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“I understand and respect Ramūnas Karbauskis’ decision to withdraw from Seimas. This is a bold and principled decision,” says S. Skvernelis on Facebook.
He says this is a signal to those in power that “there are limits that no one should cross in a democracy.”
According to S. Skvernelis, the aim is to expel the Lithuanian Peasants and Greens Union (LVŽS) from all parliamentary formats, and Seimas President Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen’s speech on respect and dialogue was “just a lie. beautifully packaged. “
“I sincerely apologize to the electorate for believing in her and supporting her candidacy. Today, it is clear that we must look for alternative ways to adequately represent voters, ”writes S. Skvernelis.
According to him, the group will use all possible means to exercise parliamentary control and supervision and promises to personally mobilize the opposition for this work.
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“At the moment, I still have to act as interim prime minister. However, I really want to hand them over to the new Prime Minister as soon as possible and join the parliamentary work. I will be active and take the initiative in the Seimas. I will mobilize the opposition and will not allow that fundamental democratic principles are violated ”, writes S. Skvernelis.
I will mobilize the opposition and will not allow fundamental democratic principles to be violated.
This week, the Seimas rejected the candidacy of A. Norkienė, proposed by the “peasants”, approving the deputies of the parliament. All other proposed vice presidents, both the ruler and the opposition, were approved.
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After rejecting the candidacy of A.Norkienė, the president of the Seimas V.Čmilytė-Nielsen introduced Julius Sabatauskas, representative of the opposition Social Democrats. During the first meeting Andrius Mazuronis, vice president of the opposition and representative of the “workers”, was elected.
The “peasants” who were left without their representative in the leadership of the Seimas promise to appear before the Constitutional Court because a large political group is in a worse position than a small group.
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