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Those who brought the two boxes with signatures claim to have collected more than 300,000. signatures in support of this initiative.
“An application has been made for the removal of Tomas Raskevičius from the post of chairman of the Human Rights Committee, since mixed public and private interests are not taking into account the rights of a small group of society”, Raimondas Grinevičius of initiators
According to him, part of society is also outraged by the bills proposed by the head of the Human Rights Committee.
The Speaker of Parliament stated that she had forwarded the received signatures to the Seimas Document Management Division.
“In my opinion, this is another opportunity to speak about the principles of our parliament, the free mandate of a member of the Seimas, the decision of the factions to delegate their members to the committees,” he said, asking what effect those signatures could have. . .
V.Čmilytė-Nielsen stated that neither she nor the Seimas Board could remove a parliamentarian from the position of head of the commission.
“If we lived in a state where the head of the Seimas or the Seimas board could remove a member of the Seimas from the position of chairman of the committee, it could hardly be called a democratic state,” he said.
“It is always the decision of a member of the Seimas, it is the decision of a faction,” said V. Čmilytė-Nielsen.
TVRaskevičius was appointed head of the Seimas Human Rights Committee by the Freedom Party.
The elder of this party’s faction in the Seimas, Ieva Pakarklytė, told BNS that the faction supports TV Raskevičius.
“The faction fully trusts TVRaskevičius as chairman of the Human Rights Committee, believes that he is professional and competent,” said the major.
According to her, the content of the letter sent to the president of the Seimas does not correspond to reality.
“If we look at the agendas of the Human Rights Committee, the recordings of the meetings, we can see a wide variety of topics, from the rights of the child, from the regulation of the media and public information to domestic violence. The content of the petition does not correspond to the fact, “I. Pakarklytė told BNS.
According to her, the authenticity of the collected signatures is also questioned.
“Another thing about the legal powers of the petition is that it is neither a physical signature nor a mobile signature, so there is no way to verify that it is authentic and that those signatures are valid or that a person has not signed more than one time. “said. politician.
TVRaskevičius himself told BNS that he did not intend to resign.
“I respect the right of people to express their views, their position, their freedom of expression and expression, and I plan to continue my work as chair of the Human Rights Committee,” he said.
The chairmen of the Seimas committees are appointed and removed by the Seimas.
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