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The minister addressed the journalist Vladimir Laučius.
A Belgian court has ruled that all quarantine restrictions must be lifted within 30 days. What do you think will happen in Belgium after this court ruling and what will happen when decisions of this kind are taken in other countries of the European Union, including Lithuania?
In particular, it should be noted that the judgment was delivered in accordance with Belgian law. Each member state has its own regulation. As far as is known, it has been questioned whether the legal basis is sufficient, as has been the case in Belgium, because Belgium has a really strict quarantine and those measures are in force. Consequently, the court ruled that the legal basis had to be put in order.
The Belgian authorities declare that they will appeal the decisions and, in the Lithuanian context, the significant circumstances here are those of March 31 last year. however, the Communicable Diseases Act was amended to detail what restrictions can be applied in the case of quarantine and that those restrictions can be applied by the government.
Minister, article 32 of our Constitution declares that a person can move freely in Lithuania. As Minister of Justice, as a politician of the Freedom Party, don’t you think that the current restrictions on quarantine violate this constitutional right and freedom?
Obviously, we should also remember the European context, where we also have free movement, but we see that in the face of quarantine, when we have a pandemic, those restrictions can be when they are justified and there is regulation.
Consequently, we face the same challenges in national legislation. Lithuania is not the only one that has a situation of disputes and quarantine, but also the restrictions that are established in accordance with the legal acts.
The Constitution itself clarifies that this freedom and this right can be restricted to protect human health. The question arises as to whether these restrictions actually protect people’s health now if vaccinated or sick parents wish to receive visits from vaccinated or sick children and grandchildren. Why can’t they do that? Isn’t it an excessive restriction?
That the purpose of the quarantine restriction and ruling is to protect public health is best demonstrated not only by morbidity rates but also by the filling of beds in hospitals. If we look at the correlation between resolution limitations and how morbidity figures change and beds fill, then we know that without restrictions, unfortunately, we have no other option to limit the spread of the virus. Furthermore, we also have new varieties.
And what the Minister thinks of the ruling of the case of January 13, see the report at the beginning of the article.
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