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Photo 2Accusations against the Minister of Health, Aurelia Veryga. Collage of “Vakaro žinios”
Thousands of people signed
A petition published by the Center-Nationalists Party, which has already been signed by more than 9,000 people, states: It suffers extremely severe economic consequences from A.Veryga’s decisions. A.Veryga, as Minister of Health and Head of State Emergency Operations, should be tried for unreasonable decisions and excessive powers, for a closed economy and the financial crisis caused, for forcing the Lithuanian people into debt in the billions, for rising unemployment, from bankrupt businesses, from hundreds of deaths, because hospitals and polyclinics closed during quarantine still do not accept all patients, as a result, unusually more people die in Lithuania – hundreds! Not from COVID-19, but from the consequences of A.Veryga’s decisions! “
In response, Veryga says that decisions to quarantine healthcare facilities were made to save lives.
“People are free to appeal decisions to the court. I can only regret that this is an attempt to draw attention to oneself before the elections, perhaps by not assessing the possible risks and speculating on the ignorance of the population, “said Veryga, explaining that the quarantine measures in medical institutions they were necessary to save lives. By the way, the minister has already spoken again about possible restrictions on planned operations.
He demanded “remove masks”
A “For Free Will” protest rally held in Vincas Kudirka Square in Vilnius on Saturday protested against the use of masks and other measures to control the coronavirus.
The audience held posters with slogans: “Take off your masks”, “We have the right to choose.”
People from all over Lithuania gathered for the rally, which was started by the united public figures. “The participants came by bus from Marijampolė, Mažeikiai, Palanga, there were also individual people: the flags of Panevėžys and Šiauliai were flying,” said one of the event organizers, Kęstutis Tamašauskas.
The majority of the audience did not wear masks, although not wearing mandatory protective equipment at public events is subject to a fine. People said that wearing masks is their own choice; that right is guaranteed by the Constitution of Lithuania. As a result, the organizers had to give explanations to the police station the next day. “The police who attended the event noticed that there are a lot of people and the distance is not observed, people do not wear masks,” said K. Tamašauskas. – And on Monday morning, the organizers were summoned to the police station. One of them, Sandra Jukne, was fined 250 euros ”.
Speakers at the rally questioned whether the coronavirus was and is in fact a “serious problem”, and resented the “closed outpatient clinics” and said they had the right to freely available drugs, education under “normal” conditions, development of medians and small businesses and the obligation to wear masks
The rally participants received a public address to the Government, which was signed by 770 rally participants while the rally was still ongoing.
“We advocate not wearing mandatory masks because a virus pandemic is a bulky business. Those who are afraid, please wear masks, but you cannot force everyone to do so, “said one of the event organizers, Viktoras Jašinskas.
Outrage over the disproportionate response to COVID-19 infection is spreading across Europe. On Saturday in Berlin about 38 thousand. People gathered to protest against restrictions to stop the spread of the coronavirus.
Lithuanians share the petition posted on social media and ask for it to be signed. One of those who shared the petition is the powerful Žydrūnas Savickas, who says he does not want to be in a “flock of obedient sheep” and participate in a “mask circus.” Interview with him – in the next issue of Vakaro žinios.
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