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“This raises some questions and we will return to the issue of reform this summer. The committee will explain the situation, the reform itself, the reasons for those who left their jobs and the like,” L. Kasčiūnas told BNS on Thursday.
He also spoke of a situation where some SSD staff members had left office without knowing or having such information.
The news portal delfi.lt, supported by intelligence officials, reported that dozens of employees had left the service during the restructuring, including one employee who reported to the authorities in 2019 about possible illegal actions in the inspection of the environment of the then presidential candidate Gypsy Nauseda. .
At the time, the SSD said that several dozen officials had left the service and refused to fill the proposed position in the new structure.
Opposition leader Saulius Skvernelis, a member of the NSGK, told BNS that he believed personnel changes in the SSD could be a natural process.
“All the time, during renovations, it seems that something is going out, something is happening (…) It is common that during each reorganization, some people take advantage of the opportunities to leave, some are offered positions”, S —Skvernelis said .
He said he did not think NSGK should explain the situation.
“The SSD presents the situation to the committee all the time, so I don’t think it should be an occasion unless colleagues have questions,” said the opposition leader of Seimas.
“The reform is a great defeat”
At the time, NSGK member Vytautas Bakas stated that he believed the SSD reform to be a “great defeat” due to the large number of retired intelligence officers.
“I knew people were leaving the service, but on such a scale it was actually new to me. When the SSD introduced that reform, there was no talk of those things, so I think it is a defeat. The reform is a great defeat, “Bakas told BNS.
He added that he hoped that the Intelligence Comptroller Institute would be legalized.
The parliamentarian also said that he would appeal to the government to rectify the situation.
“I have prepared letters for the Government and I believe that the head of the SSD is not all of Lithuania. In this case, the government must rectify the situation regarding the people who left, they fulfilled their functions in good faith, but, for For example, his loyalty to the manager was questioned personally, ”said an NSGK member.
“Perhaps the prime minister will react at this point, otherwise the entire protection system for our rapporteurs will collapse,” he added.
V. Bakas stated that the SSD “has turned down the path of eastern management and this is worrying.”
The SSD assures that a dozen people have left the service as a result of the reform, without commenting on the fate of the speaker
The Department of Homeland Security (SSD) says dozens of officials have resigned as a result of structural restructuring in the intelligence service.
The authority declined to comment on whether among them there was an employee who reported to the authorities in 2019 about possible illegal actions in the inspection of the surroundings of the then presidential candidate Gitan Nauseda.
“A dozen officials left the service who refused to fill the position offered in the new structure. One has gone to court about it, “the department said in a response sent to BNS on Thursday.
“The data of a person with whistleblower status cannot be disclosed by law,” the SSD said when asked if an official had resigned after contacting authorities two years ago about possible illegal actions by the service.
The SSD officials, who lost their jobs, stated delfi.lt that it was decided to carry out the reorganization shortly after the announcer provided information to the then president of the NSGC, V. Baku, in order to get rid of the disloyal people. to the heads of the intelligence institution.
According to the portal, some employees were laid off after the implementation of the reform and some left before the end of the restructuring. Employees who left the SSD also included those in positions of responsibility.
The SSD affirms that the reorganization, which entered into force on July 1, has been in force for several years and is not related to “any other circumstance”, except the objectives of ensuring a more efficient performance of functions and optimizing the number of managers . and subordinate positions.
The intelligence service indicated that there was a reduction in managerial positions after the reorganization, but not a reduction in the number of positions.
The department declined to disclose specific details of the transformation, arguing that the data on the structure and quantitative and personnel composition of intelligence agencies constitute classified information by law.
Last March, the BNS released the data delivered to the head of the NSGK, the official who had been granted the status of rapporteur, and other institutions that in 2018-2019, intelligence collected information on the people of the then presidential candidate G Nausėda and the diplomat Vygaudas Ušackas.
The SSD denied these allegations and explained that it had acted in accordance with the law.
After conducting an investigation into this report, the Seimas NSGK stated that the SSD acted legally by inspecting the environment of presidential candidates, but proposed changing the procedure and waiving verbal orders to inspect individuals.
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