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The Inspectorate declares that it has sent an order to the Director of the Vilnius Municipal Administration to correct the inscriptions “OPEN BEACH” and “Sharks”. Don’t swim. “
“The State Language Inspectorate calls on all political parties and self-government institutions not to take the Lithuanian language hostage to ideological and political rhetoric and to respect its constitutional status,” says Audrius Valotka, the head of the inspection .
This week, the 1,660-square-meter beach was dumped in the Lukiškės Square part, near Gediminas Avenue, about 300 cubic meters of sand were used for this purpose.
Povilas Poderskis, director of the Vilnius municipality administration, told BNS that the municipality intended to implement the inspection instructions, but was still unable to determine whether the notes would be changed entirely or whether tables with inscriptions on them would be attached. Lithuanian.
“The letter formulates the thoughts quite clearly and we don’t have many options, we only react to it as indicated by the inspection, that’s what we will do,” he said.
Sigismund Gedvila / 15min photo / Povilas Poderskis
“We will discuss the best way to do this, perhaps with the State Language Inspectorate itself or with our specialists who perform language control functions and make decisions, perhaps in consultation with the architects on the best way not to look comical and implement the requirements of the State Language Law “. , – P. Podersky assured.
According to him, when installing the notes, the municipality did not consider them as public notes provided by law, but instead treated them as design elements.
“We dealt with the notion that public notices are in the state language, we saw them as intended for public notices, and here the design elements are more such (…) I think if the inspection treats this way, we will have to correct it “said the director of administration.
The beach will be on the square throughout the summer, and next to it until the end of July there will be a large screen, the content of which is in charge of Telia: movies, series, Telia TV concerts and views of the Baltic Sea will be shown every night during the day.
The Vilnius Mayor explained that the beach at Lukiškės Square was equipped to enjoy freedom. Critics say such a project is unsuitable for Lukiškės Square, and also criticize the fact that neither the public nor the city council or administration were consulted during project planning.
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