Writer, reporter and public figure Arkadijus Vinokuras has responded to anti-Semitic statements made by Lithuanian MP Remigijus Žemaitaitis on the Lithuanian state television program Dienos tema [Topic of the Day]:

“How should a democratic state respond to these kinds of statements by a member of parliament? We heard condemnation from the heads of state and from some of the intelligentsia. Should we not respond at all?” Mindaugas Jackevičius asked Arkadijus Vinokuras.

“We have to respond,” Vinokuras replied, “because this isn’t incitement to hatred against one people, but against all peoples. I also believe that interpolation [impeachment hearings] must be brought against Mr. Remigijus Žemaitaitis who, for reasons I don’t know, doesn’t understand what he has done,” Vinokuras said.

Full interview in Lithuanian available here.