The Liberal Left Blocked a WHO Hearing in the Lithuanian Seimas over Ordo Iuris’ Participation

Zbigniew Przybyłowski, Director for International Outreach at the Ordo Iuris Institute, represented Ordo Iuris at a conference at the Seimas of Lithuania on the World Health Organization (WHO) and the recently concluded unsuccessful negotiations to reach an agreement on the framework for the Pathogen Access and Benefit-Sharing System (PABS). Reaching an agreement on the text of the PABS Annex to the Pandemic Treaty will enable WHO Member States to begin the treaty ratification process.

This is extremely important for the future shape of the healthcare system worldwide. Therefore, the organizer of the conference, Rimas Jankunas, a member of the Lithuanian Seimas, invited Reggie Littlejohn, an American lawyer who founded and leads Anti-Globalist International as well as Women’s Rights Without Frontiers, an organization that defends women’s rights in China, to deliver a speech at the Seimas of Lithuania.

The Seimas leadership blocked the hearing.

Unfortunately, Reggie Littlejohn’s address before the Lithuanian Seimas did not take place because the leadership of the Seimas canceled the hearing, in violation of the Seimas’s rules of procedure, saying that the matter presented was not sufficiently important. Instead, an ad hoc press conference was convened, during which attendees of the afternoon meeting could speak to how important this matter is and how essential it is to present information on this topic to the Seimas. They also noted the irony of the situation—the blocking of the dissemination of information about events of global significance occurred precisely on Lithuania’s Press Restoration Day, which is essentially a celebration of freedom of speech.

Controversies over Ordo Iuris’ participation

During that conference, the organizers informed that one of the reasons for canceling the hearing in the Seimas regarding the WHO was the participation of representatives of “an ultraconservative organization from Poland, Ordo Iuris, which opposes abortion.”

The Deputy Speaker of the Lithuanian Seimas herself, Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen, explained at a meeting of the Seimas Presidium that she had “serious doubts as to whether the Seimas should become a platform for such an ideological conference—among those invited is, among others, Ordo Iuris.” In response, the conference organizer said: “We are talking about freedom of speech, about the right to express different views, regardless of whether anyone likes it or not. We remember the Soviet era and the KGB, the organization that ensured there was no freedom of speech in Lithuania. The father of the speaker before me was a reservist in that organization.” In doing so, he alluded to the fact that Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen is the daughter of a former KGB officer of Russian origin, addressing her with the words: “Dear Viktorija, Lithuania is a free country today—it is no longer under the occupation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.”

Lithuanian politicians and the debate on sovereignty

Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen is the chair of the Liberals’ Movement, which in the European Parliament sits with the Renew Europe group and belongs to the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party.

After the press conference, a debate titled “What Have We Learned from the COVID-19 Crisis?” was held in the parliament’s conference hall. The event was attended by members of the Seimas of Lithuania: Rimas Jankūnas, Ph.D., Ignas Vėgėlė, Ph.D., Vytautas Sinica, Ph.D., Valius Ąžuolas, and Aidas Gedvilas, as well as Member of the Estonian Parliament Anti Poolamets.

Warnings about the WHO Pandemic Treaty

The second part of the meeting began with an address by Reggie Littlejohn titled “Threats Posed by the WHO Pandemic Convention.” In it, she discussed the risks associated with implementing digital passports that could be used to control the global population, as well as the dangers of research on pathogens capable of creating new dangerous viruses.

Zbigniew Przybyłowski spoke on behalf of the Ordo Iuris Institute about the role of the WHO in cooperation among regional and global organizations aimed at shifting governance from the local and national levels to the global level, both in matters related to public health and in other areas such as freedom of movement, sex education for children, and issues of gender ideology. Next, Ramunas Ausrotas, the director of the Institute of Health Law, spoke about how the European Union is taking over responsibilities in the area of health care without proper authority.

Evening debate on freedom and the actions of global elites

In the evening, Zbigniew Przybyłowski took part in a media debate hosted by editor-in-chief Giedrė Gorienė on the online television channel Komentaras.lt. Together with Reggie Littlejohn and MPs Rimas Jankūnas of Lithuania and Anti Poolamets of Estonia, he discussed the threats to the sovereignty of nation-states and to the freedoms of nations and citizens arising from the uncontrolled actions of international organizations, world powers, and large corporations. Debate participants emphasized the need for cooperation among citizens of different countries to counter the abuses of global elites.