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[00:00:02] Maus, so this is not Canada would be an associated member
[00:00:06] of the European Union, and the European Union has long been a subsidiary of Canada
[00:00:09] between Africa and the United Kingdom.
[00:00:13] Well, you know, in my days, geography
[00:00:16] was a lot simpler. Don't start your stories about how things were in your
[00:00:20] days, we'll have to listen again to how it was, what kind of funeral, how they
[00:00:23] carried coffins. You know, I still
[00:00:27] self-educate. When I'm in the toilet, I Google
[00:00:31] the whole world.
[00:00:32] I'm surprised.
[00:00:37] I'm
[00:00:37] amazed.
[00:00:42] Thank you for watching Dviračio Savaitė. Just
[00:00:45] for the end of the show, we were asked to announce
[00:00:47] a colon. If you know basketball
[00:00:50] well, understand plays, and know how
[00:00:54] to utilize the strengths of individual basketball players. Maybe
[00:00:57] you can tell Dainius Adomaitis that
[00:01:00] the Lithuanian men's national team is looking for a new head coach,
[00:01:04] period. So that's all for this time,
[00:01:07] see you next Sunday and bye, be well.
[00:01:42] Thank you. Before we start discussing the next
[00:01:46] item on the agenda, I would like to point out that perhaps someone
[00:01:50] lost car
[00:01:52] keys, asked Deputy Speaker of the Seimas
[00:01:56] Leiputė, and I would like to ask her, what answer, madam,
[00:02:00] were you expecting? No, you know, I didn't lose them, I keep them there.
[00:02:03] Return them to the first row, please, in that aisle there between
[00:02:06] Brazilienė and Vaitekūnienė, this is a member of the Seimas,
[00:02:09] if you haven't met them yet. So,
[00:02:13] good evening. Another interesting week, the week when
[00:02:16] the prosecutor general suspected of corruption fled Ukraine,
[00:02:19] but still, that same week it became clear that
[00:02:23] despite all the explanations of Žemaitaičiai about
[00:02:26] Ukrainian corruption, Putin's oligarchs are buying not the Ukrainian
[00:02:30] president, but the United States'. This is about the fact that
[00:02:33] Trump's eldest son's wife confirmed that the island for their
[00:02:36] wedding in spring was rented and fireworks
[00:02:39] were bought by a certain Umar Kremlyov. His real
[00:02:42] surname is Lutfoloyev. Here, when he was still convicted
[00:02:45] of racketeering, he later changed it to a more beautiful one for him. Now
[00:02:49] Kremlyov is the president of the International Boxing Federation and
[00:02:52] buys gifts for the family of the United States president.
[00:02:56] At the banquet, which was organized in the Bahamas and where
[00:02:59] Donald Trump himself did not participate, but he was
[00:03:03] successfully represented there by the family's negotiator, who
[00:03:06] imitates the work of a diplomat in Ukraine and Iran,
[00:03:10] Trump's son-in-law Kushner. And maybe something
[00:03:13] was gifted, because the Russian headwear for the newlyweds is only put on here
[00:03:17] in the photo, at least in public with such decorations
[00:03:21] they have not yet been spotted.
[00:03:23] Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk warned his parliament
[00:03:27] that Russia is planning missile and drone attacks against
[00:03:30] states that support Ukraine. The Lithuanian Minister
[00:03:34] of National Defence, reassuring his parliament, demonstrated
[00:03:38] that he counts at least up to two. Well, that
[00:03:41] autumn, when the threat to Lithuania is probably the greatest since the
[00:03:44] summer of '40s. Here, there was a discussion
[00:03:47] about a European army, well, there was such a discussion,
[00:03:50] but then the question is, well, such a practical one, so now a NATO soldier, that is
[00:03:54] like a NATO soldier and a European soldier, so do we interpret this
[00:03:57] as having two soldiers in one person?
