Lithuanian Prime Minister Inga Ruginiene called on the country’s parliament, the Seimas, not to approve controversial amendments that would make it easier to dismiss the director general of Lithuanian National Radio and Television (LRT), BNS reported. Ruginiene said that legislation should ensure LRT’s editorial independence, protect freedom of speech, and improve governance. At the same time, she urged LRT’s governing council to resign sooner than planned. The council’s resignation would automatically trigger the resignation of LRT’s director and deputy director as well. Earlier, President Gitanas Nauseda called for a “full reset” of LRT’s management so as to defuse tensions, LRT reported. He argued that disputes only arose after LRT’s council began actively exercising its statutory role of oversight. Meanwhile, LRT’s director general Monika Garbaciauskaite-Budriene and LRT employees suggested also that the public broadcaster’s council and top management resign.
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