I. Šimonytė: the appointment of ambassadors outlined by regulation would go away no room for interpretation

On Tuesday, she emphasised to LRT radio that in accordance with the Structure, the appointment of ambassadors is the Authorities’s duty, though the president additionally participates within the appointment course of.

“The phrase of the president can also be vital right here, as a result of he additionally makes that call, he’s additionally part of this resolution. However all different establishments can’t be hostages to the viewpoint of 1 establishment, with out giving arguments,” she stated.

“If there’s a clear process, it appears to me that this clear process ought to positively result in a outcome. It is a pity that the dialogue lasted so lengthy that it’s essential to attempt to write some explanations into the legal guidelines, but when the problem can’t be resolved in any other case, and I nonetheless wish to hope that it may be resolved, then it will be higher if the whole lot was written on paper and no one may do something to interpret”, claimed the Prime Minister.

The Seimas URK guarantees to organize amendments that will set up a clearly outlined process for appointing ambassadors with out the Presidency and the Ministry of Overseas Affairs (MFA) disagreeing on the appointment of recent ambassadors.

In accordance with the knowledge of the Minister of Overseas Affairs, Gabrielius Landsbergis, the appointment of 13 representatives of Lithuania is at the moment frozen, together with in Poland. In accordance with him, the ministry submitted the candidacies of diplomats who received choices to G. Nausėda final 12 months, and the choice of the problem is caught within the Presidency. For its half, the Presidency factors out that it expressed its place on the ambassadors once more on January 11.

URC chairman Žygymantas Pavilionis asserted that the amendments are essential with a purpose to finish the “uncertainty of the coordination of candidacies”, and the choice course of described within the inside authorized acts of the MFA and the URC process, in addition to the phrases for appointing ambassadors, might be transferred to the regulation.

Now, the Legislation on Diplomatic Service gives solely that the diplomatic consultant abroad is appointed by the President on the proposal of the Authorities, following the nomination has been thought of by the Overseas Affairs Committee of the Seimas and following receiving the consent of that international nation to simply accept (settlement). The appointment process is just not regulated intimately within the regulation.