The Nemunas Dawn party may join the coalition despite the Constitutional Court’s earlier judgement that its leader Remigijus Žemaitaitis grossly violated the constitution and breached his MP’s oath by making antisemitic statements online.
Olekas told public broadcaster LRT show Dienos tema on Thursday that the decision on the coalition has not been finalised yet.
"We saw that there were some, as you have said, additional reputational challenges, but very many Lithuanian people voted for the representatives elected to the Seimas and we have to take into account the expectations of all those people," said Olekas.
As reported, previously LSDP leader MEP Vilija Blinkevičiūtė stated that she „could hardly imagine“ the Nemunas Dawn being in the ruling coalition. Nevertheless, on 7 November the LSDP asked it to become part of the ruling coalition together with Democrats For Lithuania led by MP Saulius Skvernelis. The two parties will now consider whether to accept the invitation.