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Ramūnas Karbauskis, the leader of the ruling “peasants”, spoke about the fact that the FNTT had opened a political case.
“It just came to our attention then. In any case, this case will collapse because it has no factual basis. This case is political, it is quite clear,” he commented on Seimas this week.
But when asked who “ordered” it, he couldn’t name it.
“I cannot answer this question, I am not a law enforcement agency. I think others might investigate who ordered such a study,” said R. Karbauskis with a smile.
It is true that he spoke somewhat differently in Žinių radijo: he explained that the FNTT employs partial officials and, according to R. Karbauskis, the investigation should be carried out by the Special Investigation Service (STT) in general.
“This study is being carried out by FNTT. We do not understand why the FNTT is carrying it out, because these complaints, which are being made, must be investigated by the STT. We assume that the STT just doesn’t see any bases. Another institution that supposedly sees that terrain is chosen, but probably only because there are people in this institution who are more involved with the opposition, who have such an interest that the case would be used in every sense, ”said R. Karbauskis.
There are people in this institution who are more involved with the opposition.
For his part, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis discussed why the investigation was carried out just before the Seimas elections.
“Inevitably, our services become more active in the pre-election period, so I think the investigation in any case <...> It must be objective, apolitical and, above all, valued in light of the situation in which it finds itself ‘, commented in late August.
And what about statements by law enforcement and doubts about the independence of officials in my law enforcement?
Photo by Sigismund Gedvila / 15min / Financial Crime Investigation Service
“The purpose of the FNTT is to protect the public finance system. This investigation was opened for possible money laundering, fraud, falsification and alleged misuse of a contract for the purchase of rapid tests for COVID-19, amounting to 6 million euros. euros.
In its work, the Office will be guided by the law and will not provide more detailed information so as not to jeopardize the success of the investigation. ” 15 minutes said FNTT spokeswoman Modesta Zdanauskaitė.
A pretrial investigation into the fight would buy $ 6 million. The FNTT launched rapid tests for the coronavirus worth one billion euros in June. In this case, the Vice Chancellor of the Government, Lukas Savickas, and the Advisor to the Prime Minister of Health, Jonas Kairys, were questioned as special witnesses.
The LRT Research Division has previously announced that L. Savickas, on the order of Prime Minister S. Skvernelis, has issued a direct order to start purchasing rapid tests urgently in March.
The rapid tests were purchased from Profarma and manufactured by the Austrian company Ameda labordiagnostik GmbH.
Lina Mecelicienė, a representative of Pro Aris, the official distributor of Ameda’s Austrian products, has said that they offered a quick test at three times lower prices to the Ministry of Health on March 18, but did not receive any attention. She claimed that the company offered Lithuanian customers rapid tests for the same price: € 3 excluding VAT.
At that time, the National Public Health Laboratory bought the rapid tests supplied by Profarma at a price several times higher, an average of 12 euros per test. In addition, the purchase was made with special urgency, within two days after receipt of the offer, the signing of the contract and the transfer of the total amount of more than 6 million. quantity to suppliers.
Reuters / Photo by Scanpix / Serological tests for SARS-CoV-2
In the FNTT investigation, suspicions were raised against six people, including representatives of the company conducting the Profarma tests, the then Deputy Minister of Health Lina Jaruševičienė, a member of the Vilnius City Council, the head of the company Bona diagnosis Redas Laukys. She belongs to the Freedom Party and her membership has been suspended due to charges.
According to the study, it amounts to 6 million. The company allegedly falsified documents and provided the buyer with false information about the manufacturer of the rapid tests for COVID-19.
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