2023-04-29 10:10:29
“Be thrifty – exchange pennies!” Such a campaign was organized by the Bank of Lithuania. Unfortunately, only in Kaunas. Residents were urged to exchange small coins – 1 and 2 euro cents – and thus return them to circulation, because “coins are usually used only once for payment. After receiving a return, they are lost or lying in residents’ savings banks, car showrooms, and fountains.” According to the calculation of the Bank of Lithuania, since the introduction of the euro in the country, Lithuanian residents have lost more than 2 million. 1 and 2 euro cent coins. However, there are as many small coins in circulation as would fit in eleven train cars, and they weigh 770 tons. Every year, the amount of these coins in circulation increases by 80 tons, or 1 train car. At the end of the promotion, the bank counted: we exchanged a total of almost one and a half thousand euros. Of them, 1 and 2 cts accounted for almost 32 thousand. coins. And they rejoice – every cent brought and returned to circulation means that the Bank of Lithuania will have to mint them less, therefore the environment will be preserved (resources are used to mint, transport, manage them, pollution and waste are emitted).
According to the Bank of Lithuania, a public survey shows that as many as two-thirds of the Lithuanian population would support the abolition of 1 and 2 euro cent coins and the rounding of the final amount of the shopping basket. Literally, there is no use for those pennies, they only scratch the linings of wallets, get lost in pockets, roll under the counter, lie in piggy banks and pollute. Like pigs.
But it is unlikely that Caritas, the Maltese or others concerned with the welfare of the needy would agree with such a description of cents. May 2 the declaration of income for the previous year ends. Who did you transfer the 1.2 percent to? Every penny is precious to the needy. In other words, for someone they become redundant, for someone they become golden.
It is strange, but the words “Republic of Lithuania” have become redundant. Not just anywhere, but in the oaths of council members and mayors of five municipalities – Mažeikiai, Palanga, Plunge, Kazlų Rūda, Trakai. They read and signed the following text of the oath: “I, (name, surname), swear to respect and enforce the Constitution and laws of the Republic of Lithuania, to perform my duties honestly and honorably, and to refrain from actions that violate the rights and public interests of the residents of the municipality.” May God help me!” (when swearing, the last sentence is optional, apparently, if you don’t say it, the “oppositional forces” help?). In those municipalities, the swearing-in procedure (and the entire meeting) had to be repeated, because the Central Election Commission (CEC) found that the “wrong” text had been read. The “correct” text of the oath, without the words “Republic of Lithuania”, is included in the new version of the Law on Local Self-Government, which came into force on this year’s very symbolic date – Liars’ Day. And the one who swears not according to the text of the oath does not acquire the legitimacy of the authority.
The people of Palanga – the chairman of the election commission, the mayor and the council – proved the authenticity of the oath that was read most closely. “As can be seen from the officially published legal acts, two names are written, that is, the Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania and the Constitution. These names in their logical and semantic sense mean the same thing, ie the Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania. We expressed our position that the fact that the elected members of the council and the mayor swore to respect and implement the Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania, and not the Constitution, does not change the essence of the oath,” Virgilijus Beržanskis, chairman of the election commission of the Palanga city municipality, told the republican media. Unfortunately, according to the CEC, it was not necessary to swear to the Constitution of our country, but simply to the Constitution. Half jokingly, half seriously, the question arises – to what, whose Constitution are the elected officials forced to swear an oath? Maybe we are preparing to join another union and, so that we don’t have to repeat elections and oaths, we automatically secure our future? I do not remember a more absurd case regarding the words “Republic of Lithuania”.
This week is especially happy for two communities: Rokiškis Juozas Tūbelis pro-gymnasium and Jūžinti seniority. The representatives of the school met with the President of the Republic of Lithuania, Valdas Adamkus, and the students of Jūžinti were presented with the “Lietuvos Komuntiliuų Łamnoormai 2022.” Fortunately, no one has yet deleted the words “Republic of Lithuania” from this title, and the name of the country from the name of the nomination.
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