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Asta Skaisgirytė-Liauškienė, the president’s senior foreign policy adviser, accuses the Conservatives of anti-state activities.
Virgis Valentinavičius, a professor at Mykolas Romeris University, admitted that Gitanas Nausėda was disappointed in this situation in the program “Diene Adjustment”.
“My head, Ingrida Šimonytė, as Prime Minister responsible for the management of the pandemic, is absolutely right when she says that it would be more practical for the Prime Minister to attend the European summits that refer to the management of the pandemic and the executive” Valentinavičius commented. .
However, he criticized the conservatives of the Seimas, who are trying to address the issue through parliamentary committees.
“All those who even criticize the conflict itself say that the president and the prime minister must agree on a common cause. The prime minister needs to go to those meetings, to meet other prime ministers who solve the same problems. The situation of the pandemic varies from country to country. There are stories of successes, failures. You need to receive first-hand advice, look for good practices, “said V. Valentinavičius.
According to the MRU lecturer, nothing on these issues is written in the Constitution.
“Historically, it has always been a matter of agreement,” Valentinavičius said.
Surprisingly: this is TS-LKD’s master plan
The Foreign Minister of the Shadow Peasants Government, Giedrius Surplys, called such actions a “master plan of the TS-LKD on how to take over all the major Lithuanian institutions”.
“The theory that the election ends, the election begins, works very well in this place. In my head, the Conservative Party cannot forget the defeat in the second round of the presidential elections and is already preparing for a new election. Who will be the candidate who should defeat G. Nausėda – I. Šimonytė or G. Landsbergis, or something else, is an initial question. But everyone understands that the main competitor in the next presidential election will be G. Nausėda, “said G. Surplys.
In their deliberation, the actions of the Conservatives aim to weaken the president.
“At this point, the conservatives, bowing their heads to their tricks, try to raise the issue in public, and when they see that they are getting into a door, (…) they turn the plate and explain that such a mistake, another mistake (made by the president), and he still uses doing everything possible to undermine the president’s authority on foreign policy, “said G. Surplys.
He cited Article 77 of the Constitution on the show, which says the president represents the state of Lithuania.
“It just came to our notice then.” If they want to fight this fight, I think they could choose areas closer to the law and the means by which they are trying to win that victory, “Suprlys said.
Kubilius: the government responsible for managing national affairs
Conservative MEP Andrius Kubilius criticized the polls commissioned by the Presidency.
“The president himself conducted polls that show that people think there is no need to change anything, that the president can continue to drive. But issues of state administration and management probably should not be addressed through polls. One may ask, what trip to the board of directors would be more beneficial to Lithuania?
Arguments must be taken into account. One argument is that of the 27 EU countries, 24 are represented by prime ministers. You have to think that those countries that delegate prime ministers see an advantage in that, because most of the issues that are being discussed in the EVS are related to what we have called national issues in our Constitution, such as vaccines, money. According to the Constitution, the Government and the Prime Minister are responsible for the management of national affairs, ”said A. Kubilius.
According to him, if the president does not want to negotiate, it is necessary “either to fill that legal gap” or to go to the Constitutional Court.
The question has another side
Ramūnas Vilpišauskas, a professor at the Institute of International Relations and Political Science at Vilnius University, said he had been hearing the same arguments for several months.
“TS representatives use the ongoing EVS meetings to remind them of this issue and their suggestion. But the arguments are repeated the same, and I am not convinced by the need to change the current system simply because it is not related to the review of the coordination system European in Lithuania.
If the Prime Minister, and not the President, started attending EVS meetings when economic, social or health problems predominate, then it would be logical to transfer the coordination of these issues between Lithuanian institutions, that is, in the Government, from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Matters to the Government Office. This would be done consistently showing that, in fact, in TS’s opinion, the issues should be considered more of domestic politics than foreign policy, “said R. Vilpišauskas.
However, the political scientist pointed out that those who question the president’s right to attend EVS meetings are reluctant to talk about it.
“So, for me, this is all like a power game, trying to push the president, who is not partisan, aside,” said R. Vilpišauskas.
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