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The Prime Minister said that this was not the most important issue in her life.
“I don’t think it is the most important issue in my life, we don’t have to waste time discussing it,” the prime minister said.
The head of government said that if the prohibitions were revised, it would be comprehensive.
“We have repeatedly discussed the revision of the alcohol bans in the complex. First, it is necessary to evaluate the effectiveness of all the measures that have been adopted recently. And then to decide on the change of the complex, not on each measure separately” , he stressed.
I. Šimonytė stated that, when considering individual measures, “some would delay the end, some would delay the start, some would want to offer some other restriction.”
“I don’t think this is a constructive discussion. For me, this is not the most important question in my life: is it possible to trade alcohol for longer on Sunday?” I. Šimonytė said in the Government on Wednesday.
Health Minister Arūnas Dulkys, when asked whether this ban by the previous government should be revoked, said he found it difficult to comment on such information.
“You know, I’ll be frank. It is difficult for me to talk about it, it is difficult to answer these kinds of questions when I have contact with information about how people die every working hour,” the minister said in a press conference held after the government meeting.
Andrius Mazuronis and Vytautas Gapšys registered the amendment to the Alcohol Control Law in the Seimas. The liberalization of the alcohol trade is proposed on Sundays from May 2021.
Alcohol is now available on Sundays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., other days until 8 p.m.
One of the authors of the initiative, V. Gapšys, told BNS that the current regulation of the alcohol trade is not rational and that the proposal to equalize the conditions of the alcohol trade every day would be a demonstration that “we trust the society and we respect people’s right to decide for themselves. “
“It just came to our knowledge then. It is not necessary to distinguish Sunday from other days. I have no idea why Sunday is the same and Monday is different,” said the parliamentarian. According to him, the ban on dealing with alcohol on Sundays after 3 pm is one of the prohibitions that does not have a detailed explanation. “Why from 3 pm and why not at 2 pm Or not after 4 pm?” asked the politician. .
In June 2018, the Seimas shortened the time of the alcohol trade: on weekdays and on Saturdays it allowed to buy it from 10 am to 8 pm, on Sundays, from 10 am to 3 pm
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