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“The question of what we will do as a party is rhetorical. First, we ask the question, are there characteristics of the rule of law here when the law is not enforced? He (the president of the Seimas – BNS) had to convene a session within 48 hours, and does not convene a session, ”Valdemaras Tomaševskis, president of LLRA-KŠS, told BNS on Friday.
“What we will do next will become clear after a while and they will be informed,” he added.
The Seimas addressed the CC on Tuesday about possible serious violations during the parliamentary elections, but the latter refused to accept the parliamentary question on Thursday whether A. Tapin’s action against LLRA-KŠS violated the Seimas Election Law.
The Constitutional Court held that parliament had failed to comply with the 72-hour deadline provided by law since the official announcement of the results of the Seimas elections.
V. Tomaševskis claims that the party approached former Seimas president Viktoras Pranckietis on time, but he only refused to convene a session.
The law stipulates that participants in the Seimas elections may appeal to the Seimas or the President within 24 hours after the decisions of the Central Election Commission, and the Seimas or the President will address the Constitutional Court within 48 hours with a request regarding the violation of the Electoral Law of the Seimas.
“The president of Seimas does not intend to initiate an appeal to the Constitutional Court on the basis of a complaint from the Lithuanian Polish electoral campaign – the Union of Christian Families (LLRA-KŠS)”,
Following this decision by the former president of Seimas, constitutional law professor Vytautas Sinkevičius stated that V. Pranckietis did not have the right to make a decision on his own not to appear before the Constitutional Court in relation to the LLRA-KŠS complaint. He said he believed the party’s complaint should be referred to the full parliament.
A week later, on Tuesday, after the deadline provided by law, the Seimas, at the initiative of the LLRA-KŠS, finally adopted a resolution on the request to the CC.
Accused of sabotage
V. Tomaševskis also claims that due to the Seimas’ belated request to the Constitutional Court, the “shadow falls” on the president of this court, Dainius Žalimas.
“The president of the Seimas Viktoras Pranckietis, when the deadline had not yet been missed, contacted the president of the Constitutional Court Dainius Žalimas. (…) He confirmed it in a conversation with the members of the Seimas,” V. Tomaševskis told BNS on Thursday, adding that D. Žalimas should have informed V. Pranckietis that he had to immediately start the Seimas session.
“It just came to our knowledge then. It is possible that this was agreed with the president of the CC. That would be an even bigger scandal.” … You can believe, you cannot believe that there was a conversation, that there was a special attempt of delay “, said the president of the party.
Both the former president of Seimas V. Pranckietis and the president of CC D. Žalimas affirm that there was no such conversation.
“This is not true. There was no conversation about Tomaszewski’s complaint,” V. Pranckietis told BNS.
“I do not call the president of the Constitutional Court at all on weekends and in my free time,” he added.
D. Žalimas stated that such a conversation could not have taken place.
“No, I did not speak. (…) I will never explain anything about the obligations to anyone, since this can be evaluated by a court later,” said the president of the CC.
“At the initiative of the former Spokesperson for Seimas, there was an invitation to speak about the oath under the conditions of COVID-19, but since it was later decided not to speak about the oath, but about teleworking, I refused to participate. I cannot participate in those meetings, where it is not about the oath, but about teleworking ”, he added.
According to D. Žalimas, this meeting was held in parliament on November 5.
LLRA-KŠS also asked President Gitanas Nausėda to apply to the CC, but he rejected the request. According to the presidency, the party did not provide substantiated arguments that serious violations of the electoral law were committed during the organization of the elections.
According to LLRA-KŠS, the law on Seimas elections was seriously violated by the campaign started by A. Tapinas, a public figure and presenter, to prevent the party from entering parliament.
The Central Election Commission stated that the “Todo Bien, Voldemortai” campaign and the “Todo Bien, Valdemarai” publication were negative LLRA-KŠS advertisements, but they did not violate the electoral campaign law, since neither A. Tapinas nor “Laisvės TV “They participated in the political campaign.
Tapin says he has not violated any legislation.
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