Candidates for government have emerged: A. Dulkys may direct health care, G.Skaistė may direct finance, G. Landsbergis may direct foreign affairs

Candidate for:

• Ministers of the Environment – Representative of the Liberal Movement, MP Simonas Gentvilas;
  

  Luke April / 15min photo / Simon Gentvilas

• Energy Ministers – Dainius Kreivys, TS-LKD representative, parliamentarian;
  

  Photo by Arno Strumila / 15min / Dainius Kreivys

• Ministers of Economy and Innovation: Aušrinė Armonaitė, member of the Freedom Party, Member of Parliament;
  

  Sigismund Gedvila / 15min photo / Dawn Armonaitė

• Finance Ministers – Gintarė Skaistė, TS-LKD Representative, Member of Parliament;
  

  Photo by Julius Kalinskas / 15min / Amber Skaistė

• National Defense Ministers: representative of TS-LKD, MP Arvydas Anušauskas;
  

  Valdo Kopūstas / 15min photo / Arvydas Anušauskas

• Ministers of Culture – Simonas Kairys, representative of the Liberal Movement and advisor to the mayor of Kaunas;
  

  Liberal Movement Photo / Simonas Kairys

• Ministers of Social Security and Labor – Monika Navickienė, Member of the TS-LKD Representative;
  

  Photo by Mindaugas Mikulėnas / Monika Navickienė

• Ministers of Education, Science and Sports: representative of TS-LKD, MP Jurgita Šiugždinienė;
  

  Photo by Lukas Balandi / 15min / Jurgita Šiugždinienė

• Transport Ministers: Kasparas Adomaitis, Member of the Freedom Party, Member of Parliament;
  

  Photo by Irmantas Gelūnas / 15min / Kasparas Adomaitis

• Ministers of Health: TS-LKD representative, former Auditor General Arūnas Dulkys;
  

  Photo by Sigismund Gedvila / 15min / Arūnas Dulkys

• Justice Ministers: Evelina Dobrovolska, member of the Freedom Party, Member of Parliament;
  

  Photo by Luke April / 15min / Evelina Dobrovolska

• Foreign Ministers: Gabrielius Landsbergis, Member of the TS-LKD, Parliament;
  

  Photo by Sigismund Gedvila / 15min / Gabriel Landsbergis

• Ministers of the Interior – Agnė Bilotaitė, Representative of TS-LKD, Member of Parliament.
  

  Photo by Mindaugas Mikulėnas / Agnė Bilotaitė

I. Šimonytė emphasized that this is not the final image of the future Cabinet of Ministers.

“We will only know if those names will be given when the president instructs me to form a government. First of all, I have to gain confidence in Seimas,” he commented during the remote press conference.

The name of the candidate for agriculture ministers is not yet on the list.

It took a while to debug it.

“It just came to our attention then. This is the only candidacy that is not named today,” said the future prime minister.

Behind the scenes, the names of Kazys Starkevičius, a conservative member of the Seimas who previously headed the Ministry of Agriculture, and Viktoras Pranckietis, a former liberal Seimas spokesperson are mentioned. K. Starkevičius dolphins On Wednesday, he said that the third candidate, Rolandas Taraškevičius, Lithuania’s agricultural attaché at the Lithuanian Permanent Representation to the EU, is also being considered. According to K. Starkevičius, this would be a suitable candidate.

When asked about the gender balance in the Cabinet of Ministers, I. Šimonytė said that “he sometimes managed to improve the result achieved by Prime Minister S. Skvernelis”.

He will try to dispel doubts about Gentville

Concerned about the protection of the country’s forests, S. Gentvilas had previously suggested not to trust the position of the Minister of the Environment. I. Šimonytė stated that all doubts about the suitability of this candidate can be dispelled.

“It is normal to have several doubts. The joke that I don’t really live in a vacuum, I have received many appeals from communities related to the environment. Both those who support the candidacy of Simon Gentville and those who have comments on this candidacy.

I think it is a topic of further discussion and planned work, even with the President of the country, how to plan the first steps, if the candidacy is approved, to clear up all doubts and give the Minister who has assumed the position enough time to demonstrate your worry. the environment, the protection of the environment and the problems that probably concern the whole Lithuanian society, ”he said.

