Due to the coronavirus outbreak, work at Seimas will change: it imposes restrictions, suspends sessions for a week

The work of the Seimas will change

According to the president of the Seimas V. Čmilytė – Nielsen, there will be a number of changes due to the epidemiological situation in the Seimas.

“We discussed on Friday that additional measures should be taken to ensure a safer work for the Seimas. We have prepared a project, the main changes: at the Seimas facilities we offer a period of deterioration of the conditions of the pandemic, we have an epidemiological situation deterioration at Seimas, so no events are organized, Seimas members and employees are not encouraged to take business trips, no meetings are held, no temporary permits are issued.

Additionally, he returned the temperature measurement upon entering the Seimas facility. And all committees, commissions, congregations of elders will meet remotely unless they are closed and there are no other options. It would also be advisable for the factions to meet remotely, ”said the Seimas Spokesperson.

Rest areas would also be closed.

Seimas members of the risk group will be advised to self-assess their risk before attending Seimas sessions. The first vice president of the Seimas Jurgis Razma did not agree with this proposal, as it would discriminate against high-level parliamentarians.

“Seimas members will be recommended to the risk group to evaluate their health very carefully, to evaluate their participation in Seimas sessions,” Seimas President V. Čmilytė-Nielsen said at the Board meeting on Monday for the morning.

But not only the age, but also the medical history of the parliamentarians will be a decisive factor in participating in the Seimas sessions.

Representatives of the media continue to be encouraged to communicate with members of the Seimas and employees of the Seimas Chancellery in open spaces.

Conservative Vice President of the Seimas, Paulius Saudargas, proposed to clearly define the working procedure of the members of the Seimas in the Chamber.

“It just came to our knowledge then. Perhaps another recommendation on order in the meeting room itself: to indicate that no one walks, does not meet, does not meet in the corners. To emphasize this aspect very clearly again, to remember that procedure ”Said P. Saudargas.

Decisions on partitions between parliamentarians were also lost. However, the representative of the Seimas Chancellery stressed that this work has already begun.

An additional recommendation would be included in the document.

“Recommendation or prohibition not to drink drinks, not to meet, to limit yourself to being at your workplace. This is also an important aspect of security, ”said Seimas President V. Čmilytė – Nielsen.

The work schedule is changing

As the politician V. Čmilytė – Nielsen announced on Facebook, the schedule of the Seimas sessions was also changed.

The Seimas Board has also changed the schedule of the Seimas sessions, so tomorrow, having made decisions that cannot be postponed, it approved the candidate for prime minister and considered resolution 2021. We will meet again in plenary next Thursday December 3, “he wrote.

Until then, all members of the Seimas will have all the conditions to investigate.

“During this time, those who want to will have the opportunity to explore. I will ask everyone to take advantage of this opportunity or, if possible, to investigate privately, but I will no longer be able to accept accusations of undeserved privilege. Much of the Seimas community enter the risk group or come into contact with people who belong to it and have nothing to do with politicking. Let’s be responsible, “he wrote on Facebook.

Members of the Seimas will be encouraged to get tested for coronavirus every 7 days.

And the plenary sessions, for the time being, will address “only the most pressing pressing issues.”

The coronavirus has been confirmed in Čmilyte-Nielsen

On Thursday evening, the Speaker of Parliament, V. Čmilytė-Nielsen, announced that she was infected with the coronavirus. Some members of the Liberal Movement faction, including former parliamentary leader Viktoras Pranckietis, are also ill, and other current and former members of the Seimas are ill.

The Seimas has begun the presentation of the sentence of the sentence so that after the announcement of the emergency or quarantine situation by order of the President of the Seimas, the possibility of the members of the Seimas joining the Seimas sitting by electronic means is guaranteed.

The opposition faction of the Lithuanian Greens and Peasants Union requested a break from the presentation and also collected signatures for expert evaluation.

The head of parliament said he will try to persuade the “peasants” not to stop the amendments to the statute of the Seimas, because “the common objective is to guarantee the uninterrupted work of the parliament.”

Agnė Širinskienė, the representative of the “farmers”, says that the opposition cannot approve the amendments to the Statute of the Seimas. According to the former head of the Law and Order Committee, they would allow those in power to abuse their powers.