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“A. I know Brazoskas well, he is an economic, working, engineering-minded person. I think that of all leaders he has made the greatest contribution to Lithuania,” said Visvaldas Matijošaitis, the mayor of Kaunas. Vilnius residents interviewed by LNK unanimously agreed that it is necessary to pay tribute to the president.
“The president is not bad, I live next to him, so you can’t say anything here, he’s not bad,” said a passerby.
“He was indecisive, but then he was a good president. Maybe he deserves a monument. I’m not against anything,” the woman said.
“A truly deserving president. I really like him as a person. It really should be so, why not?” — the lady from Vilnius shared her opinion.
However, a survey by the opinion and market research center “Vilmorus” shows that people are divided on the monument to AM Brazauskas. Almost half of Lithuanians would approve of the monument, and almost half would not. The political scientist explains the split in society in a simple way – young people simply don’t remember AM Brazauskas.
“Everyone has their rights, every generation has its rights. It’s just that there is almost nothing about AM Brazauskas in history textbooks. At best, a photo and a sentence are inserted,” explains VMU political anthropologist Bernars Ivanovas.
Indeed, according to Česlovos Juršėnas, one of the president’s closest aides, the memorial at the Antakarnis cemetery, where the president rests, is just the beginning.
“It’s here, it goes without saying, it’s better than nothing. There’s still a monument, people pay respect to it, people always lay flowers,” said Čulsen.
And passersby interviewed agreed that the president’s image at the cemetery was not enough.
“Somehow this depiction of a person seems a bit awkward to me. Maybe the name, yes, has some meaning, but maybe the person itself shouldn’t be carved”, shared a passerby.
“In my opinion, if that’s not enough, you can really make a name for the school,” the girl said.
AM Brazauska’s colleague Česenas agreed – another monument is needed to honor the president.
“His work also includes being president, or before that as deputy prime minister, and then as an efficient, successful prime minister, who did a lot for Lithuania’s interests at home, reshaped Lithuania on new foundations, and of course in international politics. If we now put all this together, there is a basis for building a monument”, says Čulsson.
The political scientist is convinced that, in general, the perpetuation of Lithuania’s history is not enough.
“We don’t have monuments to the signatories, we don’t have memorials to normal presidents of the interwar period. It is precisely the position of the state and a certain consensus among political groups that is needed,” assured B. Ivanovas.
However, some historians believe that it is not the time to build a monument. It is said that it should be built by another generation, and for now it is said that paying tribute to AM Brazauskas is enough.
The idea of building a monument to AM Brazoskas received the most support from pensioners, respondents who live outside the capital and have a secondary or higher education.
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