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At the entrances to S. Daukantas Square, community members and supporters gathered to use rainbow-colored flags, and campaign organizer Tomas Raškevičius urged the country’s leader to “keep his promises.”
“Throughout June, we remind the President of his electoral promise made during the election campaign: wear a rainbow badge,” organizer T. Raškevičius told BNS before the campaign, he is also a candidate for the Seimas on the list. of the Freedom Party.
“The president has not followed through on his promise, so we are campaigning bright and friendly in the presidency today, inviting the president to remember that promise for the last time,” added a member of the LGBT community.
According to him, it is up to the president to decide “when it would be convenient for him” to wear the insignia.
T. Raškevičius also added that it would be a “wonderful” opportunity for G. Nausėda to don a rainbow-colored badge during the LGBT “Vilnius pride 2020” march on July 11.
Dana Regelskienė, a 39-year-old administrator who campaigned near the Presidency, told BNS that she wanted G. Nausėda to deliver on her promise, and also said she supported the LGBT community.
“I have come to support and ask for the President’s promise, support for all people, the right to be, regardless of gender, race,” he said.
Donatas Staneika, 27, who ran for the Seimas Freedom Party, argued that politicians should also think about legitimizing the association.
“It would be great for politicians to show solidarity with the LGBT community (…) I think the badge is just a symbol, it would be much more fun if politicians took action and started, say, since the association was legalized,” said the young to journalists. man.
Last May, during the presidential debate, Nausėda said a rainbow badge would be affixed to show “solidarity with the brutal perception that we live in a society where we must respect ourselves, and if I see the slightest manifestation of such intolerance, I will respond.” your human solidarity. “
During the campaign, its participants also chanted that they wanted a brave president, at which time a couple of police officers took charge of the seriousness of the campaign’s public and observed the violations.
June is mentioned around the world as LGBT Equality Month.
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