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On his Facebook account, he said on Thursday that he had offered the organization’s representatives a meeting on Monday, August 30.
“I look forward to hearing more than just the demands on Monday. It would be helpful if the rally organizers shared what security measures they will take at a future event to prevent a repeat of previous riots. It would be nice to dispense with symbols that promote violence,” he writes. the president of the Seimas.
According to her, the courtyard of the Seimas was chosen for the meeting after assessing the fact that the newcomers do not intend to obtain a passport of opportunities or other equivalent document. At the Seimas, a passport is required as of Monday for all visitors and guests.
“Since there will be no document proving vaccination or negative test, as I understand from public speeches, it is safer to meet outside,” said V. Čmilytė-Nielsen.
According to her, “exclusively categorical requirements” apply to the rallies, but this is not a negotiating position.
And at this moment, to achieve something, or to alleviate the conditions that the Family Movement organization does not satisfy, you have to be willing to speak up. Not just demand. If the different parties want to reach an agreement, they must be willing to do so, “said the head of parliament.
He highlighted that after a portion of the public outcry, tens of thousands of people continue to be vaccinated against COVID-19 every day, and a total of more than 1.6 million people vaccinated in Lithuania. According to the president of Seimas, it can be assumed that “a small part of them made their decision not out of fear of getting sick, but because of complications at work”, but the majority were voluntarily vaccinated.
“It just came to our notice then. A categorical opinion ‘not so good for me’ will not help either side. Neither the majority vaccinated nor the minority avoiding vaccines and the opportunities they offer. That is what I hope to begin with. to communicate with those who are preparing for the rally, ”said V. Čmilytė-Nielsen.
Prior to the rally, the representatives of the Family Movement were surprised to see a meeting with the Speaker of the Seimas, when the head of the parliament answered the condition that the participants of the meeting must have passports of opportunity.
The representatives of the family movement did not want to meet with the president of the Seimas within the parliament due to the mandatory passport to enter the Seimas.
About 5,000. On August 10, people gathered before the Seimas in Vilnius to express their opposition to the government’s planned restrictions on people who do not have immunity to the coronavirus and who do not undergo tests. The protest turned into riots, with participants blocking the exits of the parliament building, throwing bottles at officers, signal rockets, tear gas at protesters, and several dozen people arrested.
Another protest is scheduled to take place in the center of the capital on September 10, and the Vilnius municipality promises to reconsider the possibility of issuing a permit for the event next week.
