"The main task is to carry out the most important work properly, effectively and in time. During this session, until the fall, until the Seimas elections, the most important work is related to key strategic energy projects. And if it happens so that the Seimas is absolutely incapable of adopting rational, responsible decisions, only in that case could one consider, well, maybe we should advance the elections by several months," the prime minister said in a interview for the Lithuanian Radio.
"The key issue is the most important work, the most important goals," he stressed.
Later on Tuesday, Lithuania's parliament is scheduled to vote on a proposal to hold early general elections on July 22.
Initially it was proposed to hold early general elections on June 3 but taking into account the parliamentary Legal Department's observations regarding deadlines set by the country's laws, the Committee on State Administration and Local Authorities, which analyzed the proposal's main version, proposed another date.
For the proposal to hold early general elections to be adopted, three fifths of Lithuanian MPs, i.e., at least 85, have to vote in favor.
Speaker of the Seimas Irena Degutienė was the first to mention the idea of holding early general elections after President Dalia Grybauskaitė refused to dismiss the then Minister of Interior Affairs Raimundas Palaitis. Degutienė then said that it would be difficult for the parliament to continue working under those conditions.
Soon afterwards, MPs Živlinas Šilgalis and Agnė Zuokienė registered a bill on holding early general elections on 3 June.
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has already signed a decree announcing the date of regular general elections on 14 October. But the country's Constitution allows three fifths of MPs to call early elections.
