On Wednesday, a new meeting is held for the first time Vilnius city municipalities council, it will decide on the candidacies of vice-mayors Simona Bieliūnė and Donalda Meiželytė and the composition of committees.
in Vilnius city municipality a total of four vice-mayors will work this term - two delegated by the conservative faction, two by the Freedom Party.
Elected mayor of the city of Vilnius Valdas Benkunskas after signing the coalition agreement last week, he said that at least three vice-mayors are expected to be announced during the first meeting of the new council.
The Vilnius conservative faction told BNS that the candidacy of the vice mayor responsible for the city's energy, infrastructure, city planning and transport has already been planned, but the selection process is longer due to the new Law on Local Self-Government.
At that time, the Freedom Party will start work with one vice mayor, and the second will be appointed after the new municipal administration structure comes into force.
As the capital's vice-mayor Tomas Gulbinas told BNS, the authorities are not yet ready to approve other candidacies.
Public health, psychological and social assistance expert S. Bieliūnė's candidacy is proposed by V. Benkuskas, she recently worked as an advisor to the Minister of Health Arūnas Dulkis and supervised personal and public mental health issues.
At that time, the current deputy director of the administration, D. Meiželytė, was nominated by the Freedom Party.
After S. Bieliūna takes the position of vice mayor, she would be entrusted with issues of health, social affairs, night economy and culture. On the other hand, for D. Meiželyte - the areas of preschool, general and non-formal education, youth affairs and sports and wellness issues.
20 women and 31 men will work in the new council. The Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats will have 19 representatives in the council, the Freedom Party and the "Freedom and Justice" party will have nine each, the Lithuanian Poles' Election Campaign-Christian Families Union - seven, the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party - four, the National Union will be represented by three politicians.
On Wednesday evening, the inauguration of V. Benkunskas and the ceremony of presenting the regalia will also take place in the Vilnius Town Hall.
