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M.Sinkevičius 15 minutes He said the relationship between the central government and self-government is currently based on mistrust.
Proposals presented to party representatives on Wednesday include:
- Request to reestablish the procedure in force until 2018 to compensate the municipal budgets for the increase in the financial burden or the reduction of income due to decisions of the central government.
- Trust the collection of the luxury real estate tax as well as the real estate tax for individuals if they become universal.
- Allow an increase in debt to finance investments.
- Establish a Local Development Loan and Guarantee Fund to provide loans and loan guarantees for municipal projects that are having difficulty finding financing. It could consist of EU funds and funds already lent by the state. Such a fund could provide non-reimbursable financial support: investment subsidies.
- Make sure that as EU investment across the Capital Region decreases, more attention and resources are given to smaller municipalities. The Association notes that in 2016, when Lithuania was divided into two regions: the capital and central and western Lithuania, the GDP per capita in the capital region reached 112 percent. EU average, so EU participation in the region will decrease. However, there are significant differences in income, employment, infrastructure, quality of service, and economic capacity in 8 municipalities in the region.
- Assume the administration of specific subsidies for education, grant municipalities the right to independently manage the costs of waste management by guaranteeing the lowest possible price for the population.
True independence is based on money.
These are only part of the proposals presented, a large part of them are based on money. The interlocutor admitted that the expectations are ambitious, but suggested looking at the examples of Latvia and Estonia, where self-government is more trusted.
“We say: trust in self-government and give us more autonomy. That independence, as in the life of an ordinary person, when financial independence arises, is true independence. As long as you are financially dependent on something, that independence will not be – without financing it is difficult to do something “, – he was asked about it. 15 minutes M.Sinkevičius explained.
He asked why the state can borrow and the municipalities cannot. According to him, the LSA does not request the possibility of borrowing without restrictions, but that opportunity should be provided, for example, for investments, social affairs.
The LSA president said the issues raised by the association are not new, they have been repeated for decades.
“In the annual report, President Gitanas Nausėda said that the attitude should be changed when the central government communicates with the regions, the local government as a knight and as a slave.” There is a gentleman who stretches, is kind, and is an oppressed servant who serves the knight.
We should talk about the fact that we feel a lack of confidence in the self-government of the central government, a reluctance to realize confidence through the granting of independence. There is a lack of independence to dispose of state lands, opportunities to borrow money for the implementation of projects, and the limitations and obstacles arise from mistrust, “he said, noting that self-government feels as if Seimas knows better.
According to him, as a result, mayors and councils often cannot solve problems.
The interlocutor pointed out that perhaps not everything is completely black, but the momentum could be faster.
Not all party presidents were interested
Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen, President of the Liberal Movement, Jurgita Šiugždinienė, President of the TS-LKD Electoral Program, Gintautas Paluckas, President of the Social Democrats, Irena Šiaulienė, Vice President of Social Workers, Tonas Jarar, Viktoras Uspaskichas, Paks, Artikas, , Vice President of the Freedom and Justice Party, Ieva Pakarklytė, Representative of the Freedom Party.
“If we have to form some kind of policy, then the independence of self-government will be one of the most important issues (…) Not everything that we have been successful in regional politics,” said J.Jarutis at the meeting.
I.Šiaulienė said that one is the party’s programs, the other is the government’s plans. She suggested that the LSA target those who would form the ruling majority with applications after the elections.
However, neither the conservative president Gabrielius Landsbergis, the leader of the “peasants” Ramūnas Karbauskis, nor the president of the “social workers” Gediminas Kirkilas attended the meeting with the LSA leaders.
Isn’t this a demonstration of a self-government approach?
“I am glad of the party leaders who came. The president of the Liberal Movement, the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and the Labor Party arrived. Some promised to come, but perhaps they changed their plans, “said the LSA president when asked. He considered that the presidents of some parties may have had another job at Seimas.
M.Sinkevičius said that when the party representatives were invited, it was when they found out who was being invited and declared that they would not be there.
“The issue of antipathy between us was transferred to our event.” I do not know if he is optimistic about future agreements, but it leads us to a clear understanding of the political vicissitudes where love and love exist, “he lamented.
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