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Eugenijus Gentvilas, a member of the Liberal Movement faction, confirmed it to the news portal tv3.lt.
“First of all, the faction stated that I had not read the statement, but I know that Čmilytė (Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen – aut. Past) arranged that the faction does not support such projects signed by Jonas Liesys,” E. Gentvilas told tv3 .lt.
“It is scandalous and the authors themselves feel it”
E. Gentvilas describes the proposal of J. Liesis, a member of the faction, scandalous and did not spare bitter words.
I personally don’t support it either. The position of the party (I do not know, aut. Past), because I am neither the president nor the deputy of the party. As a member of the group, I certainly don’t support it.
I think it is scandalous and the authors themselves feel it. After the second round of elections, sign the following.
If you really believe it, go to the beginning or the middle of the quarter and offer the following. Now this is a bunny maneuver, ”he told E. Gentvilas on tv3.lt.
She claimed that J. Liesis had also spoken with V. Čmilyte-Nielsen, chairman of the Liberal Movement party, but tv3.lt had not yet been able to contact her.
On the eve of All Souls Day, there were attempts by parliamentarians to legalize state incomes for former members of the Seimas and prime ministers and pay money out of the state’s pocket without them working for four years, and for prime ministers even forever.
On the eve of recent times, two additions to the bill were registered in the Seimas in order to equate unelected parliamentarians with the signers of the Act of Independence, to pay money without working for four years. One proposal was registered by Liberal J. Liesys.
Another proposal from the representatives of the Labor Party in the Seimas is to pay state rent to all former prime ministers. After consideration by the commission, if the Seimas were unanimous, just one vote would be enough to pass it.
Will you consider the future of Mr Lies?
Economist Romas Lazutka calls these proposals scandalous and believes that the Liberal Movement Party should consider its future in the party.
“In a democratic society, this is scandalous and unacceptable when exceptional conditions are imposed on some people, especially those in power, as in this case, the members of the Seimas.
It is not enough that the members of the Seimas do not support J. Lies, because he is a party man. The party leader must say that this is unacceptable and will consider his behavior in the party and offer his expulsion, so as not to damage the party’s image with such proposals, “R. Lazutka told tv3.lt.
According to him, such privileges are completely unacceptable and reminiscent of feudal times.
“It is from the time of feudalism, when the king ceded rent or land to a nobleman for his performance in war.
These offers are from the livestock farm. Only in Lithuania, people who lose their job have protection systems for them. If a person can work, they have unemployment insurance.
Members of the Seimas also have one, which means that if they lose their job, they have to go to the Employment Service to register, then they can apply to Sodra and receive unemployment benefits, ”said R. Lazutka.
For those Seimas members who are of retirement age and have not been elected, this is a pension system that applies to all people, including Seimas members at that time.
“That’s enough and you really don’t need anything else,” Lazutka added.
The economist does not support the idea of allocating state revenues also to former prime ministers. He argued that wages should be higher to insure himself for some future period, but not to pay rent.
The thoughts of legitimizing the income of the parliamentarians in the Seimas are secretly pushed year after year, but in case of public resistance, they are not accepted. In 2007, when voting on the registration in the room, only the code sounded, but not the exact name.
More than a decade later, last year there was another silent attempt to boost parliamentary revenues started by “social workers”, and the amount of money offered was calculated term by term, but the proposal failed and was not considered. Now the situation repeats itself in a similar way.
After almost 2 thousand. per month
On the eve of recent times, the liberal, vice president of the Seimas Jonas Liesys registered a proposal to legalize state revenues for former members of the Seimas and prime ministers.
It offers former MPs an annuity of 50 per cent of a Seimas member’s monthly salary.
“It would cost about 1,900 euros. We offer Seimas members not to pay for life, but only for a period of four years, which could then be established on the job market.
If they received that annuity now, it would be such a moral or psychological incentive that they could enter the job market more quickly. When they hit the job market, they won’t get those benefits, ”said J. Liesys.
The liberal doubts that the Seimas will approve his proposal.
“I cannot say how the Seimas will decide, here is your decision. I highly doubt that you believe that the Seimas will not vote or that those amendments will not be included in the agenda.
The public has never evaluated the Seimas very well and I highly doubt that all the amendments that can help the members of the Seimas to live for a short period of time, I doubt that they will be accepted by the public, “said the Liberal.
“It is difficult for former prime ministers to send a CV and start looking for work”
Another proposal arose on the state revenues of former prime ministers. They were registered by Andrius Mazuronis, Artūras Skardžius, Mindaugas Puidokas, Valentinas Bukauskas and Petras Čimbaras, representatives of the Labor Party in the Seimas.
“Our proposal and amendments only speak of the Prime Minister, we do not speak of the income of the members of the Seimas. The only interface is that we register for a project that was previously registered and talk about it.
I think that according to the political mood it is impossible and not necessary (state income for members of the Seimas – Aut. Past).
We see a legal vacuum in which the Prime Minister does not have the guarantees that the outgoing President has {…} In all EU countries, the issue is regulated in one way or another. We have seen that the shortest and fastest way is to register this bill in the Prime Minister’s annuities.
It is quite difficult for people (Prime Ministers – Past aut.) Who have left those positions to send a CV and start looking for work. For those who have left, it is difficult because of the political opinions or the policies they have been in place for three or four years.
When the employment relationship arises, that payment ends, it would be like a certain guarantee for the highest officials of the State, who are about 10 or 15 people, “said A. Mazuronis on tv3.lt.
It is proposed that the former prime minister pay a 75% annuity. The amount of the salary of a member of the Seimas. That would be almost 2.2 thousand. per month before taxes.
“We let the Budget and Finance Committee decide,” Mazuronis added.
The Frenchman is skeptical of the proposals
Seimas spokesperson Viktoras Pranckietis on Knowledge Radio was also skeptical about the proposals on state income for MPs.
“There is an initiative of this type, but we will not put it on the agenda unless there are other initiatives to include.
This is not a new initiative, the only thing left for the approval of that law is, yes, I really know that such an initiative exists, but we do not put it on the agenda and if no one forces it, we will not include it, “said V. Pranckietis to “Radio Žinių”.
According to him, the amendments to the law registered in the Seimas, which aim to pay a life annuity to unelected MPs, are unlikely to be put on the agenda.
He recalled that to make this initiative mandatory, 47 signatures of parliamentarians would have to be collected, but he did not think that they would be collected, and if that were the case, the discussion would go to the new Seimas.
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