Čmilytė-Nielsen Re-elected for Liberal Presidency: Too Early to Talk About Running for President



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“I am very happy that my colleagues and comrades in the party appreciated those two years and that they again trusted me and gave me the opportunity to lead this party for another two years in the future,” he told Eltai V. Čmilytė-Nielsen.
According to the policy, during the next two years it will seek greater activity in the departments.

“We have 60 branches throughout Lithuania, but we would very much like to see all of them not only formal, but also really active. We have achieved a lot over the years. activating party committees, there are many people who come up with new ideas, proposals for change, I mean the political agenda. We try to take them into account as much as possible and that the political work in the party is more active than before. “I would like to strengthen that trend,” said the president of the Liberal Movement, who was elected to a second term.

“In the first stage (presidential election – ELTA), many strong candidates were nominated by partisan divisions. It is obvious that we have many of those leaders, strong people in the party. Some of them withdrew their candidacies, well, and I appreciate it, apparently. , as a sign of some confidence in me, ”commented V. Čmilytė-Nielsen.

According to the latest polls carried out by Baltic Research on behalf of Elta, the number of people in favor of the president of the Seimas has decreased by 7 percentage points since the end of May. However, V. Čmilytė-Nielsen stated that qualifications are a secondary matter.

“I think all politicians react a bit to ratings. In my opinion, the ratings are a trend that needs to be addressed, but in the current period, less than a year after the elections, when we, as the ruling majority, have challenges that are essentially crises, be it a pandemic crisis. , or the migratory situation ”, said the president of the Liberal Movement.

When asked if he was thinking about running for president, V. Čmilytė-Nielsen emphasized that it was too early to think about the presidential election. “It is too early to talk about it. I am currently the Speaker of the Seimas for only 10 months, and these functions, of course, together with the position of Party Speaker, are very responsible.” All my efforts are for this job, ” said the politician.

ELTA recalls that V. Čmilytė-Nielsen was re-elected for the second term at the Congress of the Liberal Movement held in Trakai on Saturday. A politician who raised 78.45 percent. defeated deputy Andrius Bagdon, who was the only one who challenged the candidate.

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