Says changing ministers is just a matter of time: Shimonyte should have a list in his pocket

“Sooner or later, I. Šimonytė will have to make those decisions too and it will remove the tension. From the beginning, it was clear that some ministers were not sitting on their sleds. This is Ms. Agnė Bilotaitė, Arūnas Dulkys. Perhaps the president had reason in questioning whether it could handle this crisis during a pandemic.

There was negative criticism even among the conservatives themselves, due to A. Bilotaitė lacking experience. Probably, the doubts were confirmed “, said T. Ignatavičius in the program” Events and comments “of” Žinių radijo “.

The reviewer said the decision to appoint A. Bilotaitė to the post was made because “otherwise, he would make waves in the match.”

“Now we have a situation where the Minister is causing a sensation throughout Lithuania, and those waves are already dangerous. But the government, and the prime minister in particular, apparently don’t want to risk hitting that ship even more. Because, for a On the other hand, this is being demanded by the protesters, and it would show fear, indulgence, on the other hand, and the problems of the pandemic have not yet been solved, now it is useless to change the minister. Probably, Eugenijus Gentvilas is right that this is not the right time, “said T. Ignatavičius.

However, in his opinion, the prime minister must be prepared for that step.

“I think that I Šimonytė should have a list, an agreement with the people who would replace the criticized ministers, because it is obvious that they will be replaced, but a good opportunity is waiting. Because we see a lack of leadership, and there is a disproportion between arrogance and leadership, one is too much, the other is too little, and that causes a lot of problems, ”said T. Ignatavičius.

He says the real problems remain to be seen.

Professor Šarūnas Liekis of Vytautas Magnus University (Vytautas Magnus University) said that the government ship will start to move when its popularity drops further.

“The downward curve has been constant since the beginning of the year (…) and the popularity of individual politicians is declining. The time will come when the coalition partners will start to think if it is worth continuing, because the main partner is pulling us down, ”Š said. Liekis.

In his opinion, the fact that the ministers have not yet been changed is related not only to the position of the prime minister, but also to the position of the president.

“If we remember the previous coalitions, the resignation of ministers, then when there was a weaker prime minister, he often changed ministers. Let’s say A. Butkevičius succumbed to pressure from the Presidency. Now we have a completely different kind of Presidency, it behaves completely differently with governments, ”said Š. Liekis.

However, she gave the impression from I. Šimonytė’s performances that “she feels strong tension both from the environment and from her faction and with other coalition partners.”

“There may be several shocks when prices peak in November,” he said. Liekis.

He does not believe that the Skvernel company joins the Social Democrats

When discussing the future of the MPs who will join the new faction, T. Ignatavičius doubted that they would join the ranks of the Social Democrats in the future.

“I think they will try to create a party, some new movement. You have heard of the Social Democrats. “I don’t think the Social Democrats will benefit from that alliance with Skvernel at a time when their audience ratings have risen and a new leader has been elected,” he said.

According to the political commentator, there is more logic in the deliberations so that they can link their future to the Green Party.

“Because one of the main initiators of the new movement with S. Skvernelis is Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius. He has environmental ideas and is a commissioner of seas, waters and fish. Perhaps it is logical that some talks are taking place with the Greens,” he considered T. Ignatavičius.

The interlocutor of the program assumed that at first S. Skvernelis would lead the new formation.

“But more than that is that the Commissioner, who is thinking about the end of his mandate as Commissioner, will return to Lithuania and is probably thinking about the political perspective,” said T. Ignatavičius.