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“The Istanbul Convention is a serious document that addresses both violence against women and the introduction of the concept of gender. It is a novelty both in our political vocabulary and in others.
I really examine it very carefully, I appreciate its various moments and I see that some provisions are related to certain consequences for our education and even freedom of expression “, – on Tuesday after the meeting with the President of the Seimas V. Čmilyte-Nielsen and the Board of the Seimas G.Nausėda.
Ratification of the Istanbul Convention, he said, remains to be discussed.
“We need to consider this document very well, that is why I welcome the decision to discuss it anyway, but to decide on ratification later. Today what I lack most is the cultural debate,” said the president.
Speaking previously about the Istanbul Convention, he expressed his support for the priest Algirdas Toliatas, who shared on the social network the call to sign the petition before the document was ratified.
This behavior of the priest has elicited contradictory public reactions.
“Today, a public inquisition has been formed in Lithuania. People who imagine the power of mingling with dissident filth do so in an unappealable, and sometimes simply disgusting way, and consider themselves unpunished. I think we don’t have to put up with this, ”the country’s head commented at the time.
“Today I am on the side of the lord, the esteemed Tololia priest, mainly because I am on his side as a person. “How he represents the position is a derivative question,” he added.
Photo by Julius Kalinskas / 15min / Gitanas Nausėda
A. Toliatas, according to G. Nausėda, tried to start a discussion about the Istanbul Convention through cultural means, but allegedly became a victim and “his call was not answered here by those cultural means, or not by those who should be acceptable in a civilized democratic society. “
The president said there was a boost in the debate on the convention on violence against women.
We are moving in the right direction.
“Today I can be happy to see some positive results. I increasingly see our public space in very serious and comprehensive articles that analyze both aspects of the Istanbul Convention. And so, I think we are moving in the right direction, “said G. Nausėda and called for a return to” a normal tone of communication, respect for those who think otherwise. “
“Today, I miss the respect from those who think differently,” he added.
The president’s domestic policy adviser suggested the creation of a citizens’ assembly on the Istanbul Convention, which “could come up with a package of recommendations” and present it to decision makers.
G. Nausėda claimed that such a measure has been used by individual Western states and that it could become an additional instrument to awaken civic power.
“If the issue is worthy of a full public debate, we can find many ways to express that point of view, because the better the different groups in society can do it, the less misunderstandings and tensions there will be later, when its provisions are implemented,” the president commented.
V.Čmilytė-Nielsen promised to start a debate on the Istanbul Convention.
Arno Strumila / 15-minute photo / Victoria Čmilytė-Nielsen
“I agree that reaching the Istanbul Convention should be the last step in a long process. And it is really very important that, until then, those issues that provoke a heated public debate are clarified, discussed in other formats, sometimes fierce.
For my part, I really intend to contribute to that discussion, even start it.
For my part, I really intend to contribute to that discussion, even start it. Both human rights experts and lawyers, as well as people working in the support centers who deal with victims of various forms of violence and provide them with assistance to speak.
And so that we can discuss some of the concepts that raise questions: if it would be gender or social role. Here’s the issue of translation, “he said.
The Seimas president hoped that the debate on the Istanbul Convention could be completed before the autumn session, which would begin on September 10.
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