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Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen, the president of the Liberal Movement and the elder of the Seimas faction, Simonas Gentvilas, a member of the Seimas Liberal Movement faction, and other Seimas liberals, recorded the amendments to the law.
According to the proposed project, after the government announces quarantine throughout the territory of Lithuania, it must request Seimas to approve or extend the regime within 10 days.
According to its authors, the adoption of the proposed amendments to the law would not violate human rights and would guarantee the functioning of democratic processes.
According to the liberals, the preparation of the project was caused by public doubts about the legitimacy of the government’s decision to introduce quarantine in the entire territory of Lithuania.
Currently, the Government can introduce and extend the quarantine in the country without the approval of Seimas.
The Law on the Prevention and Control of Communicable Diseases of Humans stipulates that the Government, by introducing quarantine, has the right to establish special conditions, restrictions and procedures for people who work, live, rest, move and carry out economic activities and otherwise, and thus limit the spread of communicable diseases.
Article 32 of the Constitution establishes that “a citizen can move freely and choose a place of residence in Lithuania, he can leave Lithuania freely”, article 36 of the Constitution establishes that “citizens cannot vote or be prohibited in peaceful gatherings without a weapon. “
“Therefore, by restricting the right of citizens to move freely within and outside the territory of Lithuania and restricting the right of peaceful assembly, the Government exceeds its powers, as the Constitutional Court has repeatedly stated that the restriction of any right provided for in the Constitution is only possible by law, to be delegated to others.
Therefore, by adopting the aforementioned restrictions, the Government can violate fundamental human rights, since the Seimas can introduce similar restrictions only on the basis of the law, “notes the explanatory note of the document.
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