[00:04:00] We probably don't become safer from that, because a person is only one. It's good that
[00:04:04] Minister Kaunas did not mention or did not remember that a soldier
[00:04:07] of the Lithuanian army in such a case would be a soldier
[00:04:11] three times over, because he is both a soldier of the Lithuanian army
[00:04:14] and a NATO soldier. The Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces,
[00:04:17] such duties are held by the President of the State, this
[00:04:21] week recounted that Belarus is not
[00:04:23] independent, at least in controlling its airspace.
[00:04:26] And if it depended on Belarus itself... then it might even shoot down those drones,
[00:04:30] which, across all of Belarus, quotes Gitanas Nausėda, fly into
[00:04:34] Lithuania. We have a very clear view on what
[00:04:37] is happening in Belarus, we certainly haven't put on
[00:04:41] any rose-tinted glasses wanting to see
[00:04:45] Lukashenka as beautiful, we see him as he
[00:04:48] is.
[00:04:50] You perfectly understand that, well, Uh, speaking of what is happening in Belarusian
[00:04:53] airspace, well, it seems that here we sometimes
[00:04:56] think a little that... Russia
[00:05:00] controls its airspace, we have
[00:05:03] a lot of information about Belarus
[00:05:06] itself trying to fight those drones that enter its
[00:05:10] territory. Uh... In one case
[00:05:13] they manage to do it, in another case they don't, those drones
[00:05:16] continue to move into Lithuanian territory, because many
[00:05:20] of them come, practically across the entire territory
[00:05:23] of Belarus, having flown over.
[00:05:26] Gitanas Nausėda did not expand on this topic in the daily
[00:05:29] theme, and therefore I cannot now expand on those Belarusian
[00:05:32] balloons that would stop the work of Vilnius airport in the summer.
[00:05:36] But from what was said here, by the president's
[00:05:39] mouth, Belarus would like to shoot down Russian drones, but
[00:05:43] cannot, would very much like to, but very much cannot. And here, in another
[00:05:47] sentence after he himself announced that he doesn't look
[00:05:50] at Lukashenka through rose-tinted glasses.
[00:05:54] Former LRT Council member Artūras Račas this week
[00:05:57] shared on Facebook his latest achievements, having reached
[00:06:00] the second stage of the LRT Ethics Controller competition.
[00:06:03] Besides the achievements of Račas already listed, there are
[00:06:06] others. He was Skardžius' assistant in the Seimas, and
[00:06:10] he has illustrated the State Security Department's report on threats
[00:06:14] in Lithuania. He led the Kremlin A3 format
[00:06:17] conversations described in that report. The speaker of that
[00:06:21] format was Algirdas Paleckis, but that was back when he was
[00:06:24] not yet convicted, or, as the honorary chairman of the Social Democrats,
[00:06:28] Andriukaitis, says, when he was not yet a political prisoner,
[00:06:32] he freely and unpunished spoke that on January 13th, our own
[00:06:35] shot our own. The LRT commission
[00:06:38] that selected Račas as a candidate for LRT Ethics Controller
[00:06:41] is led by its council member Laura
[00:06:44] Matiošaitytė, the same person who is also a member of the Central
[00:06:48] Electoral Commission and who told no one that she had
[00:06:51] quietly consulted Žemaitaitis' party and
[00:06:55] asked that the party also hide
[00:06:58] these consultations, only that Vice Žemaitaitis Puchovičius
[00:07:01] did not know how or did not want to remove the marks from the electronic document
[00:07:05] showing that Nemunas Aušra's explanation
[00:07:09] to the Central Electoral Commission was written on Matjošaitytė's computer.
[00:07:13] Patijošaitytė sees no problems here, and the Speaker of the Seimas
[00:07:16] Olekas reacted to the relationship of the member with Nemunas
[00:07:19] Aušra by saying that she herself might
[00:07:22] have to write some kind of resignation
[00:07:24] statement.
[00:07:29] "I messed up and cleaned up,
[00:07:32] norim, mes gyvent ramiai, nes
[00:07:36] šalis
[00:07:42] čia. Dirbtinis intelektas taip mato dalykus, kai vyriausiojoje rinkimų
[00:07:45] Central Electoral Commission works secretly, consulting one party, one specific
[00:07:49] party, and now voting on its violations.
