2024-06-23 20:42:00
“I belief the professionalism of the police service and its officers. The response ways for making certain public order and public security are chosen by the officers after assessing all of the circumstances of the occasion,” stated A. Bilotaitė in a remark despatched to Elta on Sunday.
As beforehand introduced, the representatives of the Nationwide Union, which arbitrarily hung the memorial plaque of Ok. Skirpa, stated that the court docket order held by the cops, on the idea of which the plaque was held on Sunday, raised questions for the protesters. Because of this, occasion chief V. Radžvilas famous, the legality of the actions of the Vilnius metropolis municipality and officers is to be clarified by means of authorized means.
“The direct duty, in fact, we’ll clarify in additional element, falls on the mayor of Vilnius, town authorities and, surely, the Minister of Inside Affairs, Agne Bilotaitai, who needed to management her officers,” the politician informed reporters on Sunday.
On Sunday, three individuals have been arrested throughout a protest within the capital concerning the hanging of a commemorative plaque devoted to the controversial Colonel Ok. Škirpa. This was confirmed to Eltai by the consultant of the Chief Police Commissariat of Vilnius County (AVPK). In response to him, these protesters have been detained for not complying with the official calls for of the police.
On Sunday afternoon, “Grinda” staff accompanied by the police arrived to take away the memorial plaques devoted to Ok. Škirpa, which weren’t agreed with the municipality and held on the constructing of the Lithuanian Court docket of Attraction within the capital, on Friday, the eve of the June Rebellion of 1941.
A number of dozen protesters stood as much as defend the final’s reminiscence. At first, they clashed with Grinda staff who got here to hold the boards. Strengthened police forces have been referred to as in to make sure their security.
As extra officers arrived, a dozen protesters joined arms to defend the signal. Activists who didn’t comply with the directions of the authorities have been pushed behind the fence by pressure. At the moment, like-minded individuals gathered round chanted “disgrace”, “writers”, “watniks”.
The mayor of the capital, Valdas Benkunskas, informed Elta that the regulation enforcement might be contacted concerning the memorial plaque to Ok. Škirpa, which was hung with out the permission of the municipality. He described this initiative of the Nationwide Unification Occasion as a manifestation of hooliganism.
As Kamilė Šeraitė-Gogelienė, a member of the Vilnius Municipality Council, beforehand informed Eltai, the memorial plaque incited hatred within the society. In response to the politician, the Fee of Historic Reminiscence has utilized to the Genocide and Resistance Analysis Middle (LGGRTC) concerning the analysis of Ok. Škirpa’s character, however they haven’t but acquired the outcomes.
The beforehand introduced conclusions of the LGGRTC concerning Ok. Škirpa assess his necessary contribution in opposing the Soviet occupation regime, however emphasize that in 1940-1941, his actions “additionally contained manifestations of anti-Semitism”.
2024-06-23 20:42:00