Bilotaitė evaluated the MAMA awards: everyone who violates quarantine requirements will have to take responsibility

“I fully understand the emotions that naturally arise when looking at the reports from yesterday’s grand music awards event. Should events of this magnitude occur at a time when, to protect people from the rapidly spreading varieties of Covid-19, please stay home and refrain from any contact? “Asked the policy on his social network account.

“But since it has already happened, then there are doubts about whether everything has been done in accordance with the security requirements established by the government. Yesterday, after receiving the first signs of possible violations during the MAMA event, I immediately contacted the responsible officials and asked them to take all necessary actions and verify the situation. Police have received dozens of reports of rapes, the circumstances are now under investigation. Thanks to all the indifferent citizens who react and report ”, continued A. Bilotaitė the recording.

The Minister of the Interior recalled that the pandemic situation in our country continues to be very serious and recalled that the restrictions on movement currently in force in Lithuania must apply to everyone.

“The exceptions apply only to those provided for by a Government resolution. There can be no other exceptions. Anyone who violates the requirements of the quarantine regime will have to take responsibility. And I would like much more understanding and sensitivity towards the other members of the society ”, concluded the politician.

SAM on MAMA Awards: Some Stick to Restrictions, Others Show Apathy

Saturday night’s MAMA awards might have looked like the filming of a television show, but they show a listless approach to quarantine restrictions, the Ministry of Health (SAM) said.

According to Minister Arūnas Dulkis, during a pandemic and under emotional pressure, the burden of responsibility must be shared.

“Each individual is not responsible for the irresponsibility of the other, but each can rely on their own personal responsibility. We can each “bunny” or be the first to take responsibility. “What was the responsibility of the participants of the event yesterday was a question for them,” their representative Aistė Šuksta conveyed the position of the SNB minister.

According to her, the events cannot occur during the quarantine, but it is likely that the MAMA awards were treated like filming a television program, which is not prohibited.

“It is likely that the organizers dealt with the permit or hired it like filming a TV show, and the filming of TV shows is not prohibited. However, we are talking more about the moral background, when many famous Lithuanians who influence the the way other people see and think, and each of us must evaluate through our own prism whether to consider it responsible or irresponsible behavior. “It is more about when others hold on to protect each other, others show apathy.” said a SAM spokeswoman.

The organizer of the event, the president of the association “Music Awards of the Year”, Martynas Tyla did not comment on the situation, promised to do so on Monday.

“Everything is fine, Sunday, and we will officially go out with everything tomorrow. We give people a voice, we let them have their say, ”Tyla told BNS.

Due to possible violations of the MAMA awards event held in Kaunas Žalgiris Arena, the Kaunas police received around 30 reports, they are clarifying the situation.

In the Žalgiris arena, the event took place without spectators, its organizers announced that all participants had been tested for COVID-19 before the event, but there was outrage in the public space that the quarantine rules were not followed, no masks were used and there were no safe distances. Some called the event a “party during the plague.”

The MAMA awards have caught the attention of the police: the clarification of the circumstances has begun

Due to the MAMA awards held yesterday at Kaunas Žalgiris Arena, the Lithuanian police began to clarify the circumstances.

“Due to the MAMA awards event held in Kaunas, Žalgiris Arena yesterday, the Kaunas Police have started to clarify the circumstances, all the collected material will be evaluated and decisions will be made. Thank you all for your citizenship ”, reads the official Facebook page of the Lithuanian Police.

Ramūnas Matonis, Chief of the Police Department’s Communication Department, said his Kaunas police received around 30 reports of possible rapes at the event on Saturday.

“All the circumstances will be reviewed and it will be determined what violations there were, who violated them, and then there will be different decisions,” R. Matonis told BNS.

Justas Džiugelis, a member of the ruling coalition, also reacted to the fact that such an event took place during the quarantine.

On his Facebook account, the politician expressed his outrage and said he expected a strong response from the responsible authorities.

“The cynicism of tonight’s MAMA organizers and proud participants is incomprehensible.

I expect a quick and strict reaction from the responsible institutions, “wrote J. Džiugelis.

Ieva Pakarklytė, the eldest of the Freedom Faction, expressed a similar opinion. She called the event a “plague party.”

“And this quarantine is no longer valid for the MAMA awards, right?