[00:07:53] So far, such video clips are not prohibited. Social Democrat
[00:07:56] Visaitė proposes to prohibit only such artificial intelligence
[00:08:00] creations where the content is sexual. Human
[00:08:03] dignity, honor,
[00:08:07] reputation, the right to private life, and the right
[00:08:10] to one's own image,
[00:08:13] as well as sexual
[00:08:16] self-determination freedom. Plus, regarding
[00:08:19] Matišaitytė, I also heard that she said she wants a request, I want to ask
[00:08:22] one thing, being a lawyer, a person who has not yet held
[00:08:26] office, if he provides consultations to anyone, is that
[00:08:28] a violation?
[00:08:32] Many lawyers provide free consultations to people with disabilities
[00:08:35] and so on, and these are free consultations, this is
[00:08:38] a violation. In Puchovičius' correspondence
[00:08:41] from Nemunas Aušra, Matjošaitytė is not writing a resignation
[00:08:45] statement from anywhere. The Seimas majority is concerned that she should have more
[00:08:48] time. The necessary number of signatures has been collected
[00:08:52] to summon Laura Matijošaitytė to the
[00:08:55] Seimas, but she is not being summoned, it is being postponed even
[00:08:58] for next week. On the 22nd, she is not
[00:09:01] being summoned. Can you answer if this is not related
[00:09:04] to the LRT Council meeting planned for the
[00:09:08] 22nd, in which she should
[00:09:11] also participate? Because of this, there is no opportunity
[00:09:15] here in the Seimas to hear Matijošaitytė's answers
[00:09:19] to the questions of the members of the Seimas. Yes, colleague, your precise
[00:09:22] signatures are collected, but we
[00:09:25] have a case that is currently being considered
[00:09:29] in the Constitutional Court because
[00:09:31] a person who was being recalled was not given
[00:09:34] enough time to prepare
[00:09:38] to answer the question, so
[00:09:41] an invitation to Ms. Laura
[00:09:44] Matijušaitė will be sent today
[00:09:47] and I believe that after giving her seven
[00:09:51] working days, she will be invited to our plenary
[00:09:55] session. Kęstutis Vilkauskas, who failed
[00:09:59] in the previous Seimas session with the mission to make the LRT
[00:10:02] law as it should be, according to Olekas' blueprint, will no
[00:10:06] longer be the chairman of the Culture Committee in this session.
[00:10:09] A small introductory word before the procedures.
[00:10:12] Today I am handing over the duties
[00:10:15] of the committee chairman to Vaida Aleknavičienė.
[00:10:17] I am not resigning, I am handing over, because I really
[00:10:20] did not see any arguments stated that I should resign. I
[00:10:24] but. I mentioned earlier, the new
[00:10:27] chairwoman of the Culture Committee will now be Vaida Aleknavičienė, whom
[00:10:30] the Social Democrats removed twice from the post of Minister
[00:10:34] of Culture. My address has been subjected to various
[00:10:37] statements when I was a
[00:10:40] Minister of Culture, whether I participated
[00:10:43] or not, I also think this is such
[00:10:47] a, perhaps an
[00:10:50] exaggerated presentation
[00:10:54] of information about me, that I
[00:10:58] did not participate in the committee's activities. So, for your information,
[00:11:02] I really did participate in the committee's activities. At the same time, I was
[00:11:05] also a member of another committee, so it is clear that
[00:11:08] the situation is more complex.
