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According to Vilnius City Municipality, AG Astrauskaitė, the protest organizer, called the rally “Protest Debate Action on Government Restriction of Human Rights in Lithuania”.
It is not known if there will be a debate in the Plaza del Ayuntamiento. The educator did not accept to send a comment about the course of the protest to the news portal tv3.lt.
However, in the social space, the woman announces that she will participate in Saturday’s protest and give a speech to “a famous and great defender of human rights.”
He also alluded to the ongoing protests: “There are people who will participate in the ongoing protests every Saturday,” he wrote on his social account.
Police are preparing reinforced forces
Julija Samorokovskaja, communication chief of the Vilnius County Police Commissariat, assures the tv3.lt news portal that during Saturday’s rally, the police will assign forces to ensure public order and security.
He did not say how many police officers were preparing, but said that “a reinforced police force would be on duty.”
She hopes that the fence of the Seimas or the Government is away from the people who protest, she says that it should not be like that, all the attention will be paid to the place where the protest will take place.
“Given that (September 10 during the rally – aut. last.) It will be in the Plaza de la Catedral and the closest institutions were close enough, that is why that decision was made, ”he said.
A week ago, after a demonstration organized by the Lithuanian Family Movement, Lithuanian Police Commissioner General Renatas Požėla sent a message that “in the future, the police will have a similar approach to all events”, as stated during the protest. .
After assessing the Vilnius city municipality administration, the State Security Department (SSD) provided a conclusion on possible threats to public or state security that may arise in future organized protests.
“Recently, such events in Lithuania, in addition to peaceful participants, also attract propagandists of political extremism, supporters of the ruling Kremlin and Minsk regimes, and people prone to use violence,” assessed the SSD.
The municipality issued permission to protest
On Wednesday, August 10, the Vilnius City Municipality allowed the organizer of the Al Seimas protest, which later turned into riots, to organize the protest teacher Astra Astrauskaitė to hold a new demonstration against the government’s restrictions on the residents without a passport.
Representatives of the municipality informed the tv3.lt news portal that up to 700 people were able to organize a protest.
A few days ago, a Lithuanian language teacher shared on social media that she wanted the event to last from 2 pm to 8 pm, but in order not to disturb the normal life of Vilnius residents, the time was shortened to 5 pm.
The purpose of the event is “The action of the protest participants in relation to the restriction of human rights by the Government in Lithuania”.
In the registered application, the teacher assured that she would ensure that no discord arises during the event, and also requested 3 biotrenals from the Vilnius City Municipality.
The invitation is spread on social networks.
The invitation, which has been distributed on social media, points out that on September 18 at 2 pm a crowd of people dissatisfied with the decisions of the rulers and who do not support the passport will gather in the Vilnius Town Hall Square.
“Since ancient times, residents and provincials have been protesting, debating, discussing the most important issues of the STATE, operational strategies, and DECISIONS have been made in the squares of the city councils!” The announcement reads. According to the information provided in the invitation, not only in Lithuania but also in 40 countries, globalistiniam, gestapiniam rallies for fascism, marches ”.
“Lithuanians, we join the traditional Saturday resistance of the countries of the world to the introduction of a digital concentration camp! Everything, all on September 18. 2:00 pm we meet in the Vilnius Town Hall Square to defend our rights and freedoms to live without humiliation, harassment, classifying people as RIGHT and INAPPROPRIATE ”, says the invitation.
“We are not objects, we are not animals, to be marked with codes, to scan them as” Maxima “goods, to mark them as animals! We are Lithuanian sons and daughters who love FREEDOM! We will fight for Victory!” the invitation.
The organizer of this protest is Astra Genovaitė Astrauskaitė Facebook he writes in his account: “We do not stop! Traitors fear only determined people!”
Saudargas: Protesters in power are angry over a number of issues
All citizens can express their opinion and protest, express their disapproval of the government’s decisions, because Lithuania is a democratic country, says Paulius Saudargas, a member of the Lithuanian Christian Democratic Union Fatherland faction.
Yet he is aware, as he calls himself, of the strange trend of recent protests: protesting against everything without clearly stating the purpose for which the crowd gathered.
“It may have been the main reason for the vaccination on August 10, the reluctance of people to get vaccinated, but at that time, issues related to migration were being discussed in Parliament.
When you go out to talk to people, they ask you a wide range of questions. As a result, the protesters are angry at the government over a number of issues, from the Istanbul Convention, association, masking, vaccination policy, foreign policy, immigration policy, to bringing together all the issues that have been debated in the country over the years. , “he said.
According to the politician, the organizers of the rallies, protesting against the government on all issues, are beginning to resemble a populist political force.
According to him, Lithuania is used to protests when a certain group of society, interest group, such as teachers or doctors, talks about their work, profession, about their jobs and decisions related to their daily life, the discussion makes sense: “ People talk about what they know, what they know. There are unions, possible negotiations, agreements ”.
“In this case, he is discussing all issues of state governance with people from all walks of life, what we saw on August 10, after the protest ended with the riots, the criminal elements throwing stones.” In that case, that discussion no longer makes sense.
It is said that the government does not speak, does not dialogue, but I think it is precisely because of these aspects that it is difficult, ”says P. Saudargas.
People, according to Saudargas, are tired of the pandemic that has been happening for several years, and this is one of the reasons for the intensification of the protests: “You cannot always be prepared, fear covid, disinfect your hands because people get tired and there is tension in society.
And against what people will protest the most, if not against the government. After all, they will not protest against the virus, ”he emphasized.
Jackal: These protests are an opportunity to self-assess what we could do differently
Like P. Saudargas, Dovilė Šakalienė, member of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party, points out that the right to peaceful assembly is “one of the fundamental human rights, and in a democratic society it is one of the important forms of expression of certain positions of groups “.
“I emphasize the peaceful assembly, because that is the freedom to express one’s opinion in a peaceful assembly, in a civilized manner and without breaking the law. Undoubtedly, certain gatherings had nothing to do with human rights, on the contrary -since the dissemination of disinformation – until the riots, there were outbreaks of violence ”, he comments on the news portal tv3.lt.
However, when assessing the current situation, he said, we must also assess the global context.
“Since the beginning of the pandemic, the emotional state of people around the world has deteriorated dramatically, tensions, fears and anger have increased a lot, so it is not surprising that around 10% of people all over the world. There has been an increase in violent protests as the fatigue and uncertainty of the pandemic exacerbate emotions and the real mistakes made by governments are perceived in a hyperbolic way, with a lot of aggression.
Of course, we must also realize that we are all human beings, sadly, and some mistakes are being made by those we would like to trust, whose communication and consistency is very important to all of us. So, together, these protests are an opportunity to self-assess what we could do differently than we would all: the government, society, the media and non-governmental organizations – mobilize by overcoming the difficult challenges we have had ”, adds D. Šakalienė.
According to D. Šakalienė, considering the varied and contradictory list of requirements, it is difficult to imagine how they could all be implemented together and still work.
“Part of the demands, such as sending letters with proposals to open the borders to Russia and Belarus, or to lead a parliament elected by a majority of citizens, are simply manifestations of anarchy or eightcracy. But some of the criticisms are justified, unexpected changes in the order of restrictions that directly affect our lives, changes in decisions and not always a clear message, they can really cause a lot of outrage ”, the politician comments.
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