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After the government announced stricter restrictions on the quarantine regime on Monday, “peasant” Agnė Širinskienė claimed that the imposed bans were equivalent to the emergency regime.
I. Šimonytė stated that he did not agree with that.
The limitations of an emergency are much greater.
“The restrictions on the state of emergency are much greater, ranging from the obligation for everyone to walk with the document everywhere, the curfew to strict restrictions, including restrictions on press freedom. Nobody really talks about it. those things, “the prime minister said during a remote press conference on Monday.
He said the restrictions were like a courteous call to people to refrain from unnecessary movements.
“We understand very well that following the rules will largely depend on people’s own conscience, just as we don’t cross the street at a red light because it is prohibited by traffic rules, someone walks, of course, but most it doesn’t, even if there are no police officers. I think we should also consider those restrictions, “the Prime Minister compared.
“And what can I say to the opposition: they would have been very grateful if the government had not had to start its work now with such a complicated situation and such difficult decisions,” he added.
I. Šimonytė expected society to listen and heed the rules.
“We don’t have enough police officers to control everyone while they follow the rules. But we continue to assume that people are aware enough: they see the numbers, they see very sad death statistics, they see new cases of infections, they listen to what the experts say and they do not consciously seek adventures by train or bus, “he said.
Photo by Arno Strumila / 15min / Ingrida Šimonytė
According to I. Šimonytė, by restricting the movement of the population between municipalities, the police will take greater control of the movement on weekends and holidays.
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“More emphasis will be placed on holidays and it will be too sacred because there is less unnecessary movement when people move with the intention of having personal contact,” the prime minister said, suggesting that on weekdays, officials would monitor compliance with quarantine conditions as much as possible.
The Social Democratic leader Gintautas Paluckas also appreciated the restrictions imposed. They, according to the politician, unjustifiably discriminate against small businesses: grocery stores can participate in the non-food trade, while other stores are prohibited from doing so, they have to close.
The Cabinet of Ministers headed by I. Šimonytė reviewed this problem on Monday, but found no ways to solve it routinely.
“Inequality is really, it is difficult for me to find a logical solution, given that no one found it half a year ago and I do not know if we will find it at today’s meeting,” the prime minister commented at a remote government meeting.
She spoke similarly during a press conference.
“It just came to our notice then. In fact, the problem is that some supermarkets, especially large ones, also trade non-food products, as if creating competition for non-food stores whose activities are restricted.
But my answer is very simple, that at this stage it is very difficult to find very correct and precise conditions to avoid this problem ”, commented I. Šimonytė.
Comments after the Government meeting:
On Sunday, the government extended and tightened quarantine conditions until January 31. adopted amendments on Monday. As of Wednesday, a large number of stores in the country, with the exception of groceries and pharmacies, will not be able to drop people without good reason.
People who live in the same house or no more than two people will be able to walk through the open spaces within the municipality without meeting other people.
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