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“Today, when we are in control, when we have reserves, we are equipped with all the tools, all of a sudden people come and look in the trenches and say: you have made too many unprecedented purchases. There was no other way out and I say it, and these things will fail, without a doubt, I am absolutely convinced that no one was involved in any corruption in the ministries or in the Government, ”R. Karbauskis told News Radio in an interview on Wednesday.
Police are currently investigating $ 11 million in reagent purchases and rapid tests for coronavirus. euros The complaints in one of the investigations were made to the Vice Minister of Health Lina Jaruševičienė.
“If we look at how many times the blues is accused, tell me what kind of case, what case, is in court today, is involved, blues everything in this situation. I see a clear political implication, because those people, I am absolutely convinced, that neither the Vice Minister nor anyone in the Government was really involved in any issue of corruption ”, commented R. Karbauskis about the police investigation.
The owner of the “Campesinos” said that in the middle of the pandemic there was no other option but to buy reagents and protective equipment by urgent means.
I see a clear political implication, because those people, I am absolutely convinced, that neither the Vice Minister nor anyone in the Government was really involved in any corruption.
“Those people who weren’t making decisions at the time, they were just sitting in the trenches and doing nothing, they’re starting to talk today that something was being done wrong. If public procurement had been announced and carried out simply, we would not have received the tools that we should have received today. (…) The accusations – why did you make unprecedented purchases, at that time there was no possibility of behaving otherwise ”, – said R. Karbauskis.
“People worked at night, in government and in the ministry, looking for solutions, all of Europe was without tools. Switzerland, one of the richest countries in Europe, and this was announced by the press, it swept away the security measures, there were no measures anywhere, no one could plan that such measures would be necessary ”, said the” peasant “leader.
He said the whole situation is reminiscent of “a neighbor catches fire and the neighbor sits outside the window watching the neighbor’s house burn, and after the fire goes out, they pick up the buckets and say you are fighting badly.”
On Monday, law enforcement officials announced that allegations of abuse of power and abuse of power had been brought to the Deputy Minister of Health, L. Jaruševičienė, in an investigation into rapid tests. The deputy minister has submitted a request to fire her, and the health minister, Aurelijus Veryga, promises to meet with him on Friday when he returns to work on vacation.
According to the Financial Crimes Investigation Service, the investigation of the 6 million. The Deputy Minister for the Purchase of Rapid Coronavirus Rapid Tests worth EUR 1 billion is suspected of possible office abuse, misuse of powers, which could have caused significant damage to the state.
The Special Investigation Service is conducting another study on reagents worth more than 5 million euros for COVID-19. In this study, complaints of trafficking were made to Šarūnas Narbutas, former director of the Association for Oncology Care. During the investigation, the Minister of Health A. Veryga, the Deputy Minister Kristina Garuolien Chance, the Chancellor of the Government Algirdas Stončaitis, the Vice Chancellor Lukas Savickas were also interviewed.
The two aforementioned acquisitions investigated by law enforcement agencies were carried out by the National Public Health Laboratory. Their leader Vytautas Zimnickas died a few weeks ago. Police have questioned the interim management of the laboratory.
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