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Seimas president Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen proposed to stop working and close the Seimas session on Thursday after the Microsoft Teams platform used by parliamentarians was disrupted.
“After consulting informally with colleagues on the board, I suggest, however, ending today’s meeting with the assessment that the system outage is related to the Microsoft outage and is not very dependent on us.
Therefore, we cannot guarantee a smooth job today, “he said.
According to the president of Seimas, the questions that have not been examined and accepted on Thursday will be carried over to next week.
Photo by Luke April / 15min / Victoria Čmilytė-Nielsen
“The issues that were on today’s agenda will be raised next week and we will have to have a longer working day,” said V. Čmilytė-Nielsen.
On Thursday, some of the country’s teleworkers complained that they could not register and vote smoothly, and opposition representatives demanded that they abandon telework and return “live” to the meeting.
The peasant Algirdas Stončaitis stated that he could not vote on several proposals and that the Social Democrat Gintautas Paluckas could participate in the Seimas session. The “farmer” Agnė Širinskienė said that a sign appeared at the connection that there were security problems.
“It is no longer abnormal and a violation of two interpretations of the Constitutional Court when members of the Seimas say that their system is not working and ask that how they voted be recorded in the minutes. We do not know if they voted or maybe not.
There really isn’t a playground here or a place to experiment with things like that.
I also had a system crash. Enter the codes, write: you have successfully registered, the bar is running so that you cannot vote. (…) There is definitely no playground and no place to experiment with such things, ”said Remigijus Žemaitaitis, a representative of the Joint Group of Seimas members.
Andrius Mazuronis, representative of the Seimas Labor Party faction, stated that if a part of the Seimas members could not vote, the question arises as to the legitimacy of the decisions taken.
“On the side, today we look like a circus. It may be possible to suffer as a result, but second, much more important, is the legitimacy of the decisions that are made. Adoptions go, not deliberation, not submission, but bills are passed. How legitimate they will be if they are accepted under such conditions and valid is a big question, “said A. Mazuronis.
After calling an urgent meeting of the Seimas Board on how the Seimas should work next week, to continue sitting remotely or to return to contact work, the last option was chosen.
During the session, the president of Seimas affirmed that the failures of the Microsoft system may repeat themselves in the coming days.
It’s a bit risky to schedule next Tuesday’s meeting remotely.
“So it is a bit risky to schedule next Tuesday’s meeting remotely, as we had decided yesterday at the board. I would suggest reviewing that decision, “urged the president of Seimas.
He put forward a proposal to host the Seimas morning and afternoon plenary sessions on Tuesday not “remotely” but “live.”
The members of the Seimas Board of Directors approved it by consensus.
It is true that the vice president of the Seimas Jurgis Razma considered whether the Microsoft system was really to blame for the job stagnation.
Perhaps, according to him, the Seimas Internet is too busy.
“I’m sitting on the field and I’m not missing anything,” Razma said.
Due to unrest after the plenary session ended, the Seimas was unable to consider the government’s proposed amendments, which would allow certain categories of obligated employees to be mandatorily screened for COVID-19.
The government requested that the project be considered with special urgency and Thursday’s agenda included the consideration and adoption of amendments.
According to the Statute of the Seimas, remote sessions of Parliament are held when a state of emergency is declared, an emergency or quarantine situation is declared and the work of the Seimas may be in jeopardy, as objective circumstances may put in it endangers the health and life of people. Members of the Seimas.
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