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The delegation will be made up of members of the Seimas Europe (ERC), Foreign Affairs (CSC) and Human Rights (HRC) Committees. Some participants, such as Gediminas Kirkilas and Jonas Jarutis, also belong to the NSGK, but their participation will not be linked to this committee.
At the Board meeting, Gabrielius Landsbergis, chairman of the National Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) party, explained that it was important to avoid linking the NSGK with the delegation so as not to take advantage of the regime’s propaganda.
“Our initial position was that the four committees form a delegation, provided by their members, namely the NSGC, the ERC, the CEC and the HRC. However, (…) the Belarusian regime still uses each step for its own propaganda NSGK’s participation in such a visit would be another reason for Lukashenko to proclaim that “NATO is not only concentrating its weapons on the border, but also parliamentarians who know how to handle those weapons are being sent to Belarus,” Landsberg explained.
The planned head of delegation, the chairman of the social workers G. Kirkilas and other members of the Board had no hope that such a delegation would be able to leave for Belarus in the near future, but stressed the importance of being prepared for it. .
“It just came to our notice then. It looks like we won’t be driving anytime soon. We are coordinating the program, but let’s agree,” urged G. Kirkilas.
The delegation is made up of representatives of the different political groups. According to its leader, it would include Aušrinė Armonaitė, the chairwoman of the Freedom Party, Rasa Budbergytė, the eldest of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party faction, Jonas Jarutis and Valerijus Simulikas, members of the Lithuanian Peasant Green Union faction, members of the Union Fatherland-Christian Democratic Party of Lithuania. and Žygimantas Pavilionis, a member of the Gintaras Vaičekauskas faction of the Liberal Movement.
In Belarus on August 9. presidential elections were held, in which 80.1 percent. the votes went to Aliaksandr Lukashenko, who ruled the country for 26 years.
According to official figures, opposition spokeswoman Sviatlana Cichanouskaya ranked second with 10.12 percent. votes, but did not acknowledge the results. S. Cichanouskaja herself left Belarus on the night of August 11 for her safety and is currently in Lithuania. The rigged elections in the country have unleashed a wave of protests that so far has not abated. The protests were violently repressed by the authorities, several people died, thousands were arrested and torture was reported in detention centers.
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