On the Eve of the NDI Tax Vote – Mobilizing Seimas Members: Travel Cancelled

On Thursday, the Seimas intends to present an updated real estate tax (VAT) project, and on Wednesday afternoon, four social democrats of Parliament cancelled pre-planned missions — the politicians did so on the eve of the trips. Remigius Motuz, the leader of the ruling Social Democratic faction, does not deny that such decisions are linked to the upcoming important vote on the real estate tax, which had not previously received support in the Se…

The Speaker of the Seimas, the leader of the "democrats", Saulius Skvernelis, says that when the Government resubmits the real estate (RT) tax bill on Thursday, the faction will support the proposals in the first vote. "At the submission stage, the majority of the faction members will support it, and how we move forward will depend on the discussions in the committees," S. Skvernelis told journalists in the Seimas on Tuesday.