election, but resign. . But after winning the elections, it is very clear that there is no one who wants to compete with him, everyone withdrew their candidacies. Who needs demonstration elections? “Asked the political scientist.
However, he said that at least the symbolic electoral procedure could have rejected critics ‘argument about another handover from the party to Vytautas Landsbergis’ grandson.
“On the other hand, TS-LKD runs a small risk with such choices for two reasons. As G. Landsbergis is still the professor’s grandson, it would have taken a translator, perhaps a translator, to remove the subject of that grandson, who at least the symbolic elections, the appeal of G. Landsbergis to party members and communication at a higher political level would have been out of the country, “the position he taught.
The second reason is the talks with the party divisions, said V. Valentinavičius.
“The second problem, G. Landsbergis has always had trouble communicating with chapters and ordinary party members. This is not an opportunity to do so here. As foreign minister, it will be difficult to find those opportunities. This opportunity was missed.” said V. Valentinavičius.
Gabrielius Landsbergis
Tadas Ignatavičius, a critic of Lietuvos Rytas, was surprised by the arguments made by the party on the news radio show Events and Comments.
“Two arguments have been put forward. One of them is the situation of the pandemic. This is quite a strange argument, there are modern means to carry out those elections. Other parties are doing that, that vote, the debate could have even been done. to show that it is not the pandemic that controls us, we are the pandemic. It was possible to do it, “said T. Ignatavičius.
He said it was possible and postponed these elections until the situation improved.
“I was surprised by the other argument that the election of the party president is not taking place because of the unwillingness to divide the discord, which can damage the party’s unity. It seems strange here how the ordinary election of a party chairman can undermine party unity. It is completely incomprehensible to me that the decision not to hold elections, the refusal of other candidates to participate, surprised me, it was not believed, ”said the journalist.
T. Ignatavičius said that he had no doubt that G. Landsbergis would have also won this election.
“I think there would be a lot of competition. But now it is not clear, it is possible to consider it in various ways and make assumptions that perhaps it would not have won, this does not exclude such considerations. Especially for those critics and opponents of G. Landsbergis. Now he will blame those four. years since he was not elected but appointed. I think the decision is detrimental to both the party and its leader, “said T. Ignatavičius, reviewer for Lietuvos Rytas.
Irena Degutiene
MRU political scientist V. Valentinavičius recalled that during the financial crisis, when Andrius Kubilius was prime minister, his respected colleague Irena Degutienė threw down the glove.
‘TO. In the bathtub, it felt like a stab in the back. If he had lost the presidential election, he would have had to resign as prime minister. It was then that the term “celebration of democracy” was born. It was a very big trauma, under those conditions it had to be done with that extraordinary thing ”, recalled V. Valentinavičius.
Delphi recalls that Landsbergis’ new mandate will begin at the party congress with the announcement of a resolution on the election of the president.
Adapting to the circumstances of the pandemic, the TS-LKD Congress is scheduled to take place this spring.
G. Landsbergis, 39, has been in charge of TS-LKD since 2015.
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