PM denounces as ‘scoundrels’ those angered by dark-skinned girl greeting pope in Vilnius

“Using such expressions against a child is deplorable,” Skvernelis told the Ziniu Radijas radio station on Thursday, commenting on a heated discussion on social media about whether the girl of mixed parentage, dressed in a traditional Lithuanian costume, could represent the country.

“If she (the girl) hears me, I encourage her to disregard those vile people, those scoundrels (that’s what I call them), to be happy with her studies, her classmates and friends, and to remember all her life how she greeted the pope and represented Lithuania,” he said.

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“Such people are no longer human beings to me. I think they are the least Lithuanians,” he added emotionally.

The organizers say that the girl, a Catholic school student whose mother is Lithuanian and father is a foreigner, was chosen because she fluently speaks Italian.

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