[00:11:12] Let's see who called about the minister's non-participation
[00:11:15] in the Seimas Culture Committee's activities? I would like to
[00:11:18] inform you that my schedule is planned in
[00:11:21] advance, and when you talk about your work
[00:11:25] in the committee, I would like to emphasize that
[00:11:28] I genuinely regret my personal working
[00:11:32] time, which I should dedicate to listening to your
[00:11:35] strange proposals and hindrances
[00:11:38] to the committee's work. So, at that time, I
[00:11:41] really focus on other activities where I can help
[00:11:45] and solve problems. That
[00:11:47] waste of time was when the Seimas, in an urgent procedure, tried
[00:11:51] to deal with LRT. Then,
[00:11:53] when it was an urgent procedure. It was also as good as the black-smoking
[00:11:57] bulldozer of the Azdem and Žemaitaitis coalition. Now urgency
[00:12:01] is no longer appropriate, because why is it needed if
[00:12:04] the laws are not about LRT.
[00:12:06] I would suggest to the initiators to remove that
[00:12:10] gas before adoption, so that the storm comes.
[00:12:14] The urgent gas, I mean, that the storm will come tomorrow, so it's unlikely,
[00:12:17] to improve this project
[00:12:21] taking into account the conclusions of the Legal Department, which we
[00:12:24] somewhere. we did not consider today, honorable chairman,
[00:12:28] standing at the tribune, the speaker. I thought that
[00:12:31] you are an experienced member of the Seimas and you know that we consider
[00:12:35] proposals not at the consideration stage, but at the adoption
[00:12:38] stage, so that will be done. Due to
[00:12:41] certain misleading information, certain members of the Seimas or perhaps presented
[00:12:44] out of ignorance. On Monday, the Energy
[00:12:47] and Sustainable Development Committee considered all the conclusions
[00:12:50] of the Legal Department, perhaps some committee members
[00:12:54] did not participate in the meeting remotely, and the final
[00:12:58] presentation of conclusions takes place during adoption, so a reminder to some of those who have
[00:13:01] stayed too long, please read the Legal Department's
[00:13:05] conclusion, request the government's conclusion for this
[00:13:08] project and the STT's conclusion. Was it
[00:13:11] requested? No, why wasn't it
[00:13:14] requested? On what grounds wasn't it requested? Look at
[00:13:18] the committee's conclusion, the bulldozer is not suitable here,
[00:13:22] I wouldn't speak from a side microphone, but when false
[00:13:25] information is spread, the STT was contacted and we received a prompt response
[00:13:28] that they do not object and foresee no violations.
[00:13:32] Colleagues, you know, it is very strange to hear the boos of
[00:13:36] some people in this hall who
[00:13:39] sat in power for two years, were in the ruling
[00:13:42] majority, did nothing to make
[00:13:45] anything better, and now suddenly
[00:13:48] their position has changed, crying as if there's nothing
[00:13:51] left, so I would really like to vote against
[00:13:55] the dullness that is heard in this hall, but
[00:13:58] I will approve the law itself.
[00:14:01] Prime Minister Sinkevičius this week clarified: the statements
[00:14:04] about caring for children made by Ruginienė, who warmed his place
[00:14:08] in the government, now returned to the Ministry of Social
[00:14:11] Security and Labour. Today
[00:14:14] Inga Ruginienė, speaking about the family package,
[00:14:18] said that she would finance it from the budget and from Sodra.
[00:14:22] So maybe you will specify.
[00:14:25] Do you have some kind of 800 million
[00:14:29] chest in the budget that no one knows about, because we hear
[00:14:33] nothing about sources, only such a generic statement.
[00:14:36] And this is already more of your
[00:14:39] reflection on how to deal with funding from Sodra. After all,
[00:14:43] Sodra can only finance a very
[00:14:45] specific range of
[00:14:49] measures and certainly not any, not just any
[00:14:52] plan of the ruling party. Well... I have neither a chest, nor
[00:14:56] a broom, nor a drawer. Uh,
[00:14:59] the budget situation is indeed
[00:15:02] tense,
[00:15:04] and it will certainly be difficult, it seems,
[00:15:07] but, well, it is a political ambition that we are pursuing
[00:15:11] and we will realize it.
