New government program announced – DELFI

As the project states, the ruling coalition government’s program identifies “key priorities for the country’s progress that will help achieve breakthrough, strengthen our country and its people, make us more resistant to various threats, be they health crises. , climate change or other uncertainties “. Program directors are committed to “achieving great economic advance by going beyond current economic value added.”

The new government’s program consists of twelve chapters covering education, security, reducing social exclusion, improving quality of life, regional policy, economics, financial policy, and other key areas of the state.

The draft also indicates how and under what principles the government plans to implement its program. The following principles are emphasized: open data, accountability, discussion and knowledge-based solutions, cooperation, alignment of interests, reputation building, open government communication.

The full draft of the Government Program is available here.

Program approval procedure

The government program should be presented to the Seimas on Tuesday. Once presented, the Government program is reviewed by the Seimas factions and Seimas committees, who have the right to invite the Prime Minister or Minister to answer questions about the Government program at a time agreed with them. No later than 15 days after the presentation, the Seimas will consider the Government’s program in its session.

The new government is authorized to act when the Seimas, by a majority of the members of the Seimas present at the session, approves its program. Subsequently, the members of the Government must take the oath in the Seimas in accordance with the procedure established by the Government Law.

If the Government program is not approved or is returned to the Government for improvement, a new version of the Government program must be submitted to Seimas within 10 days and its consideration procedure repeated. If the Seimas does not approve the newly formed government’s program twice in a row, the government would have to resign.

Consideration of the government program is one of the most important tasks of parliament at the beginning of the first session of the new Seimas. As the Constitutional Court has previously pointed out, the Government Program should be seen as a legal document that establishes guidelines for the activities of the State over a period of time.