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“Lithuania is facing great challenges and our anger, our division is what weakens the state at a very responsible time.
I do not justify blocking the Seimas. I invite you to create the conditions for a civilized exit from the Seimas, ”the president announced on Facebook on Tuesday night.
He began his publication on the social network as “democracy is not anarchy.”
G. Nausėda agreed that residents have the right to protest, express their opinion, and politicians have a duty to explain their decisions.
“Yes, citizens can protest and express their views;
Yes, politicians should not hang labels on citizens, but rather discuss and explain their decisions, even if it takes a lot of time, energy and sometimes it can even seem desperate, “said the president.
However, he emphasized that democracy is not anarchy:
“Democracy is not anarchy. Freedom of expression is not freedom to insult and freedom to protest is not freedom of violence.”
A thousand protests began Tuesday morning against the government’s plans to impose restrictions on people who are not immune to the coronavirus and who are not testing.
At night, the people did not disperse, although permission to protest was issued until 5 in the afternoon.
The rallies surrounded the Seimas, blocking the exits and the exit from the inner courtyard of the Seimas building. Some members of the Seimas remained inside the premises.
The conservative Laurynas Kasčiūnas, who left the Seimas, was surrounded and surrounded by a crowd, and one of the protesters threw the flag at another conservative, Sergejs Jovaišas, but did not hit her. This was announced by BNS on Tuesday night.
Read more about the events at the Seimas here.
VIDEO: Member of the Seimas K. Bartoševičius came out to speak with the protesters
VIDEO: The protester refused to withdraw from the road and continued to eat the mixture: let me eat freely
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