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Kirkilas emphasized that no further evaluation was possible: the social workers themselves could not impose disciplinary sanctions on him, since V. Šmigelskas was not a member of the party and it was not possible to remove him from the candidate lists after the elections: “Now the voters will decide all”.
Kirkilas: “It is unfortunate that people do not resist the tension”
G. Kirkilas tried to justify V. Šmigelskas to the tv3.lt news portal that people cannot bear the tension.
“It is a pity that people do not resist the tension. Everyone is individual and there have been several similar cases before the elections.
And this choice is special. Due to the coronavirus, certain rules had to be followed, everything is here and people react differently. But I haven’t been able to speak to him yet, so I can’t comment on anything else. Now they want to hear what the person will say and how they will explain the situation, ”said G. Kirkilas on tv3.lt and explained that he has not yet been able to communicate with himself.
“He used to be a member of the Seimas, but I don’t remember someone like him having been with him,” added G. Kirkilas.
The news portal tv3.lt is still unable to contact V. Šmigelskas.
How will the party respond?
When asked if such an event could affect the entire party before the elections, Kirkilas did not rule it out: “The downside is certain. We will see soon, there are only two days left ”.
In a report circulated, the electoral staff of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Labor Party also deplore the irresponsible actions of V. Šmigelskas.
“We do not know the details of the situation, because the staff could not contact V. Šmigelskas. Such events are painful lessons for everyone,” the party said in a statement.
CEC President: “There is still no legal basis for removal”
Laura Matjošaitytė, president of the Central Election Commission, told tv3.lt that there is no legal basis for removing V. Šmigelskas and preventing her from participating in the elections.
“So far, there is no legal basis to exclude and exclude from the elections. Until now, no process has been completed for him in terms of driving under the influence of alcohol. Some penalties have not yet emerged later.
The law establishes that people who have not served their sentence according to a court ruling 65 days before the election cannot be elected members of the Seimas, ”said the president of the CCA.
“There is still no judicial verdict in this place, the process is still ongoing. Everything is up to the electorate. The voters value the facts and that information, the acquittal or the conviction ”, added L. Matjošaitytė.
Šmigelsk drunk on Thursday night caused an accident
On Thursday night, a former MP V. Šmigelskas, candidate of the Social Democratic Labor Party for Seimas, caused an accident while driving drunk.
As the spokeswoman for the capital’s police, Julia Samorokovskaya, informed BNS, on Thursday at 4:43 p.m. the accident report was received at the intersection of Savanorių Avenue.
The rapporteur (born 1984) stated that her Volkswagen car had been hit by a Toyota car behind her and that its driver could be intoxicated.
“A Toyota driver’s sobriety test found a drunkenness of 2.27 per thousand,” Samorokovskaya said.
He confirmed that Toyota was driven by Šmigelskas, 59.
After the accident, a Volkswagen driver was taken by ambulance to a medical institution for a medical examination and V. Šmigelskas was taken to the police station for several hours.
The police have launched a pre-trial investigation for driving under the influence.
V. Šmigleskas has been a member of the Seimas in 2000 and has previously been a member of the Vilnius City Council for several years.
Currently, V. Šmigelskas is running for the Seimas in the northern constituency of Sūduva and is ranked 30th on the candidate list of the Social Democratic Labor Party.
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