Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda has rejected two candidates proposed for ministerial positions in the would-be government.
Having met with all the fourteen candidates put forward by Prime Minister-designate Ingrida Šimonytė, Nausėda said he would not confirm those proposed for ministers of agriculture and transport.
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“I can say that other candidates should be proposed for two of the ministerial positions – transport and agriculture,” he told reporters on Friday.
The Freedom Party nominated Kasparas Adomaitis to head the Ministry of Transport, while the conservative Homeland Union (TS-LKD) proposed Dalia Miniataitė to take charge of agriculture.
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Nausėda said that the Freedom Party already had a new “good” candidate for transport minister.
The president noted that he also had “certain doubts” about Arūnas Dulkys, a former auditor general proposed for health minister, but Šimonytė vouched for him.
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