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In response to Elta’s request, the ruling Lithuanian Union of Peasants and Greens (LVŽS) highlighted next year’s draft state budget and initiatives to eliminate the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic as one of the most important projects. .
In addition, as reported by LVŽS, the faction proposes to the fall session to consider its proposed amendments to the Laws of Social Services, Science and Studies, Accumulation of Supplementary Voluntary Pensions, Development of Social Business and other laws, and approve the Law on the Framework of Cultural Policy.
The “peasants” proposal also aims to increase the number of people receiving child benefits. According to the project, 6 basic social benefits for the care of a child of a pupil or student would be granted to another 330 people, regardless of their age, who are not entitled to childcare provision under the Insurance Law social illness and maternity.
In turn, the partners of the “peasant” coalition – the Lithuanian Social Democratic Labor Group – also shared their most important proposals for the autumn session. As the “social workers” informed Elta, the elder of the Rimantas Sinkevičius faction considers the draft budget to be the main and most important topic of this session.
The faction’s list of proposals for the fall session includes more than 70 initiatives, including projects on amendments to the Vilnius-Kaunas bi-city, Vilnius metropolitan area, Civil Code, Civil Service, Waste Management, Gambling, Personal Income Tax, Land Tax and other laws.
The “social workers” also pointed out that an offer will be made to increase the boy’s money at the same time. Other partners in the ruling coalition, Lithuania’s Polish Electoral Action Faction, have repeatedly spoken about this publicly.
Among the opposition’s proposals is to force the Government to approve the quarantine regime in the country by the Seimas
The opposition Social Democratic Group included mandatory vaccination of children in its proposals for the fall session. It is proposed that “vaccination of children against infections (poliomyelitis, measles, rubella) eradicated by the World Health Organization is mandatory, unless the child cannot be vaccinated due to contraindications”.
It also includes a project to prohibit the use of wild animals for circus activities, proposals for amendments to the Forest Law, the Civil Code, the Law of Social Integration of the Disabled, the Mediation Law and other projects.
However, Rasa Budbergytė, the eldest of the faction of the Social Democrats, appointed the Law on Replacement of Income Supported by the State and Social Welfare, amendments to the Civil Code on the obligation of merchants to provide complete information on the applicable discount, as well like the Capital Law project.
R. Budbergytė also expressed hope that the bill, which provides for 9%, will be included in the agenda. VAT (value added tax – ELTA) for basic food products.
For its part, the faction of the Lithuanian Christian National-Democratic Union (TS-LKD) proposes to include amendments to the Cannabis Fiber, the Labor Code, the Civil Service, Intelligence and other bills on the agenda of the fall session.
Radvilė Morkūnaitė-Mikulėnienė, one of the main leaders of the faction, highlighted the amendments to the Seimas Elections Law, which would oblige candidates for Seimas members to provide information on whether they had been recognized as violating the provisions of the Law coordination of public and private interests. amendments requiring that those responsible for associations that receive public funding have a good reputation.
Conservatives also hope to include proposed changes related to farm odor control on the fall session agenda and, as Morkūnaitė-Mikulėnienė assured, the faction plans to continue with parliamentary scrutiny initiatives related to the timing of the draft bill. budget and public procurement during the pandemic.
The Liberal Movement Group, for its part, proposes to complement the Law for the Prevention and Control of Communicable Diseases of the People with a provision that obliges the Government to request the Seimas approval or extension of said regime within 10 days after the quarantine .
Among the liberal proposals is an initiative to establish that a citizen who is 18 years old on election day could be elected a member of the Seimas. Currently, according to article 56 of the Constitution, a candidate for the Seimas must be 21 years of age.
Liberals will also seek to include proposed amendments to the Declaration of Residence, the Civil Code, Waste Management, State and Municipal Enterprises and other bills on the session agenda.
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