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Facebook users of the social network share photos about possible violations of agitation rules: posters are placed on the car, calling for a vote for the controversial Lithuanian language teacher AG Astrauskaitė.
Due to this act, the woman in the social space received the indignation of the people. Social media users said that the Central Electoral Commission will pay attention to such actions and sanction those who violate the specified procedure accordingly.
According to L. Matjošaitytė, these elections differ from previous ones in that in the past people posted information on personal social media accounts, now it is done more often in closed groups, as well as reports on cars used for the agitation, and one such case was recorded at the Vilnius train station.
“The Central Election Commission has received several dozen reports of violations of the agitation. Most of the reports were related to the agitation in social networks, with the agitation, specifically, in the Facebook groups of the social network,” he said L. Matjošaitytė at a press conference on Sunday.
One of the reports was received that there is a car near the Vilnius train station that has a lot of electoral upheaval and we turned to the policemen, that information was confirmed and the upheaval was recorded, ”said the president of the CEC.
He also recalled that the ban on agitation published until the early hours of Saturday night is not valid, so some of the messages about advertising on social networks, outdoor advertising or mailboxes have not been confirmed.
According to the police department, a total of 15 election-related reports were received on Saturday, with six more as of 7 a.m. Sunday.
According to Ramūnas Matonis, a representative of the department, most of the reports are received about damaged or unauthorized posters, and no new pre-trial investigations have been launched.
“There is no such thing as identifying or punishing someone,” Matonis said.
In total, since the beginning of the preliminary vote, the police have received more than fifty reports of possible violations, so far two pre-trial investigations have been initiated: on the possible buying of votes in Kaišiadorys district and on drunk candidate of the Seimas Virginijus Šmigelskas.
On Sunday, it was also announced that a drunk member of the commission had been removed from office in Vilnius. A drunk polling station employee was also found in Pakruojis district on Sunday night.
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