The political scientist was unpleasantly surprised by the beginning of the Seimas session: questions arise about whether the rulers understand what they are doing.

“I would say that the start of this spring session of the Seimas is really very good. Questions arise as to whether those in power fully understand what they are doing and if they are really behaving ethically as well. The following is what will happen next. ”, Evaluated the political scientist at the beginning of the spring session.

The attitude of the rulers raises questions and uncertainties

“The situation at Seimas is definitely not very good due to the fact that we also have a fragile majority, as the voting at Seimas on Wednesday already demonstrated. Naturally, the opposition itself also has many challenges of its own. There are hooks everywhere. they do not make the general situation very good What struck me at the beginning of this session was that they tried to include opposition proposals included in the agenda, something that had never been the case before.

In other words, the Statute of the Seimas establishes with great precision when and how the opposition’s agenda will be included. But the Statute does it so that the opposition is not really oppressed by the ruling people and so that the rights of the opposition are assured ”, assured R. Urbonaitė.

Still, there was no beauty in this gesture, according to the political scientist.

“One thing, questions arise: Weren’t there additional proposals in the intersessional period, which should be put on the political agenda as soon as possible, because the Seimas has not worked for a long time, we have a crisis? In the country. That is, If we are already making the first meeting non-symbolic, then perhaps we will start by considering issues that can no longer simply be postponed. What happened now? We have not seen a fully symbolic meeting, but an attempt to normalize it, but with an agenda opposition included.

This principle of agenda-making has raised many questions to the rulers, but even more have arisen after the impressive resignation of Mykolas Majauskas, where he stated that we include it as a gesture of courtesy and we do not expect these proposals to go beyond the presentation stage. The question is, what is the use of promoting that opposition agenda if it has not even been planned to go beyond the submission stage, “explained the MRU political scientist.

Gestures of antimandagumo?

We recall that the conservative chairman of the Seimas Budget and Finance Committee (BFK) Mykolas Majauskas stated during the first spring session that the opposition proposals included in the agenda are a “gesture of courtesy”, which does not necessarily mean that the initiatives themselves be considered and adopted.

I would like to point out that the meeting’s agenda includes many proposals from opposition factions, which do not necessarily reflect the government’s position, opinion, or work program. And here I would also like to address the media to control expectations, since these proposals are included in the agenda as a courtesy gesture, discussions with opposition factions ”, emphasized M. Majauskas during the first session of the spring session of the Seimas. .

“It just came to our knowledge then. Here it no longer has anything to do with courtesy. That courtesy gesture with a name was a rag on my face and we really have to admit it, because it seems that someone is supported by a fool”, R emphasized Urbonaitė.

The interlocutor also pointed out that already during the first meeting it was clear that Mr. Majauskas’s words were not substantiated.

“It turned out that Majauskas’ threats not to overlook opposition to the proposed solutions beyond the presentation stage were also futile. Look, some conservatives did not come to the polls, they did not participate, there are still some liberals, which is not a surprise, who voted in favor and we have what we have. We have the fact that this is all going through the consideration stage, ”he said.

The presidency lacks specificity

The Citizens’ Assembly could become a tool to promote a more cultural debate on the Istanbul Convention, a message sent by President Gitanas Nausėda last Wednesday after a meeting with the president of Seimas.

The MRU political scientist stressed that this is not the president’s first unclear and understandable idea.

“There is a problem of the Presidency that does not go away. The presidency pulls ideas fix and never fails to explain the content of ideas. This is not a raw story. The presidency had mentioned the introduction of the cooling principle. So far, we don’t know how long the cold should last. (..)

Even with the welfare state, it has already happened that the words have not been said in full, now we will try to draw it now. Here too I see the same problem, that it is not entirely clear how that assembly will be formed, how the people will be selected, what they will represent, and ultimately what power their decisions will have and how decisions will be made. done. Making a decision is not an easy thing to do, ”he said.

This, according to the political scientist, illustrates the uncertainty of the president’s ideas and the reluctance to say certain things.

“The president is in no way obliged to pronounce, for example, the surname of Raskevičius. He can pronounce the surname of Tolatat and he cannot pronounce the surname of Raskevičius.” It seems to me that there may be a desire to distance ourselves from what can be unpopular, which your voters may disagree with, etc., “he said.

According to R. Urbonaitė, the inability to refine ideas is a recurring problem for the Presidency.

“We are not saying anything yet and we cannot debug it. There are those problems in the presidency. In the same way, when the president was informed about the Istanbul Convention, there are certain issues related to freedom of expression and absolute silence: where, what place, what article of the Istanbul Convention. Even the most brutal critics of the Istanbul Convention did not launch this argument into the public sphere. The president once again amazes everyone, “said R. Urbonaitė.

SAM communication errors

The political scientist also commented on the communication from the Ministry of Health (SAM) on vaccination issues.

“It seems to me that there is a nuance that if you did not speak, you would not do it in time, you would create a medium for elementary conspiracy theories and the spread of liars. In other words, you will leave the air for that. If that ether is left, it will definitely fill up and fill up very quickly, ”he said.

The main problem, according to R. Urbonaitė, is probably related to inadequate communication.

“You may know the principle when you need it, naturally it turns out that it is not as easy and simple as you might think. I think the real problem is that the communication is not aligned correctly.

Perhaps it is better to do “Verygines” lessons than to wander through all the media, try to participate in interviews for different channels. To save time, you leave once, whoever wants what, then takes it away, ”said the MRU political scientist.