You say, just filming with a few hundred people, including a “limited number of guests.” No, no, it is definitely not an event.

Party during the plague.

The responsible authorities must take immediate action, “wrote I. Pakarklytė on his Facebook account.

We would like to remind you that the Lithuanian MAMA music awards were held on Saturday at the “Žalgiris” arena in Kaunas.

Public outrage arose at the fact that the event was held in violation of movement quarantine restrictions, safe distances, and other requirements that the rest of the country must meet.

As a result, the well-known Lithuanian people were outraged.

“You’re probably watching the MAMA awards straight from the Kaunas Žalgiris Arena and you’re thinking, ‘What the fuck?!? What a fucking quarantine !!! “

Oh yeah! They all work there. Filming of the show. Artists

You can go to another municipality for work, you can swarm, you can go without masks and you cannot keep your distance.

On April 9, I choose a group to go to work in Chernobyl. Let’s pick up trash. I will issue a business travel certificate to all of you.

Because you won’t have to isolate yourself when you return to work, ”said Šarūnas Jasiukevčius, the creator of the“ Past Intelligence ”program on Facebook.

“Chebryte, could you explain what is happening here in the” Žalgiris “arena of Kaunas during the parallel universe tonight?

From what I read for the last time, all events in Lithuania are prohibited. I think maybe while I was wandering the world what rule changes I didn’t notice, I even went to check it out and read:

“Events are allowed where you don’t get out of the car and there are no more than 2 people in the car,” I think, well conceived to open the “Žalgiris” arena with their cars, it will be interesting to see who has what. But no. I saw.

“It is allowed to travel cognitive and educational paths”, it is good if it is a so-called educational path throughout our musical history, perhaps then everything is in order.

“Starting in 2021. March 15 You can visit museums, galleries and other exhibition spaces (eg zoos) in closed spaces, with restrictions on the flow of visitors. Well, I really couldn’t call it MAMA Zoo, it doesn’t matter. how perhaps some artists would try to be similar to their residents.

I have many friends who work and attend this event. Therefore, it is not very wise to write this in public when you are spinning in the same kettle. You should probably support and play with everyone on the same team, because we all want to be able to organize and participate in events again ASAP. But chebryte, what is going on?

Where is it written that an event exemption applies when compared to it? Who is here by arbitrariness? The feeling that to honor the best musicians, you even humiliate them. Because they haven’t been able to perform concerts for over half a year, they earn money and MAMAs can take place. You could also pay, say, € 100 for a concert ticket, if the only condition was to have a negative corona test.

Is that why musicians cannot do it and the association that unites them can? Am I stupid and don’t understand something?

And yet 6-9 people on the red carpet without masks. It’s not just about safety itself, it’s about setting an example for the public. We all know how to talk about staying home, getting vaccinated, but we may not be encouraged to break the rules in this way, especially since the event is taking place indoors. Of course the same thing happened with “Cinema Spring”, only there was a photo wall installed outside and I didn’t see people taking pictures at nine.

I’m no longer talking about people being angry already, everyone is tired. Some with parents can’t see you for a year and you show up here telik and you see that there are people for whom the rules do not apply.

With all due respect, comrades and friends who are there. As the saying goes – nothing personal. And yes, I am angry that I was not chosen as the “Group of the Year” with Daniel Bunkus, wrote producer Mantas Bertulis on Facebook.

Opium Club and Anna Mesha. Apartment ”, don’t you want to win visitor prizes? Maybe he would have nominated me, he would have visited me! ”- joked Agnė Kulitaitė, star of social networks.

“Only now did I realize that I needed to form a group with my parents and my brother, we could have met tonight,” famous comedian Paulius Ambrazevičius was outraged on Facebook.

“I see Soc. networks that only Breasts, others At the crosses. And have they already allowed events in Lithuania? Somehow I didn’t hear it. PS: I’m not sorry, it’s interesting anyway, “wrote the actor, perfume creator Aistis Mickevičius.

On the festive evening, 16 statuettes were awarded to the best of 2020. The Roop, OG Version, Virgis Stakėnas with Kean Blunt, Sisters On Wire and others also appeared on stage. Musical bridges were also built from the Žalgiris Arena to other locations in Kaunas, where Justinas Jarutis and Saulės Kliošas waited. The funniest and most outrageous events of MAMA’s 10th anniversary and historic performance recordings were also on the air.