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“When I had to mention March 11 as something limited, I wanted to emphasize in our speech what our freedom is. Then I said that Lithuania has” sincerely appreciated various worldviews, flourishing opinions. “Every word that is said here is truly free, and the Attempts to ignore democracy meet with strong civic awareness. “This is how I see Lithuania. I think that as human beings we are more successful when we have the freedom to be ourselves. I believe that Lithuania is the most successful when it offers its people opportunities to be them. themselves, “wrote V. Pranckietis on Facebook on Tuesday.
As politicians have argued, he wants to “represent freedom and create opportunity.”
“Last week I received an invitation to participate in the Seimas elections together with the Liberal Movement of the Republic of Lithuania. I want to represent freedom and create opportunities. That is why I am responding to you today that I agree,” added V. Pranckietis.
We remind you that V. Pranckietis joined Seimas with the Union of Peasants and Greens of Lithuania. Later, with the start of disagreements between him and the leader of the “peasants” Ramūnas Karbauskis, the President of the Seimas left the party. Last week, it was announced that V. Pranckietis had received an invitation from the Liberal Movement to participate together in the Seimas elections.
V. Pranckietis on participation in elections with the Liberal Movement: my thinking coincides with the party’s program
Seimas President V. Pranckietis says he will participate in the Seimas elections in the Kaunas district, a single-member constituency of Raudondvaris, with the Liberal Movement, because his thinking coincides with the provisions of the party’s program.
“I chose one of the forces, they offered me a lot, all the offers are respectable, but I can’t tell everyone.” As the themes of the (Liberal Movement – ELTA) program coincide with my thinking, I chose them, ”V. Pranckietis explained to journalists at Seimas on Tuesday, emphasizing that he received proposals to participate in the joint elections of all Seimas parties, except the Union of Peasants and Greens of Lithuania.
“I read your program, there is a socially responsible society, there is freedom of expression, there are all freedoms. And, you know, I chose the value of being free and speaking freely,” added the Seimas speaker.
V. Pranckietis affirms that he believes that the decision to participate in the Seimas elections with the Liberal Movement will not deter his voters.
“I think my voter knows very well that I am not a member of any political party at this time and that I was not judged for being a member of a political party, but for how I spoke, what I said, how I voted, how I implemented those expectations that had promised would be fulfilled. Those people told me that they would not turn around for any other option, because they also want to vote for one person, “said the president of Seimas, informing that he would participate in the next Seimas elections in the Kaunas district, electoral district of a only member of Raudondvaris.
V. Pranckietis also emphasizes that he does not see the need to withdraw from the position of the President of the Seimas.
“The need to resign is dictated by the statute and the position, I am obliged to work throughout the period, that is, to read the minutes, elected from the first meeting for a period of four years. If someone is dissatisfied or dissatisfied, I will continue my work, representing and emphasizing the entire Seimas, ”said the head of parliament.
V. Čmilytė-Nielsen does not doubt V. Pranckietis’ liberal values
For her part, Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen, president of the Liberal Movement, affirms that she believes V. Pranckietis has decided to participate in the Seimas elections with the Liberal Movement after evaluating the party’s program and values.
“I think that, first of all, (V. Pranckietis – ELTA) appreciates the program that we have prepared, appreciates the values that we uphold, and therefore joined us in this election,” V. Čmilytė told reporters on the Seimas on Tuesday. Nielsen
“And we proposed because we believe that the President of Seimas has demonstrated more than once that he is a politician with a strong backbone, and we greatly appreciate him,” he added.
V. Čmilytė-Nielsen also emphasizes that he does not doubt V. Pranckietis’ liberal values.
“He has spoken many times about liberal values, I think there is no doubt that the president of the Seimas is strong in values, and that freedom, independence and responsibility are not empty words for him,” said V. Čmilytė-Nielsen.
According to R. Karbauskis, V. Pranckietis should resign from the position of President of the Seimas.
After Seimas President V. Pranckietis announced on Tuesday that he would participate in the Seimas elections in the fall along with the Liberal Movement, the elder of the faction of the Union of Peasants and Greens of Lithuania, Ramūnas Karbauskis, said that the President Parliament should resign.
“In my opinion, if there was any political responsibility, obviously it should (withdraw – ELTA), but since it doesn’t exist, there are no points of view or responsibility,” he said.
According to R. Karbauskis, V. Pranckietis did not have a “peasant” vision in the past either.
“Speaking of when a person from the Union of Peasants and Greens of Lithuania becomes a member of the Liberal Movement, it shows that he was not a ‘peasant’, apparently he was only pretending,” R. Karbauskis told journalists at Seimas.
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