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The list of surnames was compiled during an action organized by A. Tapinas in response to the initiative, when people who presented themselves as public figures brought more than 300,000 articles to the Presidency of Parliament. the “signatures” of the population for TV Raskevičius, a member of the Freedom Party, to be removed from the post of president of the Seimas Human Rights Committee.
According to A. Tapinas, it is necessary to understand very clearly that both the campaign organized by him and another initiative, when the signatures were collected to remove TV Raskevičius from the position of chairman of the committee, do not have legal force. In general, A. Tapin pointed out, it is not even about signatures, but about the list of names and surnames.
“We all call them firms, but it’s just a list of names. And the request itself was formulated with irony, “said A. Tapinas after the meeting with the Spokesperson for Seimas.
“We demand that the Seimas revoke other signatures without legal force with unsigned legal signatures,” the journalist quipped.
According to A. Tapinas, 887,255 signatures were registered during the campaign “One million signatures: Wake up and get up” initiated by him. However, an examination of the records revealed that a total of 424,666 signatures had been collected.
He pointed out that the “signatures” collected by another initiative group regarding the removal of TV Raskevičius from his current position on the committee cannot be said to show the real will of the Lithuanian citizens.
“It should probably not be disguised that it is the will of the nation to have 300 thousand. signatures when there are no signatures or, apparently, 300 thousand. There is not. Because if they were reviewed in the same way as us, it would probably only be one-tenth, “Tapin told reporters, noting that the” signatures “collected during his initiative had exactly the same legal value.
“I can say that those with good programmers and little conscience can collect 6 million signatures tomorrow and bring 15 boxes to the Seimas. However, it will not have legal force either. It is an expression of opinion and none of the parties should be told that it is the will of the nation or that it is a very important document that must be fulfilled, ”said A. Tapinas.
According to him, for public opinion to be really heard on one issue or another, it is necessary to follow the instructions that are regulated by law.
“There is a law of petitions, so the data must be confirmed through the Electronic Government Portal. Then we would realistically see how many people want, for example, the president of the Raskevičius committee to be removed, or want something else,” summed up A Tapinas.
Seimas Spokesperson: It is very important that such actions do not become objects of manipulation.
Seimas spokesperson V. Čmilytė Nielsen, who adopted the list of names and surnames of A. Tapinas, pointed out that the campaign started by the journalist shows very well how easy it really is to compile large lists of residents who express one interest or another. soon.
“Today’s initiative has shown how easy it is to compile a list of surnames in a relatively short time and how important it is not to be manipulated and not try to influence democratic processes by using such a list,” said the head of Seimas . Reporters Political processes in ways that have legal force.
“I appreciate the public initiatives, but I would invite all those who want to present their opinion to the Seimas or influence the political processes to do so in a legally binding way and take the opportunity to present a petition,” said the head of parliament.
In February, those who came forward as public figures announced that they had raised 365,000. After presenting their signatures to the speaker of parliament, the chairman of the Seimas Human Rights Committee, TV Raskevičius, who did not hide his sexual orientation, demanded that he resign from his current position.
His initiative was supported by the shadow peasant government led by Ramūnas Karbauskis. As R. Karbauskis stated to Eltai, the “peasants” are determined to continue the initiative to remove TV Raskevičius from the committee chairs by submitting a resolution to the Seimas. According to the politician, the group of people who demand the resignation of the president of the commission is well founded, because TV Raskevičius discredits the constitutionally protected family institute made up of a man and a woman, which only represents an interest group, etc.
However, both TV Raskevčius and the leaders of the ruling majority said they saw nothing similar in the allegations. According to them, TV Raskevičius acted professionally and professionally while chairing the committee. In addition, they emphasized that in recent months only some LGBT-related issues have been discussed in the activities of the Seimas Human Rights Committee.
