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Nendrė Černiauskienė, Tauras Jakelaitis, Kęstutis Krikštaponis and signatory Zigmas Vaišvila, who formed the initiative group for the referendum on the launch of the referendum poster, have probably not experienced the same pressure from the authorities until now. They were preceded by a court unit, the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) and several police investigators. According to the organizers of the referendum, it is obvious that the goal is one: to prevent people from participating more actively in the governance of the state.
1 photoZ. Vaišvila. Photo of Elta
The aforementioned people intend to hold a referendum, in which the Nation wishes to ask itself if it is enough to raise 100,000. signatures instead of the 300,000 currently required.
“It is difficult to qualify what is happening with this initiative other than an open, albeit unannounced, war of state institutions with the Referendum Initiative and its initiative group,” said Z. Vašvila, signatory of the Restoration Act of the Independence of Lithuania. Don’t put the words in watts.
He remembered that on August 10. The concentration in the Seimas not only prevented the collection of signatures of citizens who supported this initiative, but also arrested Nendrė Černiauskienė, one of the coordinators of the referendum initiative group, although she only transmitted what was happening with the Seimas on the Internet .
“The court has been asked to hold it until 2022. January 21, that is, the last day to collect the signatures of the referendum initiative determined by the court. Failed. Therefore, the investigator granted Nendre Černiauskiene other measures In the absence of evidence in the case on the alleged criminal acts committed by her “, emphasized Z. Vašvila.
August 26 The CEC refused to make decisions on the granting of the LRT airtime to the referendum initiative group and on the registration of a new initiative group in the referendum for the early Seimas elections.
“The CEC presented the following reason: on September 2. The Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania (SACL) will examine the presentation of the president of this court, Gintaras Kryževičius, on the resumption of the proceedings in an administrative case, in which the court ruled on July 14. adopted a decision to compel the CEC to issue signature collection sheets to the Referendum Initiative Group and grant access to electronic signatures. So far, no decisions have been seen to be made in light of possible future court rulings. However, it has already started in Lithuania “, the signatory was surprised.
Steering Group referendum on August 30. filed complaints against these two CEC decisions. The law obliges the SACL to examine such complaints within 48 hours after the complaint is filed. However, according to Z.Vaišvila, this did not happen: the court will examine these complaints only today.
“September 2 The SACL satisfied the presentation of the president of this court, G.Kryževičius, and resumed the process in the case about the obligation of the CEC to issue signature collection sheets and provide access to electronic signatures. The reason is that The applied analogy of the law is not indicated, because due to the inaction of the Seimas in Lithuania, in the opinion of the CEC, the current Referendum Law no longer exists. However, the analogy of the court law in 2021. 14 The July decision establishes that it is about the issuance of signature collection sheets by analogy with the Presidential Elections Law … Do the judges sign what they have not read? Total chaos “, – said Z. Vaišvila.
According to him, on September 2. A search was carried out in the homes of the most active signatories of the referendum initiative in Lazdijai, Alytus and Druskininkai.
“As far as we know, the officers not only photographed the signature collection sheets, but also took some of the hands of the voters. The information is being corrected, but we will not be surprised if it is announced that the signatures on the collection sheets of signatures are forged. Kipras Valentinavičius, a member of the Land Referendum Initiative Group and a member of the Board of the Lithuanian Public Council, which broadcast the Kaunas pride marches directly online, was arrested in Kaunas on September 4. Others can, and N.Černiauskienė and K.Valentinavičius cannot. Apparently, without waiting for the court to allow the arrest of K.Valentinavičius, he was released. However, he is summoned to the police for undirected procedural actions against him. The so-called police Lithuanian looks sad “, – declared Z.Vaišvila.
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