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It is requested that the Vilnius Regional Court continue to hear the case of political corruption in order to abolish the legal inviolability of “employee” V. Gapšis.
The politician is accused of trading influence and bribery in a corruption case called MG Baltic.
There is an episode in this case where it is suspected that the former vice president of the MG Baltic company, Raimondas Kurlianskis, gave a total of 27.1 thousand in 2015-2016. bribes worth 1 million euros to the then member of the Seimas V. Gapšis.
The forces of order indicate that part of this amount was discounted when transmitting the announcements of the Labor Party in the television of the group, the other part of the funds was disguised as support to a public institution. To do this, V. Gapšys tried to influence members of the Labor Party to act in the interests of concern.
The waiver of Mr. Gražulis’ legal immunity is repeatedly requested to complete the pre-trial investigation into the allegedly illegal actions of the politician.
Police suspect that P. Gražulis helped handle the problems of the frozen food company Judex when Russian officials found the Listeria bacteria in the company’s products in 2015.
Prosecutors said that while helping the company, a Seimas member repeatedly called Lithuanian and Russian officials, asked for bribes, asked to violate existing procedures, and received property benefits from Judex.
P. Gražulis refused to testify as a special witness in the pre-trial investigation that began in 2016.
The Attorney General asked Seimas in June last year to waive parliamentary immunity, but then parliament rejected the request.
According to the prosecutor’s office, the pre-trial investigation into the abuse was completed last fall after using all available investigative possibilities.
However, according to the prosecution, the fact that the parliamentarian was sworn in again after this year’s Seimas elections makes it possible to reapply for the waiver of the immunity of P. Gražulis.
At the time, Gražulis denied the allegations and claimed that the case was a political settlement.
To waive the immunity of a member of the Seimas, at least 71 MPs must vote for it.
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