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In June last year, a pre-trial investigation was launched into a possible violation of public order in the Vilnius district, Upės Street, where the outgoing Prime Minister S. Skvernelis lives. The investigation was initiated due to asphalt inscriptions on this policy.
According to the news portal Delfi.lt, Gediminas Vaitkevičius, a former adviser to outgoing President Dalia Grybauskaitė and former Minister of Transport Rokas Masiulis, is suspected of the crime. The suspect was arrested and released after being questioned.
ELTA recalls that at the end of 2019, the Central Commission of Official Ethics had initiated an investigation into the circumstances of the asphalting of said Upės street. The investigation began on the basis of information published by the 15min.lt portal and after collecting primary data from the Government Chancellery, the Ministry of Transport and Communications and the Municipality of the Vilnius District.
The investigation carried out by 15min.lt announced that 300 thousand more of the Vilnius district roads would be allocated for asphalt. Almost the entire amount of € 1 million went to the repair of Upės Street in the village of Smigliai. It was also announced that the then Prime Minister was chairing the meeting, during which funds were allocated for the paving of roads in the Vilnius district. It was questioned whether the actions of the state politician did not contradict the requirements of the Law on the Reconciliation of Public and Private Interests in the Public Service.
However, the COEC finally decided to terminate the investigation into S. Skvernel’s behavior by making decisions at the government meeting on public funding.
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