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This means that Landsberg is not claiming any government positions, although there has been talk that a Conservative leader could become foreign minister.
“I think I am the most useful here today. I think it is necessary to complete the formation of the coalition and help the Seimas to start working successfully. I think I will be able to do that,” said G. Landsbergis.
PHOTO GALLERY. The new Seimas has started his work: politicians are also taking oaths in national clothes
Speaking about the candidate for president of the Seimas Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen nominated by the ruling coalition, G. Landsbergis said that he hoped that the leader of the Liberal Movement would be a good candidate not only for the ruling but also for the entire Seimas.
“He embodies the qualities that the Speaker of the Seimas embodies. We keep forgetting that the president of the Seimas is not a member of a faction, he is not the president of the Seimas of the coalition. This is the Speaker of the Seimas. You must join. I see you have the necessary qualities for this job, “said the conservative leader.
Ms Landsbergis did not disclose how much she expected the votes in favor of Ms Čmilytė-Nielsen’s candidacy, but argued that the result should be clear. According to him, during the first session of the Seimas, the Conservatives will nominate two vice-presidents of the Seimas.
The news portal tv3.lt recalls that on the eve of the first meeting, the prime minister candidate Ingrida Šimonytė declared that she plans to publish the list of ministerial candidates at once, it should be next week.
It was also agreed that at least two heads of ministry would go to the Liberal Movement and three to the Freedom Party.
The first session of the Seimas began at noon with a solemn part in the historic Assembly Hall on March 11.
81 former MPs were re-elected to the thirteenth Seimas and 60 new members were elected. The Seimas will be made up of 38 women and 103 men. Their average age is 49 years, 99 percent. future parliamentarians have higher education, mainly law and political science.
Representatives from ten parties will work in the new parliament, the largest member – 50 – will have members of the Christian Democratic faction of the National-Lithuanian Union.
When the new parliament takes office, the government of Prime Minister S. Skvernel will return its powers to the president. She should be appointed to a temporary post until a new center-right government is formed, led by Ingrida Šimonytė.
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