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According to Seimas member A. Gumuliauskas, the Department of Cultural Heritage (CRD) presented specific proposals on the layout of public spaces this week.
“We are talking about common spaces in general, monuments of historical importance. There are certain gaps when there can be such an ambiguous approach to this. They want to do those things more specifically. For example, so that someone does not think of opening a restaurant in Fort IX “, commented the politician.
According to A. Gumuliauskas, the CRD proposals must be considered during the summer and presented at the Seimas during the fall session.
On Wednesday, the public council that united patriotic organizations met after the Vilnius government, with Mayor Remigijus Šimašas at the helm, establishing a temporary beach on Lukiškės Square in the capital. In response, the Seimas passed the Law on the Commemorative Status of Lukiškės Square in Vilnius.
“A few days ago, a law was passed in the Seimas as a matter of urgency. […] As far as we had to read in the press and talk to the patriots, we are practically powerless against this law with Mr. R. Šimašiai with this law, and we may probably not be able to dig up the arena with all the big shovels, “said the public councils. President Gvidas Rutkauskas, representing the Lithuanian Union of Political Prisoners and Deporters, called for action.
The members of the Council decided to go to the head of state and ask him to sign the law in Lukiškės Square. The decision must be announced by the president within 10 days of the approval of the law.
“We have been fighting for 20 years […]that Lukiškės Square would be a representative Lithuanian square and we, deportees, political prisoners, partisans, would very much like to have a monument with the Vytis symbol. You don’t necessarily have to sit on a horse. This is not only our dream, but also our goal, “G. Rutkauskas told reporters after the meeting.
The decision of the Vilnius authorities to establish a beach in that square was astonishing, said a representative of the Union of Political Prisoners and Deporters.
“It would seem, well, maybe not a very good comparison, if you did a concert or danced in the cemetery. Not at all that. No wonder it was said here that […] Bad publicity is also publicity, but people should appreciate it, ”said G. Rutkauskas, regretting that the part of society that did not support the beach could not change anything.
Commenting on the idea of establishing a beach on Lukiškės Square, the Mayor of Vilnius spoke about the desire to nurture the life and freedom of the city.
“For some, it is only seriousness, concentration, parades and representation. For others, it is also the joy of living, the happiness that we are free, and our children can rest freely in the free and creative capital of a free country,” he taught. R. Šimašius.
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