[00:15:15] those announced less than 800 million, that is not
[00:15:18] such an immediate need in 2027 that
[00:15:22] suddenly 800 million is needed. Especially since some
[00:15:25] of the measures, and probably already discussed,
[00:15:29] are programmed for after this term, for another term, for another
[00:15:32] period, regarding the feeding of fifth
[00:15:36] to tenth grade students. And this is a big, big investment,
[00:15:40] if, well, it is approved to do it.
[00:15:42] Officially, money spent on food, according to today's
[00:15:45] Lithuanian social democrats, is an investment, if you promise that
[00:15:49] they will be taken from some broom and
[00:15:52] distributed for consumption by the next term's
[00:15:54] government.
[00:16:01] Today's guest on the show is Jonas Miklovas, founder,
[00:16:05] leader, and soul of Basket News, probably that's right. To say or not, very
[00:16:08] grandiosely, hello, that's how it is, Jonas received additional
[00:16:12] attention after that show, in which he was supposed to participate
[00:16:16] together with Mindaugas Balčiūnas, the head
[00:16:19] of the Lithuanian Basketball Association, then still the
[00:16:21] head, but Mindaugas Balčiūnas did not want
[00:16:25] to participate in the same show as you. What
[00:16:27] would you have asked, how could
[00:16:31] it have seemed to Balčiūnas? A very
[00:16:33] good question, I myself also tried
[00:16:37] to understand what Mindaugas Balčiūnas could have
[00:16:40] been afraid of, because we probably don't need to pretend that
[00:16:44] there could have been some other things why he refused to be with me
[00:16:48] in the studio, I wouldn't bite his hand, nor
[00:16:51] would I start any fights, he probably had to be afraid
[00:16:55] of certain possible questions that would allegedly
[00:16:58] be uncomfortable or for which he would not have been
[00:17:01] prepared. To be honest, knowing his
[00:17:05] communication skills, I had no doubt that no
[00:17:08] questions he might receive would scare him,
[00:17:12] and although in the environment, even in the studio, some
[00:17:16] colleagues and guests doubted until the last minute whether Mindaugas
[00:17:19] Balčiūnas would come to the show, I was convinced that he would participate,
[00:17:23] because, I repeat, I really didn't think that I would
[00:17:27] pose a problem for his ability to speak
[00:17:30] and answer, but it turns out I do,
[00:17:34] it turns out, it turns out that I do, but,
[00:17:37] "considering everything, considering all the fuss that
[00:17:41] arose after the show, after Mindaugas' refusal to participate
[00:17:44] with me, I am convinced that whatever I would have asked,
[00:17:48] however I might have reacted in a few places
[00:17:51] to his, let's say, not one lie, about which even
[00:17:55] other participants in the show openly said at the table, 'Mindaugas,
[00:17:59] you're lying here, and you're lying here,' I could have added in a few more
[00:18:02] places, but that would not have changed the essence as strongly as
[00:18:06] Mindaugas' own decision." "to step into the
[00:18:10] studio while I am in it. What does this show
[00:18:13] about the attitude of such leaders
[00:18:16] towards critical voices, because you probably
[00:18:19] don't really have any personal issues with each other, the topic
[00:18:23] is about basketball, about the situation of Lithuanian basketball,
[00:18:27] and what it depends on. Is this
[00:18:30] normal behavior for a leader of any level? Well,
[00:18:33] we have known each other for probably 15, even
[00:18:36] more years. 17, 18, even before
[00:18:39] five years ago, we were drinking wine in the basketball house before Christmas, when
[00:18:43] I came to congratulate him, as the newly elected general
[00:18:46] secretary, even then I myself believed that he
[00:18:49] truly was a person who would work for the good
[00:18:52] of basketball, but that was probably one of the last, if not
[00:18:56] the last, warm meeting we had, because simply seeing
[00:18:59] what - because he had wine, because he had wine, yes, and seeing
[00:19:03] what was happening, what was going on, what information was coming in.
