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“The difference in voters also determines the difference in the rhetoric and behavior of the rallies. That difference can be defined very simply: when the right is in power, the left-wing voters gathered for the protests smashed the windows of the Seimas (01.16.2009) and the Seimas members and the police were stoned (08.10.2021). When the left is in power (A. Butkevičius, R. Karbauskis), right-wing voters gather in protest rallies shouting, making noise, urging the Seimas on the left to withdraw, but the rallies on the right have never smashed the windows of the Seimas or threw stones.
It is equally remarkable that not only voters on the left, but also large numbers of criminal figures gather in demonstrations against the government of the right. When right-wing voters gather to protest the left-wing government, you don’t see criminal figures at those rallies. What determines such a difference could be answered by those who organize today’s rallies, “writes A. Kubilius.
According to the politician, protests and rallies are a daily routine in the world, and in Lithuania they were too. However, according to A. Kubilius, the media attention paid to Friday’s rally was as if it were being held in our country for the first time.
“Some say that today’s public opposition and people’s willingness to protest is special because supposedly the current right-wing government is doing everything very badly and that is the only reason people are gathering for demonstrations. and even riots.
This is a completely wrong conclusion, because the nature of the rallies is not determined by who is in power, but by who gathers for the rallies.
The protest demonstrations “against the government” have one thing in common: they are elected by citizens (voters) who oppose the government. Voters in Lithuania and in the world are different: some constantly vote for the left and hate the right, others more or less constantly vote for the right and do not like the left very much. It is therefore natural that when the left is in power in Lithuania, right-wing voters gather for protest demonstrations and when left-wing voters gather for protest demonstrations in Lithuania, ”continues the MEP.
According to A. Kubilius, sociologists could say that voters on the right and on the left are quite different: in their education, understanding of the world, even in terms of income, age or place of residence, therefore it is natural that today, in the right-wing government, to protest, the rallies are elected by voters other than those who voted when the left was in power, for example in the time of R. Karbauskis.
“Apparently more differences could be discovered: participants are taken to some rallies in rented buses from all over Lithuania (who rents those buses?). Only those who really care about them choose others.
That would be the main difference between the rallies now and when the left was in power. The rallies are different because they are chosen by different voters (not only in their political opinions, but also in their behavior habits), and that difference is the reality of Lithuania. These voter differences are also a reality throughout the democratic world. And the fact that some demonstrations break the windows of power and others do not, does not mean that one government has performed better than another. It simply means that different voters gathered at the protest rallies. And only some of them “like” breaking windows.
Rallies and protests are a natural feature of life in a democratic society. The traditional family marches, or the LGBT Pride Marches, are not what should surprise us. It is only important that the windows do not break. Choose and protest: against power, for power, against homosexuals, for homosexuals, against the fact that the earth is round and also for Soros or against Soros.
For some, such demonstrations appear to be the pinnacle of democracy, for others, elections appear to be the pinnacle of democracy. We may have different attitudes, or we may not have any, but we have a fondness for sobbing, swearing in power, and still stoning the crowd to stalk an ambush. Everything happens.
But some rallies are special. Even without stones or broken windows.
When the speakers call out from the rostrum that the rally must demand the freedom to vaccinate or not vaccinate, as well as the freedom to die without vaccination, and the crowd passionately applauds (as if they are extreme libertarians), all that remains is to ask. – The bold speech cuts and passionately applauds if you are willing to take the same bold responsibility for those ten lives that ended prematurely yesterday, all of which were unvaccinated. Did those who were destined to leave too early (because they had not been vaccinated) really rejoiced in their freedom not to be vaccinated on the brink of death?
This is the difference between rallies and rallies: in some today it is said aloud that human life is irrelevant. All that matters is the freedom of choice. At previous rallies, that non-Christian approach to human life was lost.
Voters are voters: they love some leaders and they hate other leaders. They listen to their leaders. Some voters may simply fail that their leaders, today in opposition and fighting the government, will directly or indirectly encourage their voters not to get vaccinated. Some of these voters may not be lucky enough to choose the freedom to die, believing in such a leader and the freedom he has not promoted to vaccinate.
Who will conscience press? ”, A. Kubilius concludes the recording.
At a rally organized by the family movement, around 5 thousand. people protested against COVID-19 restrictions
Previously, the Vilnius city municipality did not allow the Lithuanian family movement to demonstrate near the Seimas, arguing about the increased threat of violence, so the protest took place in Cathedral Square.
Thousands of demonstrations near the Seimas in August turned into riots that led to the arrest of dozens of people and the launch of pre-trial investigations.
On Friday, after the rally in Vilnius Cathedral Square, 20 people were detained due to the riots, there were no casualties, police representatives said.
“During the day, police officers detained 20 people, 19 people for violations of the Administrative Offenses Code and one person for illegal possession of drugs,” Saulius Gagas, head of the county Police Station, told reporters on Friday. from Vilnius.
These infractions include failure to comply with legal requirements, walking on the road. Two people were detained in a pre-trial investigation due to previous disturbances near the Seimas.
According to police representatives, the demonstration was carried out almost to the end without serious incidents, but after the event the crowd moved towards the Seimas, they were not allowed to do so.
“According to police planning, the crowd was not allowed to continue marching: we banned pedestrians and vehicles from Lukiškės square and the crowd was detained,” the Vilnius police chief said.
“Those people had to be detained and those who ignored the police requests did not comply with the legal requirements,” he added.
According to S. Gago, the actions are still being carried out, the individuals are being taken to the police station. The police plan to continue working at night.
“I think that our preparation, those measures, were really necessary and apparently, if it were not for that preparation, not for a large police force, it is very likely that we would have had a similar scenario to that of a month ago,” he said. Police Commissioner Renatas Požėla.
“We saw at the end of the event several hundred people who approached the Seimas chanting certain slogans, the essence of which was apparently ‘the Seimas – outside’ and we had to take tactical measures to stop those people,” he added.
According to R. Požėla, there were no victims during the events on Friday.
“Wounded, wounded, neither the officers, nor the participants of the rally, nor the townspeople or the guests – we have no such information at the moment,” S. Gag confirmed this information.
There is also no evidence that city or resident property has been damaged.
“We have to understand what we were trying to say, and the Plaza de la Catedral is not the most suitable place for such events. Yes, it is better than the Seimas, but not the most suitable. This is the chosen venue and the details of the event and they caused those problems, so we have to regret and apologize to the residents and guests of Vilnius for the inconvenience they have experienced, ”said R. Požėla.
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