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One of the largest cases of political corruption in recent years was brought to court in April 2018. VAT questioned all witnesses and charged for almost two years.
Eligijus Masiulis, the former president of the Liberal Movement, has already given evidence, while Raimondas Kurlianskis, the former vice president of MG Baltic, started giving evidence, but it did not end. The court is listening to MG Baltic’s lawyer, Linas Belevičius. the expulsion presented against the prosecutor Justas Laucis, because he allegedly disrespectfully spoke about the chairman of the IAS panel of judges Nijolė Žimkienė.
However, after the coronavirus, the case will stop again.
How 15 minutes VAT spokeswoman Lina Nemeikaitė reported, after Thursday’s hearing, the next court hearing is scheduled for September 25 only and another on October 23.
Three full-day meetings are scheduled for November and December.
This means that little will be said about this case during the hottest electoral campaign. The judicial political forces promise to participate in the Seimas elections: the Labor Party and the Liberal Movement.
The case requires a large hall
L.Nemeikaitė 15 minutes He emphasized that the court hearings in this case were scheduled and scheduled for last year.
A court spokeswoman stressed that up to 21 court hearings had been postponed in the case since the quarantine began.
“I would like to point out that the date of the hearings is based on the employment of judges in the College in other cases, legal absence from work, vacations, etc. In addition to the employment of other participants in the process (for example, prosecutor, advocates of the parties in other cases) ”, he emphasized.
L. Nemeikaitė stated that it should not be forgotten that there are many participants in the proceedings in this case, therefore a meeting room is allocated, which can accommodate a larger number of people.
“There are several cases pending in the courts, which have a large number of participants in the proceedings and which also require such a chamber,” he said.
The Liberal Movement has been accused of bribery, influence peddling and abuse of office through Eligijus Masiulis, Gintaras Steponavičius and Šarūnas Gustainis in a political corruption case.
The Labor Party is accused of bribery and influence trading through the party’s former vice president, Vytautas Gapšis.
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