Valdas VASILIAUSKAS: bunny ticket for I. Šimonyte to Europe – Respublika.lt

Although the rulers have put a “culture of intimidation” at the top of their agenda, no one is making fun of the Nation as much as they are. The “hate speech” bill). These authorities are not at all bound by the principle of responsible governance, as interpreted by the Constitutional Court (CC) that responsible governance must show solidarity with the members of society, not incite their hostility, and not increase discord and the exclusion of its various groups.

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Member of the Seimas Valdas Vasiliauskas. Photo of Elta

Although the rulers have put a “culture of intimidation” at the top of their agenda, no one is making fun of the Nation as much as they are. The “hate speech” bill). These authorities are not at all bound by the principle of responsible governance, as interpreted by the Constitutional Court (CC), that responsible governance must show solidarity with the members of society, not incite their hostility and not increase discord and disagreement. exclusion from its various groups.

Another focus of contention, without any serious need, is the push by President Gitan Nausėda and Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė for a seat on the European Council (ETV).

It is possible to smile with forgiveness when you are busy placing an order here, organizing a cavalry attack on the presidential institution. But it is quite another when the conflict between the most important state institutions is deepened by the solid and largest committee of the Seimas of European Affairs (CEC), which held a scandalous meeting last Wednesday and passed a resolution no less scandalous: before each EVS meeting. , the ECC will approve Lithuania’s position and recommend the delegation. Does that mean that, since last Wednesday, the President of the Republic has a Chief (ERK) with whom he will have to coordinate positions and who will transfer him to the EVS or not?

Of course, such a resolution by the Seimas committee is a joke, legal nonsense. As your future “recommendations” to appoint I. Šimonytė as head of the delegation, it is a good ticket. Without the blessing of the Minister and the tacit approval of the Prime Minister, speaking for more than just the competence of the Minister. Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis, the spokesman for the Seimas ERK Radvilė Morkūnatitė-Mikulėnienė and the group behind his shoulders.

ERC’s already shameful decision, which was several times beyond the competence of the committee and the entire Seimas, showed that this aggressive group was compromised with anyone by the “ticket” of their leader (government power).

But perhaps it is not too late to stop this group rooted in the principle of responsible management, which the CC has been developing since 2004: the principle of responsible management enshrined in the Constitution obliges the legislator to establish legal regulations such that “there are no preconditions Legal laws are created for state officials who exercise state power. for all the people who make important decisions for the society and the state, to act not for the nation and the state of Lithuania, but for their personal or group interests, to use their status for the private benefit of themselves or their relatives or other people. “.Simonytė) and group interests (conservatives), the limit will not be exceeded when the rulers begin to be called a clique.

After all, the supposed competition between the president and the prime minister has been broken. It is unfair that President Dalia Grybauskaitė overthrew Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius and usurped Lithuania’s right to represent EVS. D. Grybauskaitė was firmly guided by article 77 of the Constitution: “The President of the Republic is the head of state. He represents the state of Lithuania and does everything that is assigned to him by the Constitution and the laws. “

It is true that we still cannot make a point, because there is point 1 of Article 84 of the Constitution, which establishes that the President “decides on the main foreign policy issues and pursues foreign policy together with the Government.” policy with the Government, the president cannot send But only the head of state, and not the R. Morkūnaitė-Mikulėnienė committee and even the entire Seimas, can do so at their own discretion without any recommendation or advice from outside.

Perhaps someday, in calmer times, with destructive passions and foolish and foolish ambitions, the president will exercise this discretion, guided by the principle of responsible governance, and present the prime minister with a real, non-rabbit ticket to EVS. But not now, because the rulers do not remove their skin to prevent that from happening.