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“No, it was not coordinated,” the politician assured Eltai on Friday.
“In any case, its elimination will even be a really clear assertion of place, not just for the sake of ritual, but additionally for Kazis Škirpa himself,” he added.
In line with V. Sinica, representing the Nationwide Union, this occasion motion was carried out as an motion of civil disobedience.
“Kazys Škirpa is without doubt one of the most deserving individuals for the resistance of the Lithuanian nation. On the identical time, one of the crucial erased from our historic reminiscence – within the final 5 years, each his road identify was canceled and the board was faraway from the Gediminas Fort tower,” he stated.
“For at the very least three years, this concern of perpetuation has been pushed, thrown and dismissed with out clear arguments within the establishments,” V. Sinica added.
The council member claims that the board will likely be hung up
Interviewed by Elta, the chairman of the historic reminiscence fee of the Vilnius metropolis municipality, the member of the municipal council, Kamilė Šeraitė-Gogelienė additionally confirmed that the commemorative plaque devoted to Ok. Škirpa was hung with out coordinating this motion with the capital’s authorities.
“No, it was not coordinated with the fee. Within the municipality, we have now an authorized regulation on the hanging of commemorative indicators, and if you happen to observe it, such hanging violates it and in actuality the commemorative plaque is hung illegally”, commented Ok. Šeraitė-Gogelienė on Friday night.
The politician didn’t cover that such a step of the Nationwide Unification – with out permission to hold a memorial plaque devoted to Ok. Škirpa – shocked her.
“We did not anticipate such an immediate, as a result of a very good six months in the past we acquired a request from them (Nationwide Affiliation – ELTA) to hold such a board and the Historic Reminiscence Fee thought-about and didn’t approve such an initiative,” stated Ok. Šeraitė-Gogelienė.
In line with her, the Fee of Historic Reminiscence has utilized to the Genocide and Resistance Analysis Heart of the Lithuanian inhabitants concerning the analysis of Ok. Škirpa’s persona, however they haven’t acquired the conclusions up to now.
“One other factor is that this board is topic to a regulation that prohibits the promotion of totalitarian regimes in public areas. Subsequently, because of the ambiguous evaluation of Ok. Škirpa’s persona, we utilized to the fee that evaluates such objects. Once we would have acquired their conclusion, then we’d have thought-about the difficulty of hanging that board”, asserted Ok. Šeraitė-Gogelienė.
A member of the municipal council claimed that the plaque hung with out permission will likely be eliminated.
“I believe the board is at risk of being hung up. We now have days off, however our providers will in all probability handle that hanging. The initiators might grasp the board themselves after mentioning and celebrating the anniversary of the rebellion. We might welcome such a dangling,” she taught.
ELTA reminds that the conclusions of the Lithuanian Inhabitants Genocide and Resistance Analysis Heart (LGGRTC) concerning Ok. Škirpa assess his necessary contribution in opposing the Soviet occupation regime, however emphasize that in 1940-1941 his actions “there have been additionally manifestations of anti-Semitism”.
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