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As Laura Matjošaitytė, president of the CEC, pointed out, a person who has already violated the oath of parliament and has been indicted according to the law cannot be elected a member of the Seimas. She also recalled the interpretation of the Constitutional Court that a person who has been recognized as having seriously violated the Constitution cannot be elected a member of the Seimas.
N. Venckienė herself requested that L. Matjošaitytė, members of the CEC – Maksim Reznikov, Gitana Matiekuvienė and Jūratė Lebedevienė – be removed from the vote on this decision.
“I left because I had 39 charges. (…) The United States refused to extradite me on 35 counts. (…) I was writing laws even while I was in the United States, ”explained N. Venckienė. According to her, the members of the CEC who have been delegated by the parties and the president of the CEC herself are negative about her.
L. Matjošaitytė and other members of the CEC, by joint decision of the CEC, were not excluded from this topic.
“I think the CEC should not address this issue, because my registration as a candidate meets … the requirements,” said N. Venckienė, naming the provisions of the law.
He noted that the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), upon hearing the case of the ousted president Rolandas Paksas, has ruled that a person should be able to run again for the Seimas. According to N. Venckienė, this interpretation also applies to him.
It is true that the president of the CEC, L. Matjošaitytė, previously explained that the execution of the judgment of the ECHR is not the prerogative of the CEC.
“There are no prejudices against you as a person. We assess the specific situation, “said L. Matjošaitytė.
However, Ms Venckienė further assured that no law in force in Lithuania prevented her from standing before the country’s parliament. The discussion between the CEC and N. Venckienė lasted one hour.
Ultimately, the CEC members voted not to register N. Venckien candidato as a candidate for the Seimas. Ms Venckienė assured that the decision would be appealed to the ECHR and, as she said, she was convinced that its truth would be recognized.
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