The De-Sovietization Committee has no right to stop its activities

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Lithuania
2024.08.09 10:36

When differences arose between the so-called “De-Sovietization Committee” and the Lithuanian Center for Genocide and Resistance Studies (LGGRTC), the head of the institution, Arūnas Bubnys, claimed that the committee had no right to stop its activities. He did not rule out that such a reaction of the De-Sovietization Committee to the live broadcast initiated by the Center may have to reply in accordance with the procedure established by law.

He did not rule out that if such sabotage continues, the members of the Commission will have to respond in accordance with the procedures established by law. A. Bubnios said that the Center’s move to broadcast the meeting caused distrust in the Commission, but it was only to ensure transparency.
“Neither the chairman of the committee nor the members of the committee have the power to do so. They do not have the power to stop their activities. If the works continue to be sabotaged, they will have to respond according to the current laws,” A. Bubnys told LRT Radio on Friday.
As announced earlier, in order to ensure greater transparency, the LGGRTC conducted a test broadcast of the meeting on Wednesday. According to the center, the publication of the meeting was provided for by a congressional resolution adopted last June. However, right in the middle, the chairman of the De-Sovietization Committee, Vitas Karchauskas, ordered the broadcast to be stopped. A similar situation occurred on Thursday.
Due to the lack of trust in the interests of LGGRTC following this move, the commission appealed to Congress on Thursday. The commission also announced the suspension of its activities.
A. Bubnys reiterated, however, that the broadcast was initiated to ensure greater transparency of the meeting and not because of the specific issues being considered.
“We live in a democracy, where openness is the most important criterion. The desire for increased openness and transparency is loudly called a provocation. After all, the sessions of the National Assembly and other bodies more important than the De-Sovietization Commission are also broadcast live,” explained the head of the LGGRTC.
“The broadcast had nothing to do with a specific issue. It was an attempt to live stream the committee meeting so that the public and journalists could watch it. I believe the committee’s meetings should be public, regardless of the issues discussed,” he added.
ELTA reminds everyone that the De-Sovietization Committee addressed Congress on Thursday. The statement called the initiated broadcast a “provocation” and said that the committee would suspend its activities until its goals were clear.
The appeal was addressed to the National Assembly and its board, the National Security and Defence Council, the Human Rights Commission and the Freedom Struggle and National Memory Commission.
At the time, LGGRTC argued that it was required by law to broadcast the entire proceeding.