2024-04-22 07:27:09
On his part, the conservative Kęstutis Masiulis, who participated in the Lietuvos ryto TV show “24/7” with Ž. Pinskuviene, is convinced that even three candidates participating in the presidential elections are dangerous for Lithuania.
Playing a different game?
During the program, member of the Seimas, conservative K. Masiulis, admitted that the presidential election campaign is extremely slow. And although there are eight candidates, in his opinion, only two of them are real.
“If we look at their arrangement, three are anti-systemic, including I. Vēgėlė, R. Žemaitaitis and that doctor, whose last name is hard to remember even for me (Eduardas Vaitkus, – aut.post.). And five are systemic, but they all address various different interests,” he noted.
For example, Dainius Žalimas, the candidate nominated by the Freedom Party, in K. Masiulis’s opinion, could be a very good president – the member of the Seimas assured that he would vote for D. Žalimas himself if he was in the second round with Gitan Nausėdas.
“However, look – D. Žalimas is also on the list for the European Parliament. That means playing a different game going into the presidential election. And A. Mazuronis is playing a party game,” K. Masiulis said.
Having noticed that I. Šimonytė is also playing the party game for the Seimas elections, K. Masiulis categorically denied this.
“She is already the prime minister – in terms of weight, this post is not less important, but probably stronger than that of the president. This is enough for her to win the Seimas elections. Therefore, there are only two candidates who are playing in the presidential elections – I.Šimonytė and G.Nausėda.
And I. Vēgėlė – no. He doesn’t even know what he’s playing yet. I. Vēgėlė is looking for his place in politics, but he will not be elected,” the conservative is convinced.
In any case, these five candidates nominated by political parties are not dangerous for Lithuania, according to K. Masiulis.
“The parties basically take a similar direction in the field of foreign policy, so those five candidates are not dangerous for Lithuania. Except for the anti-systemic ones, I. Vēgėlė is dangerous to me”, said K. Masiulis.
Have another goal?
At that time, Širvinto district mayor Živilė Pinskuvienė was convinced that absolutely all the candidates, except for G. Nausėdas, participating in the presidential elections, were really just preparing for the Seimas elections.
“Of course, we see that D. Žalimas is sitting on two chairs at once, because if a candidate goes to the presidency and goes to the European Parliament at the same time, you understand what a person is preparing for and aiming for.
Other parties look at the fact that there are even three elections – it costs a lot of money to make a good campaign”, said Ž. Pinskuvienė during the program.
The mayor of Širvintos district is convinced that in the current geopolitical situation the people of Lithuania simply want peace and stability, which the candidates themselves understand.
“Is now really the time to change people and presidents?” That is why most people say that yes, the current president has made mistakes, everything was not always as smooth as they wanted, but now it is better to choose the same one who has already laid the groundwork”, said Ž. Pinskuvienė.
In addition, Ž. Pinskuvienė considered that there was intrigue in the presidential elections until I. Vėgelė was supported by the Union of Lithuanian Peasants and Greens (LVŽS).
“As soon as I. Vēgėlė got together with the peasants and R. Karbauskis started playing his games, and I. Vėgėlė, probably seeing… well, agree, those discussions were going on, the whole of Lithuania saw that I. Vėgėlė on his PR, which he himself at the beginning with his announcement, he is trying to gather a group of people, perhaps to assemble a party, to form some kind of formation.
But not everything is as simple as it sometimes seems from the side. And he realized that he won’t win this presidential election, but he has already strengthened his body politic in this presidential election campaign.
Obviously, we will probably see that he will lead the Peasants’ Party to the Seimas. Agree that the president, who is about to win, does not stand on social networks with his face or eyes covered, with his head down, and says: “No, believe me, I will not take R. Karbauskis’ money.” It doesn’t happen that way”, assessed Ž. Pinskuvienė.
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2024-04-22 07:27:09