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On Tuesday, 97 members of the Seimas voted in favor, six against and 26 deputies abstained.
With his vote, the Seimas satisfied Attorney General Evadas Pašilis’s request to allow P. Gražulis to be prosecuted to complete the pre-trial investigation into the politician’s possible illegal actions.
The previous parliament had already rejected such a request. To waive the immunity of a member of the Seimas, at least 71 parliamentarians must vote for it.
Liberal President Arminas Lydeka, who presented the conclusion on the immunity of P. Gražulis, stated that “no factual evidence had been presented to the commission that the member of the Seimas, P. Gražulis, would be persecuted for political or other reasons. , for his activities as a member of the Seimas “.
“After examining the above circumstances, as well as evaluating the explanations of the prosecutor and the Seimas member and the responses to questions from the Seimas members, the Commission concluded that there were grounds to satisfy the Attorney General’s request for consent to prosecute or restrict their freedom. ” president of the commission.
Seimas member P. Gražulis claimed that the case was political, which was based on the fact that the Attorney General of the Attorney General’s Office, Rolandas Stankevičius, presented the material from the pre-trial investigation in a closed session.
“See when the prosecutor arrives at the commission, in my case asking that the hearing be closed. Why? Because there are no accusations, accusations are broken off the finger so that the public does not hear the absurd accusations. He made an immediate political decision. This is their preconceived political verdict, ”said P. Gražulis.
According to police data, as a member of the Seimas, P. Gražulis helped manage the problems of the frozen food company Judex, when Russian officials found the Listeria bacteria in the company’s products in 2015.
Prosecutors say Judex politicians have repeatedly called on Lithuanian and Russian officials to help the company, traveled to the Russian Royal District to influence Russian officials, urged businessmen to pay bribes, and asked Judex to violate the laws. regulations. received a property benefit for it.
The Attorney General claims that with such actions the parliamentarian undermined the prestige of his functions, the authority of the Seimas, broke the oath of a member of the Seimas and as a result the state suffered significant damage.
Mr. Gražulis denies the allegations and claims that this case is a political settlement.
In 2016, prosecutors tried to question P. Gražulis as a special witness, but he refused to testify.
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