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I. Šimonytė spoke about the situation the next day police officers forcibly removed people from the road to the Rūdninkai landfill, where the government is preparing to set up a camp for 1,500 migrants who crossed the border illegally.
Visas 15 minutes At 8:00 p.m. an interview with the Prime Minister on the migration crisis, the coronavirus situation and political issues will be published.
VIDEO: I.Šimonytė: V.Tomaševskis is fueling tension in the Šalčininkai region
According to the head of government, people who oppose the establishment of a migrant camp prevent border guards from carrying out their direct functions: guarding the state border instead of supervising migrants.
“I would see this as inciting passions in a situation that is not easy. We already had a history with Dieveniškės and here is a history in another place, where the state, which has a certain property, could locate a part of the people in that place, who are now based on the border guards ”, said I. Šimonytė .
– If people really care about the state, the efficient work of state institutions so that border guards can work properly and monitor the state border, government efforts should not be hampered by workload that is not typical of border guards, – work and at the same time, temporary migrant officials should not be prevented from returning to full service. “
According to I. Šimonytė, the Ministry of the Interior “makes a lot of effort to communicate with the local communities” and the Government is ready to solve the problems of the local population in exchange for a benevolent attitude.
Žygimantas Gedvila / 15min photo / Ingrida Šimonytė
“The Dieveniškės community has been contacted and generally in such cases there is consensus and certain solutions, where the community does not prevent the state from fulfilling its functions by understanding this difficult situation, and the state can also appreciate the community’s efforts to solve some problems. There is such experience and we are ready to apply it, “said the Prime Minister.
According to I.Šimonytė, the discussion was prevented by V.Tomaševskis, president of the Lithuanian Polish Electoral Action Union of Christian Families (LLRA-KŠS).
Representatives of this party run the local government of Šalčininkai.
“But people who obviously have political objectives have joined the debate here, and here I am thinking, of course, first of Mr. Tomaševski. I think that in such cases that discussion has become almost impossible, because in other municipalities, elsewhere from Lithuania, those discussions are taking place quite constructively, ”said I. Šimonytė.
Provides transportation to Lukiškės
Tomaszewski himself reacted with surprise to the accusations of inciting passions: “What could have been the intervention? Constant communication with people. There are contacts, there are councilors, there is a local community.
It is a pity that the old man is on vacation outside of Lithuania. We called yesterday, saying that people don’t think everything is safe. They didn’t explain anything to them, so they protested.
That is good, and that is how civil society should work, we do not live in other states, which we often criticize for not promoting civil society. We have to cheer. “
According to the politician, the duty of the Ministry of the Interior (MIA) is to be there and explain to the people when, where, what, not to announce concrete decisions. “It is clear that people are afraid of everything,” he concluded.
It was a spontaneous action. One can understand people, their despair when they are not spoken to.
V.Tomaševskis for the portal 15 minutes He said he still had no information on what actually happened on Monday night, who started the protest in Rūdninkai.
“It just came to our knowledge then. One can understand people, their despair when they are not spoken to. This is a consequence of the lack of competent activities of the ministry.
That the representatives of the ministry do not speak to people who do not explain. How do people know if there will be a village or somewhere in the middle of the landfill? No one talks, he says, whether temporarily, for a month, or forever.
We only regret that this is the case, ”said the MEP.
Having plans to house the migrants in the landfill, away from the settlements, V. Tomaševskis offered to go to Šalčininkai and negotiate, to try to persuade the self-government.
Photo by Luke April / 15 minutes / Valdemaras Tomaševskis
However, due to the situation in Dieveniškės, he had a categorical opinion: “Our position is clear. It is clear that the planned settlement, 50 meters from the school. This is contrary to the Home Office’s own plans and guidelines. The municipality spoke “against.” A lot of laws have been violated, our international obligations: the European Charter of Self-Government, the decision of the council, the interests of the local community.
It is definitely a provocation. Without a doubt, we will do everything we can to protect and defend people. “
V. Tomaševskis offered to transport the migrants to the Rukla landfill, where there are “huge areas”, or to the closed Lukišk -s prison, to transport the barely detained border rapist to the old prison for 15 days.
“Security would be 100% there. And it would be a clear signal to new people that they will not come to the resort with us,” explained the politician.
Blaming the central government
Tomaševskis told the BNS news agency on Monday night that the conflict with officials at the Rūdninkai landfill was sparked by the fact that locals learned of the decision to accommodate the migrants from the media and not directly. by politicians.
What conclusions: that the ministry should not announce its decisions through the media, but go and talk to the people, not provoke, but explain how it will be there. Maybe they put up tents in Rūdninkai, or maybe who knows there, in the landfill, there is a lack of good communication and people are being incited, ”he said.
On Monday night, several dozen people blocked the road to the Rūdninkai landfill, protesting against the accommodation of illegal immigrants in this territory of the Šalčininkai district.
Police officers forcibly pulled them off the road.
Photo by Luke April / 15 minutes / Valdemaras Tomaševskis
Tomaševskis said that the local government did not know about the upcoming campaign because it had arisen spontaneously.
“As far as I know, I didn’t know it was a spontaneous action, and someone from Kaunas came here, but my comment is the same: you need to communicate with people, you don’t have to speak through the media, but you have to go there and explain your plans, solutions, here it is normal practice in the European Union, to talk to people, not to impose their decisions from above, “said V. Tomaševskis.
He also criticized the strict position of the Lithuanian government towards the authoritarian regime in Belarus.
“We need to change our foreign policy, we have to start talking to our neighbor Belarus, we have had to talk for a long time, we cannot stop talking to our neighbors, we cannot burn bridges,” said the head of LLRA-KŠS. .
It is planned to host up to 1,5 thousand people at the Rūdninkai landfill. migrants.
Lithuania has declared an emergency situation due to the influx of illegal immigrants.
The country’s officials take the position that the increase in migratory flows is an organized action of the Minsk regime against Lithuania.
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