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M. Bilius demands more money for Paralympians who have won awards, as well as to allocate state annuities to those who have won bronze medals.
The president of the Lithuanian Paralympic Committee expressed his opinion on his Facebook account on Tuesday.
“Five years ago, when I returned from the Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, I believed that my medals and those of the Lithuanian soccer team had broken the ice in the minds of politicians.” – Prizes for Paralympians, which are already almost seven times lower than those for healthy athletes, have been doubled once.
I became president of the Lithuanian Paralympic Committee, believing that this is a small part of what I can do. And in fact, in those few years, more equality has been “eliminated” in government offices: not only Paralympic champions but also vice-champions receive state income, scholarships are brought closer to healthy people, and 10% goes to sports projects. with disabilities. sports background.
But that is not enough. During LPAK work, we repeatedly asked for bonus matching, but this issue was “getting lost” somewhere. We are not satisfied with the rentals of only two medals.
Now everyone from the Minister of Education, Science and Sports, the Prime Minister to the President, officially congratulates Paralympians Edgar Mataka and Osvald Bereik, who won bronze at the Paralympic Games in Tokyo. I ask them: how much sincerity in your words? It is you who tells your eyes that they are seven times inferior to healthy medalists and will receive seven times fewer bonuses as a result. And anyway, their bronze medals are not that fancy and you won’t get any rent for them. It goes if it was silver or gold, then in another language.
“Reuters” / “Scanpix” nuotr./Mindaugas Bilius
Irony, sarcasm. For some reason, I do not expect that today, gentlemen at the top of government, will consider a person with a disability on an equal footing. You can remove the poly-correct masks and put them in the drawers where the patterns and requests that you send us are located.
Vice Minister of Sports Lina Obcarska, I just want to remind you that Osvaldas Bareikis has repeatedly “clawed” healthy athletes and has become an award winner at the competitions of the Lithuanian Sambo Federation run by you. So get together and we’ll have a chance to talk about the level of Paralympic sports and its athletes. “
On Monday, Lithuanian Deputy Minister of Education, Science and Sports, L. Obcarskas, told LNK News that it is planned to increase the prizes for Paralympians, but this requires legal regulations.
According to L. Obcarskas, the objective will be to bring the prizes closer so that they differ about three times, according to the ministry’s calculations, the more different the competition in the Olympic and Paralympic competitions is.
Currently, the Lithuanian government plans to allocate 119 thousand LTL for Olympic gold. cousin. Paralympic gold would cost 17,000. euros.
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