Nearly half of Lithuanians view positively the ruling Social Democratic Party’s decision to replace the prime minister, according to a poll by Baltijos Tyrimai commissioned by public broadcaster LRT released on Monday.
The survey found that 47% of respondents approved of the decision to appoint Mindaugas Sinkevičius as head of government in place of Inga Ruginienė – 11% viewing the move very positively and 36% somewhat positively. By contrast, 30% considered the change negative, split between 6% who were very negative and 24% somewhat negative. A quarter of respondents had no opinion or did not answer.
Support was strongest among the Social Democrats’ own voters, 71% of whom viewed the swap positively against 15% negatively.
Supporters of the Nemunas Dawn party were the most critical, with 42% holding a negative view and 31% a positive one.
Voters of every other party leaned more positive than negative overall.
The new cabinet was formed in July after the Social Democrats broke their coalition with Nemunas Dawn. Ruginienė stepped down as prime minister following the collapse of the coalition, and Sinkevičius – previously mayor of Jonava and leader of the Social Democratic Party – took over as the head of the country’s 21st government.
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