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Ž. Pavilionis also stated his position on Wednesday afternoon to Asta Skaisgiryte, the president’s senior adviser.
“It is obvious that this weekend, going to the informal European Council (EVS), the president is going to a meeting where the Government’s issues will be discussed: social policy, poverty, reduction of exclusion, unemployment indicators.
It should be understood that Brussels is trying to concentrate its powers and create a certain social pillar, and it is the Government that will have to implement those decisions. The Informal Council also differs from other Councils in that, like the diplomats who prepared those Councils, we were never sure of the outcome. Because the informal Council separates the leaders of the delegation, and several miracles can occur there, even at the constitutional level, which we will have to perform later, ”said the politician after the meeting.
In his opinion, the president goes to a meeting where he does not have to be within his powers.
“I’ve seen nodding and opposition that these are not issues for the president. That great pilot jazz in a closed room with executives who can determine the fate of all of us is done by someone who doesn’t have the competence to do so. No one will tell me, as I have worked in diplomacy for three decades, that social policy, the issues dealt with by Minister Monika (Navickienė) or (the chairman of the Seimas Labor and Social Affairs Commission) Mindaugas Lingė are matters of Pavilionis’ competition. This is not a foreign policy, “Ž explained. Pavilion.
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The president’s advisers asked open-ended questions
The president of the Seimas URK stated that he had posed open questions and advised the president.
“I said, and asked Ms Skaisgirytė (Senior Foreign Policy Advisor to the President), if after receiving such an invitation to an event that does not comply with the principle of separation of powers, if Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonyte was consulted about their participation? As before me, A. Brazauskas and President Adamkus questioned my eternal rest and decided what should happen to the Councils in terms of competence and division of powers. And in this case, it did not happen. Certainly, the letter did not it was forwarded, there was no agreement ”, Ž. Pavilion.
The Seimas URK did not choose any more diplomatic words to assess the situation.
“Unfortunately, the beautiful traditions are disappearing and someone is usurping participation, probably just because of some kind of public relations. Because he probably no longer has other instruments to increase his declining popularity, ”Ž said. Pavilion.
He said that he expressed his hope that in the future the main leaders of our country will find the opportunity to sit at a common table and discuss such participation and the issue.
Imagine if the Pavilion closed in a high-level room where poverty reduction or exclusion was discussed and jazz was left. Results may vary. I also don’t want Mykolas Majauskas, for example, to start playing jazz about Russia or other subjects. You know, it takes experience, authority, knowledge, after all, a parliamentary mandate. And according to the Statute, we can only give it to the Government ”, Ž. Pavilion.
In his opinion, “there is a mess, a new violation of the Statute and of the constitutional powers.”
“The president has usurped his participation in the summit this time, not really in his own affairs. Russia and India may only be there for five percent. The real discussion about Russia will take place at the next summit. There is no agreement,” he said Ž. Pavilion.
Bite into a travel budget
The politician also bit the Presidency for the cost of attending such an event.
“I very much hope that in the near future, after returning from several visits with large delegations, where some delegations do not even go as far as I heard, and send their branch ministers for social affairs, here is your decision. Probably during a plague, it is possible to spend that taxpayer money participating in a debate outside of your jurisdiction.
But I really hope that this mess is over and that our President has the courage to acknowledge that some topics at the summit are not within his competence. In fact, most of the topics at the summit are not within its purview. And I hope to find that solution with the prime minister, where should he be involved and where is the prime minister, ”Ž said. Pavilion.
According to him, there was no formal decision during the committee meeting on Wednesday.
“It was my statement, from what I could see from the body language, most agreed”, Ž. Pavilion.
Critically evaluated the decision of the Ethics Committee of the Seimas
The Seimas Foreign and European Affairs Committees, while making a recommendation on Lithuania’s representation in the European Council (EVS), exceeded the limits of competence, the Seimas Ethics and Procedures Commission decided on Wednesday, BNS wrote.
The president of the CEC criticized this decision.
“The Ethics Commission works less on European Union affairs than some of the research objects, and it did not understand the simple. The Ethics Commission thought that for some reason we had usurped the legal possibility of establishing delegations.
At the last meeting, we recommended that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which makes up the delegations, authorize one person or another to represent them in these matters. We have only provided one recommendation. In this case, we could not present it, because the summit is informal, and the delegation is not formed through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, not through the Government, but to the people to whom the invitation is sent ”, Ž explained. Pavilion.
According to him, the president will go to the summit without the approval of the European Affairs Committee, “deciding unilaterally that he is fit to attend that meeting of pilot high-level social policy architects.”
“It just came to our attention then. In my opinion, this is not in any way consistent with its competence. When the next summits come, where the government will already be forming those delegations, I think there will be a very serious discussion on these issues.
I hope that before that serious debate before the formal summit, there will be a very human, very simple and open conversation between the President and the Prime Minister, perhaps even in our presence, where however we will consult as professionals, as people seeking unity. . in foreign policy: who, where and when it should be done ”, Ž said. Pavilion.
Morkūnaitė-Mikulėnienė: informal EVS to focus on the European Pillar of Social Rights
In a press release, TS-LKD explained that Lithuania’s positions were presented at a joint meeting of the European Affairs Committee (ECC) and the Foreign Affairs Committee (CSC) on Wednesday before going to the informal European Council (EC). May 8. The Committee noted that the informal EVS will focus on the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights (ESTR).
Radvilė Morkūnaitė-Mikulėnienė, Chairperson of the ERC, noted that some members of the Committee noted that issues relating to the implementation of the ESTR plan stand out as being the exclusive competence of the Government, especially issues of social, educational, health and economic responsibility. Therefore, some members of the committees raised the question whether Lithuania’s positions should not be represented at the next informal EVT by the Head of Government.
The Chairperson of the Committee drew the attention of the Seimas members to the fact that the EVS that will take place on May 8 is informal and this time the Lithuanian delegation is not made up of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). In accordance with article 180 of the Statute of the Seimas, the recommendations of the ERC and the CCA are presented to the Government, so this time the members of the committees should not (or should not) speak about the composition of the Lithuanian delegation.
“As the representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs pointed out, the Lithuanian delegation of EVS is informally formed outside the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Therefore, this time the committee does not make any recommendation to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding the composition of the delegation, ”said R. Morkūnaitė-Mikulėnienė.
The reaction of the unemotional presidency
The presidency responded to the criticisms succinctly.
“The delegations of the Head of State during his visits to the European Council or other international meetings are formed in accordance with diplomatic protocol, taking into account the program of the specific visit,” says the comment sent by the Press Service of the Presidency.
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