2024-05-13 10:50:25
“I predict that there is a possibility (for me – ELTA) to fall into the second round, and the people of Lithuania will decide everything,” E. Vaitkus commented to journalists at his headquarters after the polls closed on Sunday.
“My chances, I estimate, are good. In that sense, they are very good that I had the opportunity to spread the good news, the word of truth,” he added.
According to the candidate, in the second round he will compete with the current president Gitanas Nausėdas, and Igna Vēgėlė’s chances of continuing to compete for the post of the country’s leader are viewed with skepticism.
“Probably (I would see myself – ELTA) with the current president Gitan Nausėda”, said the former doctor, referring to the small chances of the candidate Ignos Vēgėlės to get to the second round.
It is true that E. Vaitkaus claims that he will achieve excellent results in the elections despite the fact that the candidates were not guaranteed equal opportunities during the organization of the elections.
“Discriminatory measures were used against me. I was not allowed to speak on LRT, my programs were censored. (…) State institutions said that this is the norm, and other candidates did not see the problem that there are unequal rights for all candidates”, said E. Vaitkus.
ELTA reminds that the presidential elections and the referendum on the preservation of citizenship were held on Sunday. 59.37 percent came to the ballot boxes to cast their vote in the election of the head of the country. citizens.
8 candidates competed for the post of the head of the country: Gitanas Nausėda, who is seeking a second term, Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė nominated by the conservatives, Giedrimas Jeglinskas, the candidate of the Democratic Union “For Lithuania”, representative of the Freedom Party, former chairman of the Constitutional Court (KT) Dainius Žalimas, leader of the Labor Party, Andrius Mazuronis, self-employed lawyer Ignas Vēgėlė, doctor Eduardas Vaitkus and ex-parliamentarian Remigijus Žemaitaitis.
2024-05-13 10:50:25