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The protest started with chants
The first protesters near the Seimas began to vote early in the morning, although it is announced that the protest will officially begin at 9:00 p.m. The demonstration is also supervised by reinforced police forces. People dissatisfied with vaccinations and passport options flocked both near and outside the Seimas, and traffic jams formed.
A large crowd gathered in the Seimas building began the protest with chants “Shame” and “Seimas lauk”, criticism of Ingrida Šimonytė’s government, sounds of drums and sirens. Next to the stairs of the Martynas Mažvydas National Library, a kind of “bitter” was organized for the members of the Seimas.
Deputies Dainius Kepenis, Mindaugas Puidokas and Valius Ąžuolas, Petras Gražulis, philosopher Nida Vasiliauskaitė have already addressed the crowd from the special stage.
According to Julija Samorokovskaja, representative of the Vilnius County Police, BNS informed about 4.5 thousand people. people, incidents have so far been avoided.
“From what the officials see, there are 4.5-5 thousand people. There have been no incidents during this minute. It was as if they had called an ambulance, something had happened to someone,” said a police spokeswoman.
A drunk man was taken to the police station for violating public order. He refused to control the drunkenness. He has not yet been interviewed, the minutes have not been written. This will be done when he gets drunk, so for now he’s spending time with the police.
People at the rally say they are outraged by the government’s decisions on vaccines.
“We need to protect the state, the Constitution, defend our rights, free choice, so that our rights are not restricted, whether a person wants to be vaccinated or not. After all, vaccination is participating in an experiment, “said Ričardas Lekavičius, a 49-year-old protester and protester.
“If we declare that we are a democracy, then democracy must last, not just during the electoral period,” he added.
Diana Verikienė, who works in the field of beauty services, stated that vaccination “should be a right to choose freely.”
“I came because I do not agree with the government not looking at the nation. I am referring to vaccination and the distribution of people: you will have a passport or not. That’s wrong, “the 51-year-old said.
Journalists were also attacked
During the protest, the crowd was flushed out and released by black smoke, which specifically was; police could not comment, but it is most likely a smoke bomb. The officers also took out a man armed with forks and were more provocative.
The invitation to the protest states that the event is organized by Astra Genovaitė Astrauskaitė, a teacher of Lithuanian language and literature, and Pariotiški Lietuviai. AGAstrauskaitė said on his social media account that a resolution would be passed during the rally, that the protesters would bring President Gitan Nausėda.
Seimas spokesperson Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen, when asked about the Seimas’ ongoing protest, did not say much.
“Some of the protesters’ slogans are out of touch with reality, so it is difficult to comment on them. That is all I can say about it,” said V. Čmilytė-Nielsen.
The protesters also expressed their dissatisfaction with the journalists: they covered the television cameras, expelled the journalists from the square and chanted “liars.”
The government will make passport decisions on Wednesday; Without this passport, people who have not been vaccinated or do not have COVID-19 since mid-September will only be able to visit smaller stores, events, catering establishments and limited hospital services.
Protesters promise to be next to the Seimas until 5 pm
The Seimas summons an extraordinary session
On Tuesday, the Seimas convenes an extraordinary session to approve laws on preventing the increase in illegal migratory flows.
One package is intended to empower soldiers in an emergency situation, the other is to approve the procedure to build a physical barrier on the border between Lithuania and Belarus.
The amendments provided by the Ministry of National Defense would give more power to soldiers in emergencies where the scale of the incident is growing rapidly and the goal is to prevent a serious threat to society.
Soldiers can give binding instructions to natural and legal persons, pursue and detain persons who do not comply with these instructions, as well as suspects who have committed a crime, detain, inspect and inspect vehicles, their cargo, persons, luggage, use special means. .
Said powers would be granted to the soldiers by the Minister of National Defense upon a motivated written request from the President of the Government’s Emergency Commission and in coordination with the President.
Special rights could be granted to soldiers for a maximum of three months, but this could be extended.
A package of amendments presented by the Interior Ministry would approve a new law on the installation of a physical barrier on the territory of Lithuania at the external border of the European Union with Belarus.
It would recognize the construction of the border with Belarus as a project of special national importance and would stipulate that a physical barrier must be installed no later than 2022.
Faculties would be granted to make decisions about the construction of the fence, such as the identification of the client and executor of the project, their functions, the location of specific works, deadlines for the execution of the works, financing arrangements, etc. government.
