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“I really think I have no doubt that in the near future, perhaps for the spring session, … we will also have an opposition leader,” S. Skvernelis told News Radio on Friday.
According to him, if not all, at least most of the political forces outside the ruling majority should unite in a united opposition.
“The opposition, I have no doubt, will be strong, it will have a leader, a rotating leader, and who will it be, the question is the personalities and, I think, not the most important thing,” said the parliamentarian.
According to the Statute of the Seimas, if an opposition faction or its coalition has more than half of the Seimas members belonging to a minority of the Seimas, the largest of that faction or the leader of the coalition is called the opposition leader of the Seimas. Seimas. The leader of the opposition enjoys the additional rights of the leader of the opposition provided for in the statute, belongs to the Board of the Seimas.
Speaking about the opposition’s work in November, the Social Democrats said they were reluctant to sign special deals on it.
The Seimas opposition includes the Social Democrats, the Labor Party, and the Lithuanian Green and Peasant Union.
He criticized the ruling Seimas and the Government of I. Šimonytė
S. Skvernelis, re-elected to the Seimas with the “peasants”, did not miss the opportunity to criticize the right-wing government, which, according to him, treats the current opposition disrespectfully.
“They have forgotten their promises and statements and are using different operating principles than they had previously stated. But that’s the reality, “he said.
“We saw (at the beginning of the current Seimas – ELTA) many signs and ways in which there were attempts to humiliate the opposition and restrict their rights,” said S. Skvernelis.
Finally, he criticized the Cabinet of Ministers headed by Ingrida Šimonytė. According to him, so far the new government does not show any movement on issues that are not related to the governance of COVID-19.
“It is a pity that we have not received any draft law from the Government, perhaps they are involved in other matters, but in addition to managing the pandemic, they have to do a daily job no less important. The Seimas still lacks bills or they are almost non-existent by the Government. But maybe more people will accelerate, ”said the former prime minister.
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