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R. Karbauskis told reporters on Tuesday that conservatives are deliberately trying to harm people.
“They are deliberately trying to create a negative image of what awaits us. This is a conscious activity, it aims to make it as bad as possible in Lithuania, and I blame them for that, ”R. Karbauskis told journalists at Seimas before the plenary session.
According to the leader of the “peasants”, the opposition’s calls to review the state budget are a deliberate attempt to obstruct the government’s work.
“I can say that the opposition’s desire, that conversation has a purpose. They would like to do so so that the government does not have the opportunity to make rational and effective decisions quickly. It seems to us that these are proposals directed against the interest of Lithuanian society, instead of complying with some laws or the Constitution. Those whose actions in 2008-2009 were recognized as a violation of the Constitution to reduce pensions “are talking,” said R. Karbauskis, recalling the vicissitudes of the financial crisis that hit Lithuania and the world a decade ago.
The politician expressed his hope that Lithuania will emerge from the coronavirus crisis without suffering significant losses.
“I hope Lithuania comes out of economic problems as one of the fastest in the European Union, and we will suffer minimal losses because of what happened.” If we did what the conservatives did, our losses would be much greater. I think they are deliberately disseminating information by hyperbolizing the risks and the possible consequences, “said the politician.
Šimonytė: The budget law needs to be clarified
Ingrida Šimonytė, a member of the conservative faction of Seimas and a former finance minister, says the budget law needs to be revised to make clear what debt burden the state is taking on and to what measures it will be distributed.
“The law should be revised only so that we generally understand the debt burden we are taking to help our economy and what measures that debt will be allocated to: how much to cut taxes, how much to increase spending, what result we are looking for.” I. Šimonytė told reporters on the Seimas.
In his opinion, “the government is violating the provisions of the budget law by boldly committing to additional commitments.”
“When the COVID-19 crisis erupted, the Seimas increased the possibility that the government would borrow simply because the revenues were not collected, it is natural that the government would have had to cover a large part of the expenses with borrowed funds.” But now the Government boldly assumes additional obligations that are not provided for in the Budget Law, in my opinion, by fundamentally manipulating and violating the provisions of the Budget Law, “said the Seimas member.
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