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The Seimas did not adopt the amendments to the Wild Vegetation Law that stipulated it, due to the lack of votes: 48 members of the Seimas voted in favor, one against and four abstained. The adoption of the law requires that at least 71 parliamentarians vote on it.
The Seimas will now vote on these amendments in other sessions. Tuesday is the last plenary session before Seimas goes on vacation. If the amendments are not approved or rejected on Tuesday, they will be voted on at the fall part-session.
The amendments propose a ban on collecting nuts, mushrooms, and berries on private land within 100 meters of the owners’ homes, unless the parcel owner agrees. This ban would have applied to mushrooms and berries in both forests and other lands.
Liberal Simonas Gentvilas claimed that the Seimas had left the order in force for 30 years, and Vytautas Bakas, who belongs to the mixed group of Seimas members, called the amendments a manifestation of “neo-feudalism” and disrespect for the people. “It is a direct path to the fences,” he said.
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