Paluck: We have never served and will not serve the “peasants.”

According to G. Paluckas, the post-election day has dawned and more or less everything is clear: the government will be on the right.

“We remain in opposition to our strong electoral program. We evaluate the electoral results as mediocre. We managed to achieve as much as we did.”

First, he said, the direction of the LSDP renewal will not change, he sees an expanded voter base, who also sadly assessed the results.

“We don’t want any office or office, we want to work on committees so that we can implement our Social Democratic program,” Paluck said.

According to him, calling the “peasants” a classic left-wing party is bold and will not prevent a conflict of values ​​in the future.

“It just came to our notice then. We still have a bit of a shortage to achieve European left status. We will defend social democratic principles in the Seimas.”

“We have never served the ‘peasants’ and we will never serve,” said the LSDP leader.

According to G. Paluck, he smiled when he saw the results of his unique limb.

Constructive opposition

When asked if he envisioned any joint work with the “peasants” and the Labor Party, he said that it was still difficult for them to say what other parties or factions in opposition or position would do.

“We are a constructive opposition and that means that we are trying to implement our program and to the extent that we see, say, most of the preconditions for implementing such a program in government or governmental activities, we can support those things. But we are definitely not going to initiate any commission for the past or similar things, “he said.

According to Paluck, the goal of his party is to implement the left agenda under the right-wing government.

Speaking about whether he would support the candidacy of Simon Gentville for the post of Minister of the Environment and the candidacy of Simon Kairis for the presidency of Minister of Economy and Innovation, he stressed that it is not necessary to run ahead of the train.

“The main thing is the Government, which is implemented by all the ministers. If we do not see anything in their program that corresponds to the agenda of the left, then I do not see the objective of supporting, supporting, approving those people who are going to implement such a program in which we do not see things from our program.

13 madats collected

The Lithuanian Social Democratic Party, led by Gintautas Paluckas, won 13 seats in this Seimas election.

G. Paluckas previously said that he expected better results in the single-member constituency of the Kaunas district, but was positively surprised by the success of the Social Democratic candidate in Kėdainiai.

According to him, the first jobs waiting at Seimas are pandemic management, budget deficits and public debt problems.

KConservatives, Liberal Movement and Freedom Party meet to negotiate the Government Coalition

On Monday night, the candidates of the ruling coalition met at the Seimas.

Simonas Gentvilas, representative of the Liberal Movement, who met at the Seimas in the evening, listed the areas that would interest them. “We have spoken in the Board about education, the economy and the environment as priority areas, with which we will talk with the coalition partners where we feel strong. (…) I think we also have strong candidates in health care. and a clear political direction on how to participate in professional health care rather than politics (…), ”said S. Gentvilas.

A spokesman for the Liberal Movement said the coalition would negotiate with 3-4 ministries. He also mentioned that there has always been a tradition such that the second largest faction among the rulers occupies the position of Speaker of the Seimas. The Liberal Movement would nominate the party’s chairman, Viktorija Čmilytė Nielsen, to join it.

“It has always been a tradition that the second largest faction among the rulers also holds the position of Spokesperson for the Seimas,” he said.

When asked if the Freedom Party was involved in the conversation, S. Gentvilas replied: “I and Aušrine would review this idea, I would not reject it, it would be unnatural to speak without them.”

When asked if he would like to become environment minister, Gentville said it was a matter of personalities.

“When we talk about the position of the president of the Seimas, it is only from the members of the Seimas, but when it comes to the positions of the ministers, it is really important to talk about the fact that there are really competent people in and around the party. As I mentioned in the area of ​​health, it is not necessarily a member of the Seimas. Of course, the government has not borne fruit, “he said.