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R. Janutienė promised to appeal the decision to the Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania.
At the time, the question of the Labor Party candidate for the Seimas Vytautas Gapšis was postponed for several hours due to discussions about whether it was enough to allow him to be prosecuted or, as requested by prosecutor Justas Laucius, to allow and arrest and restrict his freedom.
V. Gapšys is on trial in a MG Baltic political corruption case for influence peddling and bribery.
The Vilnius City District Court requested the waiver of the immunity of R. Janutienė, candidate of the party “Lithuania – for all”, who is examining a defamation case of Vytautas Valvonis, former head of the Supervisory Authority of the Bank of Lithuania, in association with other people. Furthermore, Artūras Jančys and Saulė Pauliuvienė are accused of defaming the person through the media. Previously, the court has acknowledged that they have published false information degrading the honor and dignity of the Chairman of the Board of the Bank of Lithuania, Vito Vasiliauskas.
R. Janutienė herself compared the examination of the case with the situation in Belarus and Russia, stated that she is being persecuted for her professional activities.
“After what you decided on how to participate in this election by financing the Labor Party, which” suffered “buying the votes of the prisoners, financing their elections with black money, I could not expect another approach from you and I could not (…) you gave the money to those who were ridiculed for the elections, “R. Janutienė got angry.
Mr. Štraupaitė, former candidate for mayor of Freedom and Justice of Visaginas, could be prosecuted by the Lithuanian Court of Appeal. You are examining Mr Štraupaitletics’s own complaint about the Paneventedžys Regional Court ruling, which found him guilty of trafficking, abuse, forgery of a document and possession of a forged document. In October last year, the court sentenced her to a suspended sentence of one year in prison.
Court documents expected due to V. Gapšis
Prosecutor Justas Laucius requested the waiver of V. Gapšis’ immunity, emphasizing that otherwise the case of political corruption would not be heard in the Vilnius Regional Court.
V. Gapšys himself told the commission that he agreed that the CEC would make a decision that would allow him to defend himself in a criminal case, but contradicted the wording of J. Laucius’s request to allow him to be arrested or restrained, because “the court did not request it. ” The prosecutor said that this was necessary if V. Gapšys did not attend the hearing without a justifiable reason and had to be brought. On the other hand, J. Laucius admitted that V. Gapšys had diligently attended the meetings so far.
“I believe that what the Prosecutor’s Office is asking for is an excessive provision (…). If the scope of the accusation were adequate for the prosecutor and the CCA, I think they would be equally satisfied and the process could continue without problems, “he said.
The politician stressed that he believed he was being persecuted for political decisions, and that the immunity was aimed at guaranteeing the right of candidates to express their political ideas freely, without persecution.
In the event of a dispute in this regard, the CEC decided to postpone consideration of the issue for several hours pending a judicial decision from the court.
The Seimas Election Law stipulates that after the Central Election Commission announces the candidates and candidate lists, as well as before the first newly elected session of the Seimas, a candidate for membership of the Seimas may not be prosecuted, arrested or otherwise restricted without the consent of the Central Election Commission.
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