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Gabrielius Landsbergis, chairman of the largest ruling party, the Lithuanian Christian Democrats of the National Union, spoke about introducing a state of emergency in case of non-compliance with a stricter quarantine..
I.Šimonytė stressed that population mobility data will be monitored.
“And if we see that mobility has not decreased enough, it will probably be necessary to consider measures that could reduce that mobility. Those measures would already be in the prerogative of the Seimas ”, he pointed out.
I. Šimonytė explained that curfew restrictions, for example due to the possibility of leaving home, apply in almost all European countries.
The prime minister said that she did not want to intimidate anyone with the state of emergency because there are restrictions such as freedom of the press that are not necessary in this case.
“It just came to our notice then. It is said that if we do not agree and we do not agree, and we will not be able to follow the rules, realizing the gravity of the situation, it will simply require certain coercive measures and greater powers for the agencies of supervision and application of the law ”, emphasized I.
Wait to meet
On Thursday, before the plenary session of the Seimas, V. Čmilytė-Nielsen explained that, if necessary, the question of the state of emergency should be considered.
“I hope, however, that the restrictions that have been put in place will achieve the result and that the number of infections and, of course, the number of deaths will decrease. We will see very soon if these measures have worked, ”he said.
Photo by Sigismund Gedvila / 15min / Victoria Čmilytė-Nielsen
“He replaced the plate”
Former Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis, a member of the Lithuanian Peasants and Greens Union faction in the Seimas, said that in October some rulers criticized the previous government that had introduced austerity measures.
“Let’s see what the sayings were in October – and Ms. Aušrinė Armonaitė, when we closed the bars in Vilnius, nightclubs. She said there is no need to do anything, no need for punitive measures, you just have to educate the people, We already know what a virus is, we understand who these criminal police measures are for. Now it is somehow that the plate has changed. You have to ask them when they were sincere: then or now, “said the former prime minister.
Luke April / 15min photo / Saulius Skvernelis
According to S. Skvernelis, such politicization in the necessary decisions of the previous government made people doubt whether the tightening is necessary, perhaps the situation is not dangerous.
“I think that inappropriate politicking has really distracted our society and a lot of people just (I think in the past). And the danger has diminished, that feeling of freedom has emerged. And now it is difficult to recover everything with such harsh measures. If the people themselves do not understand and do not want to, neither the curfew nor other tougher police methods will do anything ”, he is convinced.
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