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Representatives of the opposition faction of the Labor Party abstained, the majority of the opposition “peasants” abstained and were against, some voted “in favor” of waiving P. Gražulis’ immunity. The votes of the Mixed Group of Seimas members were also distributed on both sides.
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.
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.
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.
The liberal chairman of the Provisional Commission of the Seimas, Arminas Lydeka, who presented a finding on the immunity of P. Gražulis, stated that “no factual evidence was presented to the commission that the member of the Seimas, P. Gražulis, was persecuted for political or similar reasons, for his activities as a member of 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.
Luke April / 15min photo / Peter Gražulis
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.
The Seimas already voted on P. Gražulis’ immunity four times before, but the parliamentarian maintained his immunity, it was revoked only with this last fifth vote.
The Seimas has twice previously refused to hold P. Gražulis responsible for his actions during the marches of sexual minorities, as well as for the pickets at the prosecutor’s house, once in the same Judex case.
After the vote on his immunity, P. Gražulis said that he would ask that the prosecutor in charge of his case be changed if the address of the Attorney General changes.
Luke April / 15min photo / Peter Gražulis
“Now the only case I am happy with is the change of Attorney General. This president, everyone knows, is not interfering in the pre-trial investigation, after the change of Attorney General, I will ask to appoint another prosecutor for my case, “P. Gražulis told reporters.
“I am very committed to the ruling majority of the Conservatives and (the outgoing President) Dalia Grybauskaitė, now the majority of them and their justice,” P. Gražulis commented on the situation that his immunity was revoked only by the fifth vote in the Seimas.
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.
P. Gražulis denies the allegations and claims that this case is a political settlement.
Prosecutors tried to question P. Gražulis as a special witness in 2016, but he refused to testify.
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