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R. Jasiulionis, 50, told BNS that “it would help the president spread his culture of political commitment.”
“The president wants a change in political culture. I think this is an ambitious goal, such changes do not happen very quickly in one action or another. A longer and more consistent operation is needed,” said R. Jasiulionis.
“My task is to work patiently and diligently, to communicate with the media so that the president’s attitude and principles are clearer and more visible,” he said.
Graduate actor R. Jasiulionis has recently worked both on the stage and in the media: he hosted political talk shows on Knowledge Radio and Freedom TV, he had multiple roles in the Vilnius Chamber Theater and episodic roles in films.
R. Jasiulionis told BNS that he had received the President’s permission not to stop acting at all; If the new theater season was successful, he would try to combine work at the Presidential Palace with the role of Otta Frank, the father of Anna Frank, in the tragicomedy “When People Played God!”.
“I have a role in the Vilnius Chamber Theater and if the theater continues to be successful, then the president is not against me being able to play this role once or several times a month,” said the new adviser to the president.
This is not the first time that R. Jasiulionis will be in charge of political communication: in 2009 he worked as a media representative for the then Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius, later for a time he headed the Government’s Public Information Department, but R Jasiulionis and A. Kubilius worked together for just over a year. . After that, R. Jasiulionis worked as an assistant to MP Mantas Adomėnas for some time.
“The experience of working in the Government was related to the economic and financial crisis. That experience recalls how intense it can be to work. Then, in the Government, we also tried to expand the dialogue with the population geographically. This can be useful in new positions. , because the objective of President G. Nausėda is to be open and communicative, “said R. Jasiulionis.
R. Jasiulionis replaces Aistis Zabarauskas, who left the Presidency, as Senior Communication Advisor.
A. Zabarauskas helped G. Nausėda during his electoral campaign and in the first years of his work. The presidency said it had “decided to return to the private sector.” A. Zabarauskas himself did not comment on the details of his withdrawal.
R. Jasiulionis stated that he has not yet planned any significant changes in the President’s communication.
“It is too early for me to talk about it. I need to communicate with all the people in my group, with the president, to be able to talk about the changes that are not like that and what should change. I still have not dared to name him,” he said. R. Jasiulionis.
Polls show that President G. Nausėda is currently the most popular Lithuanian politician. The country’s leader’s ratings, which had dropped slightly during the quarantine, stabilized again in July. This month 61.8 percent of the country was positively rated by Vilmorus in a survey commissioned by Lietuvos Rytas. surveyed, negatively – 11.7 percent.
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