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The SNB presents key party positions at post-election press conferences.
Lithuanian Christian Homeland-Democratic Union. With 50 seats in parliament, the Conservatives will be the strongest force in the new coalition.
* Undisclosed last names: Conservatives have yet to reveal ministerial candidates, but said they could nominate them to any ministry. The election winners say they are still awaiting proposals from coalition partners, the Liberal Movement and the Freedom Party, on areas they could control.
* The only clear position: Until now, the only clear desire of the election winners to form a ruling majority is the office of Prime Minister, which was entrusted to Ingrida Šimonyte even before the elections. The leader of the conservative list said he would not rush to lift the bans imposed by farmers, but promised to take other measures to manage the coronavirus pandemic: strengthen the team of specialists who work with the management of the coronavirus and consult with experts.
* Invitation to support the coalition: Conservative leader Gabriel Landsberg invited other parties and self-elected candidates to support the future coalition. Earlier, he had expressed his wish that the center-right coalition be supported by left-wing Social Democrats.
* Foreign policy orientations: G. Landsbergis also promised to maintain the continuity of foreign policy after assuming power and to continue fighting for Lithuania’s leadership on the Belarus question and in solving political challenges in other regions of the Union European.
* Media relations: If she becomes Prime Minister, I. Šimonytė promised to maintain open communication with the media and to answer all questions except those she “just can’t answer”. Landsberg said the current rulers’ relationship with the media was strained and “did not create a good atmosphere in the state,” and he hoped that tone of communication could be changed.
Union of Greens and Peasants of Lithuania. The ruling peasants won 32 seats in the elections, a second result that pushed them into opposition for four years.
* Defensive position: Party leader Ramūnas Karbauskis says that the main job of the opposition will be to defend what was done during his leadership of the country. He pointed out the importance of maintaining drug pricing policies and hoped that the new government would continue to make decisions about money and children’s pensions.
* Support from the rulers: R. Karbauskis promised to support the “correct and decisive” decisions of the new government, but stated strongly that he would not support the Freedom Party’s proposal to legalize the recreational and medical use of cannabis.
* 13th pension: The peasant leader also said that outgoing rulers would find it difficult to legitimize the 13th pension offered by Lithuania’s Polish election campaign: the Union of Christian Families. However, R. Karbauskis promised to try to legitimize the necessary modifications and named this work as one of the most important during the rest of the government.
The Liberal Movement. In the Seimas elections, the Liberals won 13 seats and a fairly strong position in negotiating positions in the new government.
* Post-negotiation: the liberals intend to negotiate with the conservatives the post of president of the Seimas, who would see their party leader Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen, she did not express such a wish, but said she saw “not necessarily in the Government” and he recalled the political tradition of seconding size to the coalition partner.
* Three Ministries: The Liberal Movement would also like a portfolio of three ministers: Environment, Education and Economy and Innovation. Simonas Gentvilas, current vice president of the Seimas Environmental Protection Committee, and Simonas Kairys, advisor to the mayor of Economy and Innovation, would like to head the Ministry of the Environment. The Liberals still do not name just one candidate for the post of Minister of Education.
* Tax Cuts: Gentville says tax rates temporarily raised during the previous economic crisis should return to previous levels. The Liberals would cut VAT and GPM taxes and revise the registration tax on polluting cars. The VAT rate was increased from 18% to 19% in January 2009 and to 21% in September of the same year. It is proposed to reduce the GPM to 15% at the end of the term.
Lithuanian Social Democratic Party. There are 13 seats in the account of the left Social Democrats and the party will be in opposition for another four years.
Constructive opposition: the party leader Gintautas Paluckas promises to work constructively in the opposition and to support the decisions of the rulers that correspond to their positions of value. You also aim to achieve as many of your program goals as possible.
* Renewal: The president of the Social Democratic Party said that the party would maintain the direction of the renewal, which had borne fruit thanks to the support of young people and progressives. However, Paluck acknowledged that the party is currently in a “period of transition” to becoming a Western left.
* Conflict with the peasants: G. Paluck spared no harsh criticism of the ruling peasants and their leader R. Karbauskis, saying they were “far to the left of European understanding.” The leader of the Social Democrats said he saw a European left force in Lithuania: his party.
Freedom Party. A new parliamentary force with 11 seats will join the negotiations to form a governing coalition with the Conservatives and Liberals.
* Priorities: Freedom Party leader Aušrinė Armonaitė has not yet mentioned what positions she would like in government, saying that the coalition program should be agreed upon first, and said that the party would like to have representatives in education, economics and human rights.
* She sees herself as a minister: A. Armonaitė, who was interviewed by BNS after the press conference, said that after four years in the opposition, she imagines herself in the executive branch, that is, a minister, but he did not reveal which ministry he would like to head.
* Healthy competition: According to A. Armonaitė, the ambitions of his party to have a representative in the field of education do not interfere with similar positions of the partners of the coalition that is being formed, and the competition in the election is healthy. The leader of the Freedom Party also said the party could nominate more than one candidate for the Ministry of Education.
* Priorities: The president of the Freedom Party recalled that the coalition agreement would seek to include a referendum four years later on the original spelling of non-Lithuanian names in passports, the decriminalization of soft drugs and the law on same-sex couples.
Party labor. The party, which returned to the Lithuanian political field, won 10 seats in the elections, but will probably not join the ruling coalition and will work in the opposition.
* Positive results: Vigilijus Jukna, the leader of the list, is satisfied with the results of the party in the Seimas elections and is preparing to work constructively and responsibly in the opposition, promising to focus on investment, regional development, education and health in the next period.
* Role in parliament: V. Jukna has not yet decided to speak specifically about what positions he would like in the Seimas, and said that support for rulers on certain issues will also depend on the success of reconciling the objectives of the program.
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