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The latter announced his support for V. Blinkevičiūtė in the elections, and V. Mitrofanovas, like some other former party members, supported J. Olekas.
Political scientists regret this decision and joke that after this intransigent and truly impartial fight, the party will have to be led by one of the “foreigners”, because both V. Blinkevičiūtė and J. Olekas are not talking about resigning the mandate of the MEP.
Is it profitable to lead a party from Brussels?
News portal lrytas.lt Political scientist Virgis Valentinavičius said he was not surprised by the withdrawal of L. Gudžinskas and V. Mitrofanovas from the fight, but said he was very regrettable because he would have been the “local” leader and not the voice of the party in Brussels.
“Due to the departure of L. Gudžinskas, it is natural. To begin with, the relatively young politician gives way to more skilled colleagues, but V. Mitrofanov, I think, absolutely unnecessarily escaped the supposed authority of the other two. Authority is something very conditional.Mitrofanov has a good reputation as the leader of the division, the district, is closer to party affairs than the European candidates.
It is a real shame that he left and left matters to the “foreigners.” V.Blinkevičiūtė and J.Olekas are recognized political lions, veterans, but they are floating in the orbits of the European Parliament. V.Blinkevičiūtė has been doing this for a long time, and J.Olekas, not long ago, but the European Parliament, like it or not, the frequency with which people fly to Lithuania drives it away from him.
None of these candidates promised to resign as a member of the European Parliament if elected. This means that the Social Democrats continue with the perspective that their party is governed from Brussels. In my head, it is a shame that the party has lost the perspective of being controlled at least from Akmenė, ”said V. Valentinavičius.
According to the political scientist Gabrielius Landsbergis, who also led the Union of the Homeland-Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) in Brussels, he showed that this way of running the party does not work.
“In his time, G. Landsbergis also showed how bad that leadership is. We recall how unpleasantly surprised Mr. Landsberg’s decision to elect the president and remain a member of the European Parliament, without any special explanation for the party. That circumstance certainly did not. contributed to improve the performance of the match.
Of course, no one will say to what extent the party leadership from the Vilnius-Brussels plane led to the deplorable TS-LKD results in 2016, but it certainly did not add votes, it only took them away. Communication is carried out at a distance, which makes communication with departments difficult, the pulse of the members and common departments is not felt, and people begin to distance themselves. The party always suffers it ”, he assured.
Can the old party wolves mean innovation?
The course of the election of the chairman of the LSDP party did not surprise political scientist Saulius Spurga, who noted that it is very difficult to fight against political heavyweights like V. Blinkevičiūtė and J. Olekas, so retired comrades probably realized that that his chances were small.
It is true, although the remaining candidates are very popular, the political scientist points out that they are “old faces of the party.”
“Many political scientists have doubts as to whether these faces will be able to breathe new life into the party, and it obviously needs it. I will say a bit ironically, but even if the new faces support V. Blinkevičiūtė, the candidate himself is not new. It’s very important.
V.Blinkevičiūtė is more distant, less involved in party activities, but innovation can be expected from her, perhaps due to the fact that younger members with less experience support her, believing that she will bring change, and J.Olekas does. will do. politics, “said S. Spurga.
Asked what the Social Democrats need more now, the political scientist who highlighted the renewal declared by Gintautas Paluckas, which did not work for the party in the Seimas elections, nor did it return to its roots, highlighted the news.
“There is a niche in Lithuania that would represent left-wing voters and declare such views. It seems that G. Paluckas, as party chairman, tried to do that, but we noticed early on that his message was not being adequately presented to the voters. It was like a flame that ignited, but went out immediately, it did not reach the voters, so they did not believe it.
Now the party could focus on that niche. But does it sound convincing from the mouth of J. Olekas and even V. Blinkevičiūtė, when they spent many years in politics, in the Seimas, and although they are more or less charming, but still visible as old political figures, he.
Who will reap the victory?
Who will still win? Political scientists agree that this is extremely difficult to predict, because both V.Blinkevičiūtė and J.Olekas are politicians of similar popularity. However, V. Blinkevičiūtė’s leg may be affected mainly by the longer stay in the corridors of Brussels, which has distanced her from the current affairs of the party.
“The value of these candidates in the eyes of the ordinary Social Democrat is determined by the length of their stay in the European Parliament. Let’s say that V.Blinkevičiūtė flew into ‘space’ longer than J.Olekas, and his support is probably proportionally less.
It is very difficult to say who will win. However, he would predict J. Olek’s victory as he stayed closer to party affairs. But Lithuania is Lithuania. It is impossible to predict how much it will work so far. photoshopiniai The V.Blinkevičiūtė billboards, which we used to see during the elections. It can be something very ingrained that is also a factor.
When there is that photoshopinis The image of V. Blinkevičiūtė in the face of J. Olekas’s closest ties with the party, it is very difficult to decide who is going to win, ”said V. Valentinavičius.
S. Spurga also supported him, emphasizing that certain details show that the ongoing struggle is uncompromising and truly impartial.
“I couldn’t predict it just because, in this case, the number of voters is quite limited. In fact, the candidate can name each member of the party, their groups or divisions, and work with them to speak. The outcome will depend on that. We don’t yet know how these conversations will play out. Overall, the predictions are ungrateful and I’d rate their odds equally at this point.
V.Blinkevičiūtė’s advantage is that his potential in Lithuania, in addition to being unused, was distant, but he can still return. But the fortress of J.Olekas is a great activity, strong ties in Lithuania, as well as with the departments. I think he will make the most of it now.
The fight continues, let’s remember the letter from VPAndriukaitis, which angered V.Blinkevičiūtė very much. This reveals that the struggle is intransigent, teams are formed, it is a truly impartial struggle, “the political scientist summarized.
We remind you that the election of the president of the LSDP will take place from May 3-9. The president of the LSDP is elected by all members of the party for a period of two years. He will be elected directly for the third time. Until 2017, the LSDP presidents were elected at congresses.
