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“I do not appreciate the attitude of the president towards one or another specific person, but I would say that I really do not understand what a person who has worked for the state should cool if he continues to work for the state,” Rasa Jakilaitienė spokesman for I. Šimonytė, told BNS., Said the prime minister.
His position was first announced on Thursday by the news portal 15min.lt.
Two weeks ago, G. Nausėda reasoned the decision not to appoint the former ministers of National Defense and Foreign Affairs Raimondas Karoblis and Linas Linkevičius as ambassadors in Washington and Brussels.
I. Šimonytė also stated that he appreciated the “enormous experience” of the mentioned politicians.
“I believe that former ministers have vast experience and can do enough for their country,” he said.
LNK News reported last week that one of the reasons Karoblis is not yet appointed ambassador to Brussels or Washington may be the circumstances of the appointment of the Chief of Military Intelligence, as the Presidency may have had his candidate Saul Guzevičius, a partner of Darius. Jauniškis, Head of the Department of State Security.
Last August, Colonel Elegijus Paulavičius was appointed Chief of Military Intelligence.
Various SNB sources confirmed the information published in the media that G. Nausėda had actively participated in the process of appointing the head of military intelligence, although the Intelligence Law establishes that the appointment of this officer is the prerogative of the Minister of National Defense.
The presidency assured that “the head of the AOTD was selected in accordance with the requirements of the applicable legislation and the interests of national security.”
The American business community in Lithuania is also calling for the appointment of an ambassador to Washington as soon as possible.
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