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“It was decided to dismiss the appeal of the defendant – the municipal administration of the city of Kaunas,” Neringa Lukoševičienė, representative of the Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania, told BNS.
The Kaunas Gay Pride Parade is scheduled for Saturday.
The Kaunas municipality will coordinate the route of the Kaunas pride marches scheduled for Saturday, but the court forced to do so assumes part of the responsibility.
for the possible consequences, say representatives of the municipality.
“We do not question the court’s decision and we are ready to fulfill its obligations: to coordinate the route of the march organized by the union on May 1. It is important to emphasize that with such a ruling, most of the responsibility for the possible consequences of the event in this case is assumed by the court itself ”, says the director of the Kaunas Municipal Administration in the comment submitted by BNS.
MP Paul Keras.
He said that representatives of the municipality had repeatedly presented their position, which was based on expert police evaluations, in court.
“We believe that the arguments of the officials in the court ruling do not deny that the march in Laisvės Alley represents a real threat to the safety of the people,” says the representative of the municipality.
On Friday, the Lithuanian Supreme Administrative Court rejected the Kaunas municipality’s complaint about the LGBTQ + march and ordered to coordinate the march’s route before 6 pm
The Kaunas Gay Pride Parade is scheduled for Saturday. Organizers expect about a thousand. Participants.
In June, the Kaunas municipality failed to coordinate the route for the LGBTQ + marches in the city center, prompting ongoing infrastructure renovation works and disproportionately large inconveniences for citizens.
The organizers of the march appealed against this decision to the Regional Regional Administrative Court, which in early August ordered the Kaunas city municipality administration to coordinate the route of the march from Sobor to the end of Laisvės Alley and vice versa, but the municipality appealed to the Supreme Administrative Court. Lithuanian Court.
The decision of this court unfavorable to the municipality is final and unappealable.
In June, the Kaunas municipality failed to coordinate the route for the LGBTQ + marches in the city center, prompting ongoing infrastructure renovation works and disproportionately large inconveniences for citizens.
The organizers of the march appealed this decision to the Regional Regional Administrative Court and at the beginning of August forced the municipal administration of the city of Kaunas to coordinate the route of the march.
On August 26, the Kaunas Municipality appealed this decision to a higher court.
Meanwhile, tensions in the city peaked.
“We are preparing very intensively, the officers had to do a lot of homework. In addition to all the tactical preparations, we also monitor the public space, ”said Odeta Vaitkevičienė, spokesperson for the Kaunas County Police Chief Commissariat (AVPK).
He confirmed that the Commissioners had prevented 15 people as a precaution against unlawful damage to the interests of society or its members through the implementation of certain acts, comments requesting violations of public order, violent actions in the electronic space when implementing acts criminal, administrative law infractions (prevention of minor crimes). behavior.
Currently, the police do not investigate the threats related to the marches.
Former Kaunas mayor and Seimas Vytautas member Šustauskas confirmed to the lrytas.lt news portal that he was called by a senior Kaunas AVPK official and warned about his responsibility.
“I’m not afraid of finding myself behind bars,” said V. Šustauskas, who has repeatedly tried to obstruct the LGBTQ + march when it took place in Vilnius.
LGBTQ + supporters appear to face strong rival forces. It is known that a green egg attack is already being organized against Kaunas Pride supporters at the entrances to Independence Square.
Former Kaunas Deputy Mayor and Seimas member, Jaunoji Lietuva party leader Stanislovas Buškevičius announced on Facebook that two protests will take place in the center of Kaunas.
“The LGBT know that there will be 2 demonstrations against their propaganda: a demonstration of parents with the slogan” We are normal “and another rally with students with the slogan” Give back the stolen rainbow to the children “, wrote S. Buškevičius.
He added that homosexuality is contrary to common sense and morality, and all these blue marches are directed at the conscience of children.
The enigmatic group Atkirtis called for protests even earlier against Kaunas Pride.
“Come on September 4 and let us all prove that Kaunas is not a rooster. Lithuania is rotting more and more from the globalist infection. Another symptom emerged: the pride of Kaunas. We cannot allow these parasites to colonize the true capital of culture. : Kaunas. Therefore, it is necessary to unite and show everyone that Lithuania and Kaunas will not give up! ”The withdrawal is announced, distributed on posters and on social media.
The municipality of Kaunas received a request from a natural person to issue a permit to hold a mass public prayer during the Pride of Kaunas.
On behalf of the faithful, the Kaunas resident asked permission to pray in Independence Square, where he intends to elect a protester at noon.
After receiving a negative response, he indicated another place in the request: the intersection of Laisvės Alėja and Maironio streets, but again this time the request was not satisfied.
The official representatives of the Church have distanced themselves from this action.
