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Parliament passed amendments to the law that oblige municipalities to establish municipalities. The head of state vetoed the law, alleging a violation of the autonomy of self-government.
Parliament voted again on Tuesday on the amendments it had adopted and did not have enough votes to pass the law again, with 47 members of the Seimas voting against and 48 abstentions.
The president’s veto must be rejected by at least 71 members of the Seimas who vote in favor of the law.
In another vote, the Seimas approved the law with the amendments of the head of state by 102 votes in favor, three against and six abstentions.
On October 15, the Seimas approved an amendment to the Local Self-Government Law that states that elders must be established in each municipality.
One of the authors of the project, the “peasant” Zenon Streikus, stated that if the elderly were established, the services would be closer to the population.
The Association of Municipalities of Lithuania evaluated the amendment adopted by the Seimas as a restriction on the rights and freedoms of self-government.
President G. Nausėda returned the amendment for reconsideration, also claiming that it violates the constitutional independence of self-government and the principle of freedom of activity.
President Povilas Mačiulis’ adviser last week in the Seimas stated that the adopted provision contradicts the memorandum signed by the political parties on strengthening self-government in September, and also creates preconditions for ignoring the public interests of local communities and increasing the municipal bureaucracy.
More than 500 elderly people have been established in Lithuania, which do not exist in five municipalities: the cities of Alytus, Klaipėda and Panevėžys, and Neringa and Visaginas.
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