Members of the Seimas clashed over Nausėda’s words during the Family Defense March: What did the president really say?

“Hearing the president’s congratulations, I heard support for the Association Bill as he spoke about the need to regulate same-sex relationships,” Eltai told TV Raskevičius, noting that the president’s speech was not necessarily supportive, but rather a promise not to hinder the project.

“I would not mention that I feel support, but I interpret his words as an obstacle to the presentation and acceptance of that project,” said a member of the Freedom Group.

However, in his speech, the president stressed that the regulation of relations between people of the same sex must be implemented in accordance with article 38 of the Constitution, which establishes that the family is the basis of society and the state, and the marriage is contracted for free. consent of men and women. It is this statement by the president that Eugenijus Gentvilas, the eldest of the Liberal Movement Group, sees as a certain reservation that does not allow a clear interpretation of the president’s support for the Association project.

The president said that same-sex couples should also be regulated, but gave the indication that, as the Constitution says, where the family of a man and a woman is said. I don’t know how the president could regulate here, I don’t know, “said E. Gentvilas.

TV Raskevičius also values ​​the words spoken by the president as certain doubts about the fulfillment of the Association project with the Constitution. However, he emphasizes that the jurists unanimously reject the idea of ​​a possible breach of the project with the Basic Law of the country.

“The president expressed such doubts as to whether the bill would not contradict the Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania, so that I, as drafter of the law, can assure that no legal expert will claim that the association project is unconstitutional,” he added. . member of the Freedom Faction assured.

At the time, Aušrinė Norkienė, the largest of the Lithuanian Peasants and Greens Union (LVŽS) faction, claims that it heard support for amendments to the Civil Code prepared by “peasants”, which provide for a separate type of agreement: a cohabitation agreement life issues for same-sex couples.

“Of course, we should ask the president himself, because we are only interpreting him. Human enough that each of us has heard support for our proposed idea. That is what I heard from the approval of our proposed project,” assured A Norkienė, who also heard the promotion of tolerance in the words of the President.

“I think the president is consistent enough. Asking his thoughts even before he became president, I think he didn’t say anything new, he just expressed his thoughts very consistently about what he was doing all the time. I think the language is conducive to the tolerance and suggested that solutions be sought. I only see positive things, “said the” peasant. “

However, TV Raskevičius does not believe that the interpretation of the president’s speech expressed by the elder of the “peasant” faction is correct. The initiator of the association project emphasizes that the project proposed by the LVŽS would not adequately regulate the rights and obligations of couples, which would contradict the idea expressed by the head of the country that it is necessary to legally resolve the issue of people of the same sex . relations.

“The assumption is completely wrong, because the ‘peasants’ are proposing a so-called Joint Operation Agreement, which is appropriate to regulate commercial relations, but not for the rights and obligations between two people. For example, the right of a partner not to testify against his closest person in the context of a judicial process will not be regulated by any joint activity agreement, which requires granting the partners mutual marital status, which can only be do with the help of a partner institute, ”said a member of the Freedom Group.

At that time, E. Gentvilas did not see the promotion of tolerance in the words of the President, of which A. Norkienė spoke. According to him, the president has simply demonstrated once again with his actions that he does not care about the part of society that supports the regulation of same-sex relations, since the head of the country is expressing his support for the other party. for the second time.

“The last time the president stopped the priest Toliatas without seeing the other side. I agree that there was a mockery of Tolyat, but it all started with a mockery from TV Raskevičius, demanding that he be “removed” and resigned. The same Orlauskas, Grinevičius and others who organized the “March of the Family” demanded it, but then the president blocked one side: the priest Toliatas, together with the organizers of the “March of Defense of the Family”. This time he addresses them again. I have to understand that this audience is very pleasant, attractive and understandable for the President, ”said E. Gentvilas.