Tomilin urges the opposition to condemn the riots near the Seimas: criticism alone will not be enough for those in power

The politician described his impressions when he came out on Tuesday to chat with rally participants.

“It just came to our notice then. More than two hours. Vytautas Bakas was around, doing the same thing. As far as I know, Paulius Saudargas, Saulius Skvernelis and others were at the next entrance. We left when we finished work. In two hours, about a hundred people in turn spoke, resented, shouted, threatened, but listened, maybe some of them just needed answers, promises, attention.

I have high hopes that I have persuaded at least one person not to cross the boundaries of a thin tumult, despite Cellophane and other people who did not feel the boundaries swiveled close. It is true that I saw with my own eyes how some protesters calm others and show the desire to speak, ”Tomilinas wrote on Facebook.

People are more concerned, he said, about coronavirus vaccination problems.

“Vaccines and children’s vaccines are the ones that have been eaten the most, fear is very high and we all need to rethink our communication strategy and dialogue with society. By position and opposition. The conversation about vaccines was very emotional, I even had to use my children’s argument. The conversation about the laws passed yesterday was the best. People made it clear that they had received satisfactory responses.

There is still very little known in Lithuania that by considering the bills in the Seimas, it is possible to change them substantially. “Yesterday it happened: the amendment by Saulius Skvernelis and the Social Democrats fundamentally changed the package of laws on the use of military force, it was clearly communicated to the people that these laws will not be used to manage the consequences of the pandemic and that no one will use the army without the permission of the Seimas “.

He also wrote that people also managed to clarify the essence of the reforms to the Civil Protection Law.

“It impacts the peaceful protest of the people, the work of the members of the Seimas, the constitutional opposition of the opposition and the position in the democratic country, and it was at 6 pm that it acted as the strongest, most reassuring argument.

“I was not afraid to tell the protesters directly that I condemned the use of Holocaust symbols in the campaign, which humiliates me, my country, the history of my country and the victims of the actual genocide and their families,” He said.

Mr. Tomilin also noted an agreement to exchange views with one of the protesters and letters.

“We discussed with people if I was a ‘globalist’ and a woman promised to send me an official United Nations document in which the world powers agreed to reduce the world population to 2 billion people. I promised to read.

I received a promise from her that she would also read my letter and explanations that it was just a conspiracy theory. I have already received the letters, I will share them. I already promised her that when making decisions about vaccines I will think about the rights of her and her children, ”wrote a member of Seimas.

In his report, T. Tomilin also thanked the officials who worked professionally.

Due to the fact that Lithuania is plagued by three crises: culture wars, migration and a never-ending pandemic, according to the politician, the opposition must condemn the unrest provoked in parliament.

“There have always been people in difficult times who add their stories, their narratives and take advantage of the fear, the existing insecurity. The riots before the Seimas are an unjustifiable violation of the law for which the organizers must be held responsible.

The LVŽS faction and all other opposition factions must unequivocally condemn the use of violence against officials and journalists, members of the Seimas, and distance themselves from all actors who seek to destabilize the situation in the country. Criticism of bad rulers alone will not be enough this time.

The peaceful protest, the desire to speak with the members of the Seimas without coercion, the resentment against the members of the Seimas is an absolute right of every citizen, but yesterday it was not that ”, added T. Tomilinas.

Opposition leader Saulius Skvernelis also condemned the riots near the Seimas. He said all the instigators and organizers of the riots near the Seimas on Tuesday should face legal responsibility. At the same time, the politician expressed his disappointment that some members of the Seimas also contributed to the incitement of protest passions.