For members of the Seimas – a new fee?

Liberal from Visaginas Eevgeny Šuklinas is home to a one -room apartment in the Seimas hotel. He says he still had to fight because he recently had an apartment in Vilnius.

« I was in the second stage, then we pulled the spells, who was enough. I was lucky – I got an apartment, but I pay for all the utilities, » said J. Šuklinas, a member of the Seimas.

Others were more fortunate. J. Šuklinas’ colleagues who received apartments in the first phase do not have to pay for nothing. However, the Chancellor of the Seimas proposes amendments.

« Members of the Seimas could assume an obligation for utility services that live in the dormitory of the Seimas, » said Chancellor of the Seimas Algirdas Stončaitis.

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In this term, the first such idea was raised by the Speaker of the Seimas Saulius Skvernelis. The utility would be offered to pay from the stationery received or from the salary.

« The two -room dormitory during the winter period, when both heating and electricity are needed, we would talk about 100-120 euros, » the Chancellor of the Seimas shared.

Dawn Tomas Domarkas is convinced that just over 100 euros per MP is not a heavy burden for taxpayers.

« Maybe you could pay, but then you get that members of the Seimas have to pay for their housing, where they live for the utilities, it gets double taxation, » said T. Domarkas, a Member of the Seimas.

« If I tell you and pay, you won’t go anywhere. But it’s not good, because then I will double it – I live in the village, I have turned on the heat pump, I am already paying there, and I will still pay, then I have double payments, » said Petras Dargis, a member of the Seimas.

Agnė Širinskienė teaches her colleagues.

« If you live in a hotel, you use neither electricity nor water at home, it would be smart and honest to pay, » said A. Širinskienė, a Member of the Seimas.

Most say they would pay for water and electricity out of their pocket, but it would be too much to pay for heating.

« During the winter, most people, when there is a gap between sessions, spend time in their constituencies, working with voters. The same is in the summer, among the sessions, this is apparently with a question mark, » said A. Širinskienė.

« These are the total cost that the one who pays for them is already covered. In this case, the Seimas from its general budget, » explained Kęstutis Bilius, a Member of the Seimas.

Although some of the hotel residents do not oppose the idea of ​​paying utility bills, if the taxes were deducted from the stationery, they would feel bitter.

« Everyone who lives nearby will receive the same amount of stationery costs, » Bilius emphasized.

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Liberal Simonas Kairys was a newcomer to the Seimas Hotel, where he stayed only a few weeks ago. The utility would be happy to pay, but thinks it would be better to give up the hotel at all.

« There is no need for such a thing at all. There are practices in foreign countries, when the rental costs are at least in part and the like. Here, of course, the decisions of the current Seimas leadership, and I tend to make any proposals that will occur, » said S. Kairys, a member of the Seimas.

We just scream at the same time and then disappear and move away from all those suggestions.

Eugenijus Gentvilas, a colleague of the faction, is also not fascinated by the hotel. But he realizes that his abolition would not save, so it is better to pay the utility and not complain.

« If the Seimas has to provide a place of residence to the members of the Seimas, it must pay the daily subsistencepower, butterflies and rent, which may be much more expensive, » said Member of the Seimas E. Gentvilas.

The proposal to oblige to pay utility bills in the Seimas sometimes sounds, but never accepted.

« We just scream at the same time, and then we disappear and get away from all those suggestions. Only publicity can press people to vote correctly, » said Seimas member Viktor Pranckietis.

Each member of the Seimas receives a little less than 2,000 a month from the stationery, which is proposed to pay utility bills. euros.