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“Kyla dvejonių”
Viktorija Kolbešnikova, one of the Kaunas pride organizers, explained on the radio news program “Question of the Day” that civic position can be expressed by all citizens.
“It seems to me that all citizens have the right to express their political positions, if a group is denied the right to Association and so on, it is a long-term violation of a certain group of people. I don’t see any overtraining. I think this is a very legitimate political demand ”, said the interlocutor in the informative radio program“ Question of the day ”.
The representatives of the municipality of the city of Kaunas affirm that it will not be possible to guarantee security in the places proposed by the organizers due to different reasons: security, impermeability.
“It just came to our knowledge then. On the one hand, I can really understand when a big construction is going on, people’s safety is very important. However, when coordinating the three specific routes, neither the date was specified. start or finish, here in terms of Vilniaus street in Kaunas If you want to close the street for half an hour, during which you will be there, I don’t see any interference.
Neither the first nor the second combination made any argument about the impossibility of passing Laisvės Alley, they appeared only during the last coordination. And we saw throughout the reconstruction, before the quarantine and recently, events take place and fairs, marches. That is why we started to appeal this decision of the municipality, “said V. Kolbešnikova in the program.
He did not begin to consider in the program what the true motives of the municipality are.
“I do not want to speculate. I think we will find these answers in court. But there are doubts,” said the organizer of the event.
V. Kolbešnikova, the Kaunas pride organizer, stated that the municipality must ensure safety.
“The municipality must guarantee security and the right to peaceful assembly, regardless of what the vast majority of people think. The march is made with that purpose: to increase visibility, to raise social problems. Therefore, there may be resistance and it happens whenever changes are required ”, explained the organizer of the event.
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“We broke the bottom together”
Bernaras Ivanovas, a professor at Vytautas Magnus University (VMU), said that the mayors of Vilnius and Kaunas “exchanged wishes” when making decisions.
“Here the mayors exchanged wishes. The Mayor of Vilnius sends greetings to the Mayor of Kaunas and Kaunas to the Mayor of Vilnius. And, as you know, the antagonism between Vilnius and Kaunas dates back to dark Soviet times. (…) Here, through joint efforts, the residents of Kaunas and Vilnius broke the bottom and landed where it fits: under the pedestal, in the underground passage, ”said B. Ivanov ironically on the program.
Therefore, alluding to the endless repainting of an underground passage in Vilnius, the rainbow in it is replaced by the Lithuanian tricolor and vice versa.
“The farce must have its own aesthetic. Clowns on the other hand, which enlivens our political scene. And what do you want? The roof has been taken out of quarantine for a longer time, ”the interviewee of the program ironized.
Ivanov said on the program that all citizens have the right to go to protest. And politicians think they are racking up political points for themselves, the political scientist said.
“If we talk about the level of politicians, but not of civil society, then the political forces of different sides have found their own opponents. They are very similar in political culture, and in both. They politicize, imagine that they accumulate political points, such instead they attract political points – on the one hand the same margins, on the other – different, ”said B. Ivanov on the radio news program“ Question of the day ”.
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