The Šimonytė team is possible: the ministries can be led by both professionals and well-known politicians

Known surnames

Delphi According to sources, it is being considered that the post of Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Government headed by I. Šimonytė could be offered to the Head of the Representation of the European Commission (EC) in Lithuania, Arnoldas Pranckevičius, Deputy Mayor of Energy Valdas Benkunskas. The Ministry of Education, Science and Sports – Jurgita Šiugždinienė, the Ministry of Health – Jurgita Sejonienė.

Behind the scenes of politics, it is also seen that Monika NavickienŠ, Ingrida Šimonytė’s long-term partner, could head the Ministry of Social Security and Labor, and Radvile Morkūnaitė-Mikulėnienė would be given command of the Ministry of the Environment.

There are even two candidates for the Minister of Culture: the parliamentarians Vytautas Juozapaitis and Vytautas Kernagis. Ministry of National Defense, according to Delphi it would be assigned to the former commander of the Armed Forces Arvydas Pocius or a member of the Seimas Defense and National Security Committee (NSGC) Laurynas Kasčiūnas.

And the chairman of the TS-LKD party, Gabrielius Landsbergis, would like to occupy the position of spokesperson for the Seimas or head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

In turn, a news portal lrytas.lt writes that Aistė Gedvilienė is nominated as a possible candidate for the Minister of Environment, Dainius Kreivys for Economy and Innovation, Valdas Benkunskas for Justice and Monika Navickienė for Social Security and Labor.

“Prepare responsibly for the second round of the elections”

Delphi He went to the TS-LKD party and asked them to comment on these names. The responses emphasize that the party is currently devoting all its forces to the second round of the Seimas elections.

“Deliberations on the composition of the Cabinet of Ministers are only possible after the second round of the elections. TS-LKD is preparing intensively and very responsibly for the second round of the elections. No other issue is relevant and is not discussed. consider right now, ”said Vytautė Šmaižytė, TS-LKD communications manager.

Seems strong

Vytautas Dumbliauskas, political scientist at Mykolas Romeris University (MRU) Delphi he said it was not yet clear what a conservative cabinet would look like.

“So far, the fog is complete,” said the political scientist.

He said that the leader of the TS-LKD, G. Landsbergis, according to the established rules of the ruling coalition, could only wait for the position of the elder of the faction. Because normally the presidency of the Seimas is handed over to the second largest ruling party.

“It just came to our attention then. And the president of the Seimas should be the second party in the coalition in terms of the size of the terms, as such a tradition has developed. The first party takes the prime minister and the second the head of the Seimas. Now it is not clear who will be the second party, it will be clear after the second round of the Seimas elections. ” Delphi said the political scientist.

“Well, unless you want to be a minister. Any brutal negotiation will still be about this. Imagine three entities sitting at a table, with all the ministries on it, and with a lot of money and little. Imagine what a fight will be. of the cake ”, predicted the interlocutor.

V. Dumbliauskas stated that if I. Šimonytė became Prime Minister, she would evaluate him positively because of her willingness to discuss and discuss essential issues of public administration.

The political scientist said he believed conservatives would remember the minister as a political office. And the government will be formed from those people.

“Without a doubt, the minister must have a political position. That professional government experiment did not turn out to be true. (…) These must be political positions, and the ministers must be extraordinary members of parties with weight. Then it will be easier for the minister to work, he has influence, he can negotiate better with the faction, because there will be all kinds of conflicts.

The problem for the peasants was that the ministers had no support in the faction, they were completely foreign people. And if you’ve been a long-time party member as a minister … I think the Conservatives won’t make that mistake and won’t play those games with professionals. And the ministers will be political as everywhere ”, he hoped.

V. Dumbliauskas Delphi received a very positive evaluation of the preliminary Cabinet list. He said that such a composition of the Government would be very strong.

“It just came to our attention then. The big picture is good. It looks like a list of professionals here, but they are, above all, politicians and members of the Seimas,” said the MRU political scientist.

We remind you that early voting in the second round of the Seimas elections began on Monday. It will last until Thursday and you can cast your vote from 7 am to 8 pm

You will also be able to cast your vote on Election Day, Sunday, October 25.

After the first round of Seimas and the elections, TS-LKD leads, with 24.86 percent. in the second position, the Union of Greens and Peasants of Lithuania (LVŽS) received 17.43 percent. votes. In the third position, the Labor Party with 9.43 percent. votes, henceforth, the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP) with 9.25 percent. votes. The Electoral Cartel was also crossed by the Freedom Party with 9.11 votes cast and the Liberal Movement with 6.79 percent. votes.

Another 68 parliamentarians will be elected in the second round of the Seimas elections.