The Lithuanian government will propose a curfew if people fail to obey the current restrictions on movement, Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė has warned.
“If there is a need for such restrictions, which basically means curfew that is in place in many European countries [...], then the Seimas [parliament] would have to be asked to introduce them,” she told reporters on Thursday.
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Under the current lockdown rules, introduced on Wednesday, non-essential retail and travel within the country has been banned.
For curfew, however, the parliament needs to declare a nationwide state of emergency.
Under curfew, people would need special permission to leave their homes.
“If we fail to adhere to the rules, we'll need to take coercive measures and give greater powers to supervisory and law-enforcement institutions to enforce them,” Šimonytė said.
The government will decide if the measures are necessary “in the coming days”, once it has data about people's mobility, she said.
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