Political scientist: The revelation during the riots near the Seimas greatly served the ruling majority

About this Mykolas Romeris University professor, dr. Virgis Valentinavičius and professor at Vytautas Magnus University (VMU) prof. Lauras Bielinis debated on Monday in the program “Events and comments” of “Žinių radijo”.

Valentinavičius: The riots near the Seimas served the rulers

According to V. Valentinavičius, it is not necessary to vent the “steam” of the representatives of the “Family March”.

“The tensions in society are first mentioned by the antivirus themselves and they try to portray that tension in the whole society.” I am afraid that the reality is much simpler, it is a very radical, noisy minority, whose feelings do not yield at all to the majority of society, “said the political scientist.

The key turning point, he said, was the riot near parliament on August 10.

“Then we saw the extreme of this group, that extremism, the approach of rational solutions, practically without rationality. I think this revelation during the riots near the Seimas served the ruling majority a lot and I would say it even spurred the vaccination process. The anti-waxes showed his face and the public probably did not like that face very much, “noted V. Valentinavičius.

For this reason, the Spokesman of the Seimas, meeting with the representatives of the “Family March”, continued the political scientist, reminding the public of the faces of the protesters.

“I suspect that the rulers realized that it was in their interest that the public see very clearly who was opposed to vaccination by force, the Association Law, practically the entire government program,” said the expert.

In the opinion of the MRU speaker, it makes sense to talk to these people insofar as it is helpful to convince the rest of society about the importance of vaccines.

“On the other hand, it is quite clear that it will not be talked about. Establishing a dialogue does not make any sense. An LRT poll was published today, in which only a third of all those who have not been vaccinated promise that if they are persuaded, they will they will vaccinate.

The provisions are completely clear and it is necessary to speak as much as necessary (aut.p.) with the rulers to demonstrate to the whole society that the restrictions for unvaccinated people are rational, that it is impossible to influence them in any other way ”, said. V. Valentinavičius.

Therefore, according to him, before the riots, the prospect of a possible new political force in the future was stronger.

“She was naked, her face appeared. I’m very interested in the president’s position on this, because during the rally in Vingis Park, the president clearly identified with this group, the crowd. “It seemed at the same time that the president was thinking, but the thought did not last long,” said the MRU lecturer.

If the attitude of the president remains ambiguous, then, as V. Valentinavičius commented, the number of his votes in the elections already in the first round to reach the mandate of the leader of the second country will be different.

“It is difficult for me to imagine that with such a line I would obtain a significant number of votes in the cities,” emphasized the political scientist.

So, according to him, the president seems to have a real connection to the radical group and the “peasants” behind them.

“Paradoxically, the president calls to speak to the anti-taxi drivers, but he does not call himself to speak to everyone else,” Valentinavičius noted.

In his opinion, the government’s discourse on possible restrictions for the unvaccinated has already yielded results, so it would be disastrous for the government to change the line of communication, according to the expert.

Bielinis says talk is needed, but doubts a new party will be born: it will be an effort without result

Lauras Bielinis, a political scientist at Vytautas Magnus University, agreed that the protesters are excited.

“Actually, yes, it is a group of people, maybe I would just call it an emotional crowd that is completely unstructured,” commented the professor.

However, according to L. Bielinis, it is necessary to speak to the crowd.

“I agree with those who say that speaking is necessary for various reasons, it is useful enough, because it exhibits the incoherence, the emotions and the lack of rationality of the speech of that crowd.” On the other hand, we must realize that this is part of our society ”, said the interlocutor.

He argued that society is very diverse, so the forms of communication, according to L. Bielinis, must be different.

“You need to discover the language with them, a path towards them to find out how they found themselves in this situation. They are different, so those paths are different ”, emphasized the VMU political scientist.

However, he expressed doubts about whether a new political force could be born from the Family March movement.

“I don’t know if it can come from the crowd. I think it will be an effort to create a political party without results, “said L. Bielinis.

No one will approach the representatives of the organization until, according to him, there is a clear political interest.

“Today there is an emotional interest in denying, showing that freedoms are restricted or showing that they think otherwise, but they are not political principles or ideological positions,” emphasized the VMU political scientist.

However, he named President Gitan Nauseda’s attitude as a state of search.

“I think the president sees himself as the president of the entire nation – good or bad, stupid or smart, criminal or not – they are the representatives of our nation and we need to communicate with them in some way, we need to find contact.” . with them somehow. The president is in this search, ”said the professor.

According to L. Bielinis, the government, in any case, must monitor the situation when communicating, which, the expert continued, is only proven by the meeting of the Spokesperson for Seimas with the organizers of the protest.

“In a tactical sense, we must see how the situation changes and that communication and communication with the public will have to change naturally,” added L. Bielinis.