“Too little attention is paid to a very beautiful, bright and significant period in the history of Lithuania. It is very instructive and would be an encouragement today for those who have somehow lost the criteria – what is good and what is bad. The movement was a good thing and there is nothing to be distracted about. The Sąjūdis gave us the opportunity to restore statehood, independence, to go out into the free world, to return to the family of free nations, ”V. Landsbergis told Eltai in 1988–1990. Acting Chairman of the Council of the Sąjūdis Seimas.
And the fact that Lithuania has won independence is not another event. According to the professor, the results that Lithuania achieved at that time require a very strong sense of value in society.
For example, according to V. Landsbergis, who led Lithuania from the clutches of the Soviet regime more than three decades ago, the aspiration for statehood and independence that prevailed in the society was much stronger than it is now. In Belarus, whose population has been increasingly brutal recently Aliaksandr Lukashenko management pressure.
“Lithuania was much more united and more clearly defined as a society that pursues and has its own goal – a million people on the Baltic Way. If a million people left Belarus for freedom, for democracy – life would be different, then the owners would not come to beat the people who want freedom. And now people who have formal and terrorist power can rage, “said Landsbergis.
“Critical mass arises when people have a sense of conviction and value and know what they stand for. This is lacking in Belarus, “he added.
On the other hand, despite the international recognition and achievements that Lithuania, as a country that has won its independence, the professor states, there are still unresolved problems. According to him, Lithuanian society is still not resistant to rumors and intimidation.
“Lithuania still has unresolved cultural and psychological problems. There is a certain distraction, it is easily knocked out by some rumors, believed in baubles, intimidation. Society is quite naive, easily pushed and subjugated. This is a bit unfortunate, “said V. Landsbergis.
The professor did not hide that when talking about these problems of Lithuanian society, he also means those who, calling themselves “defenders of the traditional family”, consider the initiatives of the right in the Seimas regarding the Partnership Law or the Istanbul Convention to be an almost existential threat to the state.
“They speak with abstract formulas that someone has allegedly attacked the family, someone wants to destroy the family in Lithuania. But the institution of the family depends on the trust and desire and determination of people to have a family, to protect their family, to cherish it when problems or temptations arise. And if that’s not enough in society, then it itself destroys its families. No one from the outside family comes to demolish. People are simply immature for the family or they are not brought up for the family, “said V. Landsbergis, noting that in this respect there is a lot of confusion among the political elite.
“Some have become populists, looking for fashion to look good in that fashion – they are not very solid politicians. Politicians need to have their views and express them when necessary, even when it is not popular, ”said Landsbergis.
June 3 usually mentioned as the beginning of the Lithuanian reorganization movement, when in 1988 the Sąjūdis Initiative Group was formed. 1988 June 3 In the summer and autumn of 1988, thousands of Sąjūdis rallies were held in Lithuania in the hall of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, Vilnius, after the election of the LPS initiative group from 35 members. and in the districts, the FTA initiative groups were established, in the collectives – the Sąjūdis support groups, the Sąjūdis press was started to be published.
1988 The inaugural congress of the FTA took place on October 22-23, 2006, with the participation of representatives from all over Lithuania, the FTA Seimas, the FTA Seimas Council, the FTA program, the statutes and 30 resolutions were elected and approved.
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