Meetings on the purchase of vaccines are organized by the Prime Minister and the leader of the “peasants”

“All relevant information on vaccines will be provided to the Commission and suggestions will be made to the Government on how to proceed with the acquisition of vaccines and ensure adequate diversification, choosing the model that seems most acceptable according to the mechanism of the European Commission,” he said. Arnold Pikžirnis, advisor to BNS.

The Government’s National Security Commission is headed by the Prime Minister and includes the Ministers of National Defense, Economy, Foreign Affairs and Interior, the Director of the Department of State Security, the Senior Advisor to the President’s National Security Group, the Director of the Second Department of Operational Services and the Chancellor of the Government.

Seimas President Viktoras Pranckietis was invited to the session on Tuesday.

The Commission makes proposals to the Government on key issues of the country’s national security.

Before the meeting of the Government National Security Commission in the Seimas, the Coalition Council of the ruling parties will discuss the strategy and tactics for the procurement of vaccines.

“It is unfortunate that the issue of the acquisition of the COVID-19 vaccine, which is really important for the security of the state, its development and I would even say the future of the state, did not even reach the National Defense Council. , – said R. Karbauskis, the head of the Coalition Council.

“Even when the head of state decides to stay away, we cannot afford it; we will take responsibility and demonstrate once again that we are a government that is not afraid to discuss difficult issues and make decisions quickly at a critical moment, during a pandemic,” he added.

The Coalition Council will discuss Lithuania’s participation in the purchase of the COVID-19 vaccine organized by the European Commission.

It is planned to hear information from Prime Minister S. Skvernelis and Minister of Health Aurelijus Veryga.

Last week, the presidency rejected Skvernel’s initiative to convene a state defense council to buy coronavirus vaccines. According to her, the organization of the COVID-19 vaccine procurement process is “a crucial public health problem for which the Minister of Health is directly and personally responsible.”

The leader of the Lithuanian Green and Peasant Union also announced that the Coalition Council would exchange views “on misleading information that Social Democratic Party chairman Gintautas Paluckas was actively planning the LVŽS and the Coalition of Social Democratic Parties after the elections to the Seimas “.

“The president of the Coalition Council points out that none of the parties that make up the coalition has discussed this issue with G. Paluck, much less that he has not taken any initiative,” says the report.

The Seimas elections will be held on October 11.