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“I consider this whole case and process to be political,” I said. All the accusations here are absurd (…) the political case is obvious here, “the parliamentarian told BNS on Tuesday.
He said that he had not read the accusations made against him, but claimed that there was nothing new in them.
“Oh, I did not even read those suspicions there, there is nothing new that the prosecutor has read, it is the same,” said P. Gražulis.
Ah, I did not even read those accusations there, there is nothing new that the prosecutor has read, it is the same.
A member of the Seimas also said that he believed he would be invited to the STT to testify.
“Well with STT, I took those charges and I don’t know, then I’ll call when and maybe ask him to testify. But what, what testimonies to give them, if they don’t see (…) any arguments and the facts are not important to them, then what to talk to them, ”said P. Gražulis.
Talking to an STT is the same as talking to a barefoot.
“Talking to the STT is the same as talking barefoot,” he added.
The STT announced on Tuesday that P. Gražulis, who had lost his legal immunity, had been accused of abuse.
According to the Authority, there is sufficient evidence to suggest that from May 2015 to February 2017, it sought and received equity benefits from the frozen food company Judex, acting illegally in the interests of the company and preventing the company from finding Listeria bacteria in its products. . banned exports to Russia.
“It is believed that with such actions the deputy of the Seimas used systematically, for a long time, his status and influence as a representative of the supreme power, diminished the prestige of his functions, the authority of the Seimas and the deputy of the Seimas, violated the principles enshrined in the Constitution and the state suffered significant moral damage ”, says the STT report.
Photo by Sigismund Gedvila / 15min / Peter Gražulis
Prosecutors previously said that while helping the company, Judex politicians had repeatedly called Lithuanian and Russian officials, gone to Russia’s Krasnodar Krai region to influence Russian officials, urged businessmen to give bribes, and asked to rape. current procedures.
The Seimas revoked P. Gražulis’ legal immunity in mid-December, following a speech by Attorney General Evaldas Pašilis.
The Seimas twice did not agree to hold P. Gražulis responsible for his actions during the sexual minority march, as well as for the pickets at the prosecutor’s house, once, in this case Judex.
Prosecutors tried to question P. Gražulis as a special witness in 2016, but he refused to testify.
The investigation prior to the trial of the case is carried out by officials of the Central Investigation Board of the STT, the investigation is controlled by the Office of the Prosecutor of the Department of Investigation of Organized Crime and Corruption of the Office of the Attorney General of the Nation.
The Penal Code stipulates that a person can be punished with a fine or imprisonment of up to seven years for abuse.
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