Prosecutors don’t give up: they ask to convict voters of a Seimas adviser who appreciates vodka

On Friday, the prosecution announced that it had appealed against the verdict of the Vilnius Regional District Court, which found A. Ancevič guilty of obstructing the exercise of the right to vote, but released him from criminal liability on bail. It is guaranteed by his mother Jelena Ancevič.

At the time, prosecutors were convinced that A. Ancevič should be fined MGL 80 (€ 4,000) for preventing voters from exercising their right to vote.

According to the prosecutor of the Vilnius Regional Prosecutor’s Office, Nikolaius Kozliakas, who filed the complaint, such a situation, when the perpetrator avoids any real legal consequences, not only creates a climate of impunity, but also does not ensure the prevention of criminal acts.

The complaint filed with the Vilnius Regional Court notes that the court of first instance, by releasing the former adviser of a Seimas member from criminal liability on bail, incorrectly applied the conditions necessary for bail, that is, provisions that the person He pleaded fully guilty. He regretted the crime and there is reason to believe that a person will abide by the law and not commit new crimes.

“The defendant has admitted his guilt, but although full admission of guilt is often associated with remorse for the crime committed, it is not identical,” the complaint states. “The charge of remorse is determined by personal interests and the potential threat of losing his job, which casts reasonable doubt as to his sincerity.”

In the prosecutor’s opinion, A. Ancevič, who had previously worked as an advisor to a member of the Seimas, could not help but understand the consequences of committing a crime.

Furthermore, according to the prosecutor, the district court noted in the verdict that A. Ancevič’s actions were more incidental, but during the pre-trial investigation the witnesses said that just days before the elections the defendants had discussed so much the transportation to the station polls and what you need to vote.

For this, A. Ancevič promised the voters and then thanked him for the vodka.

LLRA-KŠS member of responsibility as of February 2. Tadeusz Volkovskis, judge of the Vilnius Chamber of the Vilnius Regional District Court, who dismissed the criminal case, dismissed him.

The court established a guarantee period of one year for the woman who bribed voters, during which she will not be able to commit new crimes or misdemeanors.

At present, A. Ancevič no longer works at the Seimas; immediately after the Seimas elections, he resigned from Č. Olševskis’s advisory post was replaced by Zbignev Jedinskis, a former MP who had not been elected to the Seimas.

According to the data of the case, it was established that A. Ancevič arrived in the town of Skaisteriai near the Mickūnai nursing home on October 11 last year, around 12 noon, during the first round of the Seimas elections and met with four men. During the interview, the woman asked them to go to the electoral commission of the Medininkai constituency and vote for LLRA-KŠS in the multi-member constituency and for Č. Olshevsky.

C. Olevevski’s aide, who worked at the Seimas but was on maternity leave at the time, promised to take the men to the electoral commission and, after voting, take them home and pay for a half-liter bottle of vodka. As one of the men did not have a passport with him, the woman took her home and then to Mickūnai.

However, A. Ancevič did not go to the electoral commission: he released the men from the car about 500 meters away, and he himself went to the city grocery store and bought a half-liter bottle of egetine and 6, 95 euros of beer. for 1.05 Eur.

The advisor to the Seimas deputy had the intention of delivering these drinks to the bribed voters, but these suspicions were caused by the Social Democrat Jolanta Šimanska, who worked in the electoral commission, who informed the police about the allegedly bribed voters, and A Ancevič stopped the car. By the way, A. Ancevič was also an observer of this electoral commission.

On the same day, a member of LLRA-KŠS was questioned by police officers, and when she was released after interrogation, her spouse approached a resident of Skaisteriai village and asked the bribed voters to pay a reward: half a liter of vodka and “bambali” beer. This is what he did.

Voters who voted for the Poles interviewed during the pre-trial investigation confirmed that they voted because they had been promised a reward. They also recognized the woman who bribed them.

This story would have ended so quietly, because the agents who carried out the pre-trial investigation A. Ancevič proposed to end the criminal process with a criminal order, since she agrees with the accusations, admits guilt, repents, the court collects the collected data. during the investigation in a written procedure. The woman brought to justice did not object, the Vilnius Regional District Court had already adopted a criminal order at the end of November, for which A. Ancevič was sentenced to a fine.

But before the order came into effect, the woman requested a judicial hearing and that the criminal proceedings against her be suspended, absolving her of criminal responsibility on bail.

A. Ancevič was once convicted of a negligent crime (traffic accident) (therefore the conviction has disappeared, therefore it is considered illegal under the law) in court, he changed his mind only because he recently learned that she would have to quit her job at Egliškės St. At the Jonas Bosko Gymnasium, where she also worked as a chemistry teacher (the woman is currently on maternity leave).

“I was fired from the Seimas and then I found out that after receiving the sentence, I would not be able to work in the school either. The Education Law stipulates that a sentenced person cannot work in the school,” explained A. Ancevič. .

He admitted that he had bribed four men on the day of the first round of the Seimas elections.

“I am very sorry to have committed this crime, it was a reckless and unplanned act, everything happened spontaneously,” said the defendant. – Yes, I committed a crime, but I’m very sorry. I know that the court not only punishes people, but also puts them on the path of morality, so I promise that I will not commit any more crimes. “

This is not the first time that A. Ancevič has been involved in scandals; Almost 4 years ago, the media announced that A. Ancevič, who was the director of the Steponas Batoras Gymnasium in Lavoriškės, Vilnius district at the time, was forced to resign. due to a scandal.

The Ministry of Education and Science then established that A. Ancevič had entered or changed the grades of the students 24 times in the newspaper. A. Ancevič, who left the gym, immediately got a job with Č. Olševskis’s advisor at Seimas.