Gli eurodeputati dell’opposizione lituana stanno attualmente facendo ostruzionismo per fermare l’adozione di un disegno di legge contro la libertà di parola in Parlamento presentando progetti di legge fittizi. Ieri è stato approvato uno di questi progetti di legge, che propone la destituzione del capo dell’emittente nazionale da parte del gatto di un deputato.
https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2778232/opposition-adds-cat-amendment-in-protest-to-proposed-lrt-legislation
di fatbreadslut
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Man, I gotta say, not even tryna stir the pot here, but rly, the way these Lithuanian opposition MEPs are handling things rn.
On a more serious note, the ruling coalition is doing everything it can to pass amendments that restrict media freedom and further bills are already being drafted, some of which would effectively impose censorship on the national broadcaster. As a response, thousands of people have gathered next to the Parliament building for a three day protest, but so far neither the government nor the president have issued any response.
Sorry, what? The bill was proposed by a cat, or a cat is going to remove someone?
MPs, not MEPs
Context: the ruling coalition is rushing changes to the law which undermine the independence of the national broadcaster, and they are rushing the changes before advice from legal and other experts can be obtained (some have said that it is outright unconstitutional). There’s a filibuster effort from the opposition, where they swamp process with over a hundred of proposed changes to delay the law. If the law doesn’t pass til Christmas, it’ll have to wait until March and expert opinions will have to be taken into account.
The amendment involving the cat was one of the proposals, and it states that firing the head of national broadcaster requires a no-confidence vote from Agnė Širinskienė’s cat Nuodėgulis (roughly translated as “burnt piece of wood”). This amendment was passed while part of the ruling coalition didn’t give a crap and went out to drink wine.
How big are Lithuanian cats?