Future authorities evaluate current actions: “Government raised its hand after the first COVID-19 crisis”

The leaders of the center-right coalition parties met in the Seimas on Tuesday for a session. During their meeting, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis announced that on Wednesday the government will decide whether to issue a universal quarantine in the country.

I. Šimonytė expressed the hope that by announcing the quarantine, the Government will seek to reduce the number of COVID-19 cases.

Sigismund Gedvila / 15min photo / Ingrida Šimonytė

“We know that there is a state that has introduced a more extensive quarantine and has achieved a reduction in the number of cases. “We will probably need to reduce the number of cases so that we can track them again,” he said.

“This is probably the biggest problem right now: there are management problems and the administrative capacity of the center itself, but there have also been an infinite number of cases.” <...> I hope the government will strive to achieve that goal, “added I. Šimonytė.

G. Landberg: It was possible to do more

According to G. Landsbergis, after the first stage of the spread of COVID-19, the government relaxed and let go of the wheel.

“It seems to me that the best symbol that shows the government’s handling of the second wave is the famous last words ‘look, I drive without hands’. After the first crisis [Vyriausybė] He raised his hands and thought he could safely drive down the hill with those sleds. Maybe half will, “he thought.

Now it seems that we are flying down the hill, the trees are proliferating.

“Now it seems that we are flying down the hill, the trees are growing. The only fear is that we will not meet any trees. Whether by choice or for other reasons, it was chosen to do less than possible. Talk less, count, reveal, inform less ”, valued the politician.

Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen, leader of the Liberal Movement, hoped that the decisions passed by the government would help reduce the spread of the infection.

“It just came to our attention then. The experts spoke a good month ago about very effective small quarantines, chimney management, unfortunately, it was not as efficient as desired.

Our expectation is that the decisions taken today will handle the wave more and more effectively and that the improvement trend will begin ”, commented the politician.

A.Armonaitė: municipalities do not need to be peeled

Aušrinė Armonaitė, president of the Freedom Party, stated that she lacked cooperation between the government and the municipalities: “Apparently, dialogue with the municipalities is needed. I understand that <...> thousands of people are diagnosed with the virus, the situation is more complicated than a couple of weeks ago, but still modus operandi it remains as always, there is no consultation with the municipalities, which are already doing something, issuing contradictory regulations ”.

Sigismund Gedvila / 15min photo / Dawn Armonaitė

“Everyone understands that the situation is serious, stricter measures will be needed, but the public should not be intimidated and the municipalities should not be stripped,” taught A. Armonaitė.

Party leaders negotiating for the coalition on Tuesday announced its agreement for the creation of a COVID-19 working group. You should take over the accumulated knowledge about infection management.

A working group of scientists who promise to bring conclusions to current and future governments. assembled by President Gitnas Nausėda. Conservative leader G. Landsbergis praised his initiative.

“I think it is good to concentrate the experience in one room during that transition period. I wait at a safe distance, but it will be possible for that new government to assume power after that. Do not start from a blank page,” he said.

The government will decide on the national quarantine on Wednesday.