Suggests A.Dulkis, whom G.Nausėda did not trust

I. Šimonytė stated that he had proposed former State Comptroller A. Dulkis to the Ministers of Health, taking into account the situation with COVID-19 and the problems in the health system.

“Arūnas Dulkys has accumulated a good experience as a State Comptroller, a good knowledge about the problems of the system.

At some point in 2016, when I was running for the shadow ministers of health of the National Union, I said that, as I understand it, the minister of health does not need or is obliged to be able to prescribe drugs, operate and diagnose diseases. It is necessary to have a very good knowledge of the system, its problems. And in accordance with this systemic approach, offer solutions that improve the availability and quality of services ”, explained I. Šimonytė his decision.

A. Dulkys held the position of State Comptroller for a period. And while he was praised for his professionalism, the president did not offer to continue this work.

“The fact that the president has not nominated Arūnas Dulkis for the second term is up to the president. As the president himself said at the time, rotation and change are not a bad thing for the institutions and the people who come to work. for a period, they come to work for a period. <...>. I don’t see any wonderful things here that managers change in those institutions where they are appointed for a certain period, ”said I. Šimonytė.

Why did you choose G.Skaistė as Finance Minister?

He also explained why he proposed to the finance ministers a comrade from the G.Skaistė party.

“I think that Gintarė Skaistė, who is a doctor in economics, really knows enough about finance to be able to work in the Ministry of Finance. He was a member of the Social Affairs Committee, he was a member of the Budget and Finance Committee, he worked in the municipality of the city of Kaunas. I really have no doubt about Gintare’s competence, responsibility and ability to seriously and systematically assess all the challenges we face, “said I. Šimonytė.

Hope G. Landsbergis can use the contacts

After appointing the president of the TS-LKD, G. Landsberg, to the position of foreign minister, the candidate for prime minister drew attention to his connections in the international political arena.

“There are good reasons for my proposal for such a solution. Certainly we have many people in our community who could run for the position of Minister of Foreign Affairs, but that is a period of government formation, committee formation, so that the skills of the people can be exploited where they are best exploited.

Gabriel Landsberg is the president of one of the parties of the European People’s Party family. I think this is a very important factor that could further enrich our foreign policy with the ties we have through the family of parties to which we belong, ”said I. Šimonytė.

Remote press conference:

Chairperson evaluation – after meetings

Povilas Mačiulis, the president’s senior domestic policy adviser, declined to evaluate specific candidates. That, he said, the president will do.

“I will not talk about specific people. <...> The president will meet with each of the candidates and will be able to express his position with arguments on whether one or the other candidate is suitable after the official meeting, “explained P. Mačiulis.

The President will meet with each of the candidates and may present his position with arguments.

What are the president’s expectations?

He also listed the expectations of the head of state for the future cabinet.

According to the president, the first task of the new government is to control the spread of the coronavirus and minimize its impact on the country’s economy and labor market. The Prime Minister emphasized to the candidate for Prime Minister that the well-being of all people will also depend on the government’s focused efforts to eradicate social exclusion, ”said the President’s Counselor.

G.Nausėda, together with the new Cabinet of Ministers, will seek to increase the defense budget, speed up the synchronization with the power grids of continental Europe, appointed P.Mačiulis.

The new government, the president believes, should seek to sign a national agreement on education, increase funding for research and experimental development, and focus on a high-value-added economy.

“It is necessary to raise high standards of political culture for oneself and to form such expectations for political partners, to focus not on the conflict, but on the search for consensus and solutions,” said P.Mačiulis.

I.Šimonytė will present his candidacy on Thursday

I. Šimonytė’s candidacy for the post of Prime Minister is proposed by the center-right coalition, which is made up of the Lithuanian Christian National-Democratic Union, the Liberal Movement and the Freedom Party. In the Seimas, these parties have 74 seats out of 141.

The president promises to present her candidacy for the post of prime minister on Thursday. When the head of state presents it, according to the Statute of the Seimas, the candidate has the floor, answers the questions.

The appointment of the Prime Minister is then referred to the political groups. Your application must be considered within a maximum period of two business days.

No later than one week after the presentation of the Prime Minister’s candidacy, another session of the Seimas will be held to make a decision on the nomination presented.

The Prime Minister, no later than 15 days after his appointment, will present to the Seimas the Government formed by him and approved by the President, and will submit the program of this Government for consideration.