Francis’ success in rankings is already dividing the Liberal Movement

On Saturday, after the announced results of the ranking, long-term party member Martynas Nagevičius, an energy expert and lobbyist, spoke publicly about the suspension of membership in the Liberal Movement.

“Today marks the end of my nine-year career. Nine years of trying to be a politician. I will suspend membership in the Liberal Party of the Republic of Lithuania,” the politician wrote on his Facebook account on Saturday.

He claims that such a step was driven by the results of the ranking on the Seimas party’s election list.

“When I saw today the top ten ranked members of the Liberal Movement for the Seimas elections and the fact that the candidate who received the highest place among my ranked candidates (after lengthy deliberations) ranked only eighth in the final list , even five places less than the current President of Las Seimas. ” The leaders of the group called me that I had zero understanding of democracy, I was overwhelmed by elemental anger. I ask that such a large number of party members have taken a pragmatic path, seeking the favor of those voters who, for some reason, favor Mr. Francis, but do not vote for ‘peasants’ over values ​​and do not elect the candidates who are more guided in their political activities. , established in the manifestos of the liberal program, “says M. Nagevičius.

Even on the afternoon before qualifying, M. Nagevičius hoped that decisions to leave the Liberal Movement were not necessary.

“It may be an emotional promise, but if tomorrow, after all my colleagues’ ratings, the Frenchman enters the top five LRLS rankings on the Seimas Election List, I will become impartial for a long time.” Not because I don’t really like French as a person. On the attitude of colleagues towards politics. I hope it doesn’t happen, “wrote M. Nagevičius a few hours before the start of qualifying.

It is true that the politician did not fulfill the initial intention to leave the party itself: membership in the Liberal Movement was suspended, but not canceled.

“I am suspending my membership in the party, without ending it, out of respect for the Liberal Movement and for not wanting any other proposal from the party,” Nagevičius explained.

M. Nagevičius belonged to the Vilnius branch of the Liberal Movement and was a member of the Council of this branch.

Delfi recalls that the results of the classification of the internal list of candidates of the Liberal Movement to the Seimas were made clear on Saturday.

List leader and leader in elections: party president, elder of the liberal faction in the Seimas, chess grandmaster Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen, second place on the list was taken by a candidate in the Lithuanian world constituency, the leader Opponent of the Neringa Municipal Council, Andrius Bagdonas, third Olympic Champion Virgilijus Alekna, the first five are completed by the party’s first vice-president, Trakai District. Mayor Edita Rudelienė.
Member of Seimas, ex-president of the Eugenijus Gentvilas party, TSPMI professor, political scientist Raimundas Lopata, member of Seimas, vice-president of the Environmental Protection Committee Simonas Gentvilas, chief human rights consultant of the Seimas Ombudsman, expert in protocol and etiquette Arminas Lydeka, former president of the Simonas Kairys party.

In a poll published this week by the opinion research company Vilmorus, published by the Lietuvos Rytas newspaper, the Liberal Movement fell from fourth to fifth place and has 4.3 percent. support for the population
In first place is the Union of Homeland – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (14.3%), second – the Union of Lithuanian Peasants and Greens (13.4%), third – the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania (9.1%), in fourth place – the Labor Party. (4.6 percent).

For a part to enter the Seimas, it is necessary to exceed 5 percent. electoral barrier

The Seimas elections will be held on October 11 of this year.