{"id":120216,"date":"2024-12-30T19:34:06","date_gmt":"2024-12-30T16:34:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/120216\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"lithuanian-lawmakers-form-group-on-democracy-in-belarus","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/120216\/","title":{"rendered":"Lithuanian lawmakers form group for Democratic Belarus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

December 30, Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> A cross-party group on Belarus has been formed in the Lithuanian parliament elected last fall, Par\u0142amiencki Kana\u0142<\/em> reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Members of the main parliamentary parties joined the group led by Juozas Olekas, former first deputy chairman of the Seimas. \u017dygimantas Pavilionis, who led the Group for a Democratic Belarus in the previous parliament, is Olekas’ deputy in the alliance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This configuration is what the Belarusian pro-democracy forces were aiming for, said Anatol Labied\u017aka, \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja’s adviser on parliamentary cooperation. “Prior consultations have yielded results,” he commented. Labied\u017aka called Olekas and Pavilionis “veterans of Lithuanian politics versed in international affairs.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We don’t need time to tune in as we have already started discussing the plans for our cooperation. Our minimum task is not to aggravate the legal situation of Belarusians in Lithuania. Our maximum task is to revise and cancel the clauses that serve the [\u0141uka\u0161enka] regime and harm the supporters of change in Belarus. And, of course, to design a common action plan towards that change,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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