[00:19:07] Well, it was difficult
[00:19:10] to continue to accept this person as I had information
[00:19:14] about him until then. Well, it's obvious that probably that kind of break
[00:19:18] in relations happened before the 2024 elections, where
[00:19:21] Šarūnas Černiauskas and I with Siena did
[00:19:24] an investigation, very quickly, I must say, we
[00:19:28] it was a matter of two months and in two months we did
[00:19:32] three separate texts, of course there was the big main one related to
[00:19:35] Orlen's money and. probably anyone who has done investigations understands that
[00:19:39] investigations don't happen that quickly, so you need to imagine how much
[00:19:42] work was put in during that short time to still manage
[00:19:46] to show the basketball community what kind of person we are talking about and what kind
[00:19:50] of person is now running not for general secretary, but
[00:19:54] for president. And someone, or Mindaugas Balčiūnas himself,
[00:19:57] undoubtedly considered this as certain election
[00:20:00] campaigning from the opposition's side. When we
[00:20:03] started doing that investigation, at that time it was not even clear whether anyone
[00:20:07] at all would go as opposition, Mindaugas Balčiūnas would have been practically
[00:20:11] the only candidate in those elections. So our
[00:20:15] goal was not to help the opposition, our goal was
[00:20:18] to show what the history of this
[00:20:21] person is, how he collects those very votes
[00:20:24] in the association, how various
[00:20:28] new organizations emerge that get voting rights,
[00:20:31] what was the story with Orlen and how politicians got involved
[00:20:35] in that story as well. And I think we succeeded
[00:20:39] and since then
[00:20:41] our relationship is no more, it simply became
[00:20:45] zero or negative and probably since then Mindaugas
[00:20:48] feels such injustice or hurt
[00:20:52] somehow. That show coincided roughly
[00:20:56] with the international investigation into the inappropriate
[00:20:59] conduct of basketball coach Grigas, about which
[00:21:02] Balčiūnas said that the conduct and everything is fine here and there's nothing to do
[00:21:06] and nothing to apologize for. In your opinion,
[00:21:10] what could have been more important?
[00:21:13] All that opinion that arose after he
[00:21:16] refused to participate in the show with you, or perhaps this issue
[00:21:20] I have no doubt, because this is a topic that goes beyond basketball.
[00:21:23] For example, we can criticize
[00:21:27] why a new national team coach is not being found, and this is
[00:21:30] the responsibility of the association's head, but this may not reach
[00:21:34] everyone's ears. We can say that perhaps
[00:21:37] basketball players also refuse to come to the national team because there
[00:21:40] are, let's say, unprofessional conditions, not as
[00:21:44] they are used to working in clubs, but this will again not reach the public's
[00:21:47] ears. When a very clear message
[00:21:51] comes from FIBA that the coach, for whom
[00:21:54] Mindaugas Balčiūnas stood up, who repeated in more than one show
[00:21:58] that there are no signs of sexual harassment,
[00:22:01] that an exemplary investigation has been carried out by the association,
[00:22:05] that this is even an example for FIBA on how to conduct investigations
[00:22:08] in three days, and many such conversations, much such communication,
[00:22:12] and when eventually a decision comes from FIBA
[00:22:16] that this person gets a five-year disqualification, of course it is not
[00:22:20] specified why the association certainly knows the reasons, but publicly
[00:22:23] it was not stated, but such things don't happen. A five-year
[00:22:26] disqualification is not received for,
[00:22:30] as Mindaugas tried to communicate before,
[00:22:33] that perhaps someone's understanding
[00:22:36] is overly sensitive, someone needs to drink tea.
[00:22:39] For such things, a five-year
[00:22:42] disqualification does not come, so it certainly contributed to a very
[00:22:45] changed perspective and background. To everything Mindaugas
[00:22:49] said, and the situation with Rimantas Grigas did not help
[00:22:53] him, and that show probably became the
[00:22:55] last straw, I imagine. I myself
[00:22:59] did not imagine and did not expect that such a reaction could
[00:23:02] happen, but when a multitude
[00:23:06] of non-sports people get involved, Rimvydas
[00:23:09] Valatka, even though he criticized LRT, I disagreed with his
[00:23:12] criticism, but of course we all have the right to have different opinions, but he
[00:23:16] criticized Mantas Tonkus in an LRT show.
