S. Skvernelis “buying” retirees? Promised grant sparks talks of pre-electoral pandering

The government’s decision to issue one time grants of 200 euro in August to struggling citizens, also to elderly retirees has been facing questions and criticism on whether the ruling coalition might not be seeking to pander this way to the specific group of society in the run-up to the October Seimas elections. Some experts note that retirees are not the ones hardest hit during the pandemic. “Farmer” leader Ramūnas Karbauskis has recently released a letter listing good deeds for the elderly.