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“Lobbying must cease to be a curse if it is transparent and public. (…) But we have done everything in such a way that it is difficult to fully answer the question of who is a lobbyist and what activities are considered legal and which are no longer legal. they are illegal. We have created so much uncertainty by having a legal basis. And today, no one can fully answer where the line is between legal and illegal (lobbying – BNS), “said G. Nausėda in an interview Thursday at the center delfi.lt news show “In the Center of Attention”.
The Special Investigation Service and the Attorney General’s Office announced a pre-trial investigation Tuesday into alleged large-scale bribery, bribery, influence peddling, extortion, and forgery of documents.
Six people were arrested in this investigation, including Mantas Zalatorius, president of the Lithuanian Bank Association, as well as Aldas Rusevičius, head of the road construction company Kauno tiltai, and Juozas Aleksa, head of Šiaulių plentas.
According to the STT, the alleged crimes in this case are related to illegal activities of lobbying and influencing the legislative processes.
Commenting on the police investigation, the President stated that people suspected of being “have the right to defend themselves,” but stressed that “Lithuania must not be inviolable.”
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