[00:23:20] he laughed or also at that situation, so it turned out to be such
[00:23:24] an incredible moment, I really didn't imagine that such
[00:23:27] reactions could happen, and when so many different people, not from basketball, talk
[00:23:30] about it, I think it must have been the last straw. How do you
[00:23:34] predict the situation now, because, well, new leader
[00:23:38] elections are coming in the association, on which, probably, the future of the national
[00:23:42] team and Lithuanian basketball in general depends. Do you have information
[00:23:46] about who could be a very strong candidate in the new elections?
[00:23:50] "Candidates, it turns out, now several are being mentioned. Of course,
[00:23:54] the name of Remigijus Milašius, the head of LKL, was heard loudly
[00:23:57] here, who is seemingly seen as a possible
[00:24:01] future president, but at the
[00:24:05] same time it is also heard that behind the scenes Mindaugas Balčiūnas,
[00:24:08] having resigned from these positions, is actively
[00:24:11] working by calls talking about another candidate
[00:24:15] who might appear, Darius
[00:24:17] Gudelis, and there is time until Friday, and we
[00:24:21] are now again in such a situation where the basketball
[00:24:24] federation association, excuse me, it's still hard
[00:24:27] to readjust to this, not just for you, these elections again
[00:24:30] become such a national interest, so it becomes almost
[00:24:34] as intriguing as, I don't know, municipal elections, I wouldn't compare it perhaps to Seimas
[00:24:38] elections or presidential, but it again becomes such an intrigue, well, who will now
[00:24:42] continue to govern our basketball? So what surprised
[00:24:44] me was that the executive committee of the association left
[00:24:47] a very short time frame for"
[00:24:51] the week must practically submit candidacies
[00:24:55] and then there are three weeks left until
[00:24:58] the elections themselves, so there isn't much preparation and
[00:25:01] it would obviously be very difficult for an outsider to compete
[00:25:05] under such conditions, so we'll see what happens, but these
[00:25:08] two names are now seen as the essential
[00:25:12] candidate names, if it were up to you,
[00:25:15] what qualities would a candidate definitely need
[00:25:19] for this post?
[00:25:22] That's a good question. I would say
[00:25:24] it's the opposite
[00:25:26] for Mindaugas Balčiūnas, that even so, even
[00:25:30] though Mindaugas Balčiūnas is still referred to by some people as
[00:25:33] the best sports manager in Lithuania, even
[00:25:36] now, yesterday, when communicating from the association's side
[00:25:40] about the upcoming European Women's Championship in Lithuania,
[00:25:43] it's clear that it's not at all prepared for. There are eight or nine
[00:25:46] months left, there are no finances, the money hasn't
[00:25:50] been collected, so how can that best manager not be able
[00:25:53] to take care of such a huge international event, for which
[00:25:56] Lithuania got the right to organize? So
[00:25:59] we need someone who loves basketball, first of all, someone who
[00:26:03] would want to work hard for basketball and strive for that
[00:26:06] basketball to rise, not to think about
[00:26:09] himself, about his closest friends, about
[00:26:13] the management form itself. But if we talked about Mindaugas
[00:26:16] being afraid of possible questions, it might be because
[00:26:20] his management style is such that he's surrounded by
[00:26:24] people who are very comfortable. There are many people in the association
[00:26:28] who now don't ask questions, don't discuss with
[00:26:31] the leader, don't suggest... ideas, but are their executors, are
[00:26:34] executors of tasks that are handed down from above. So I
[00:26:38] don't believe in such a management style. As a leader myself, I strongly
[00:26:41] encourage someone to
[00:26:44] challenge me. That's a Lithuanian word, but I can't think of it quickly
[00:26:48] now. Because I believe in such a management style,
[00:26:51] and it seems that the association's leader should have something similar. He should really
[00:26:55] listen to various sides, not be an expert
[00:26:59] on everything himself. Thank you very much, Jonas.
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