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The CEC is the first to consider the question of the recognition of the powers of the member of the Seimas A. Guoga as terminated and the recognition of the mandate of the parliamentarian Artūras Skardžius.
A.Guoga read a statement to the CEC members that he was resigning as a member of the Seimas. He does it with determination and free will.
Without discussion, the CEC acknowledged that A. Guoga’s term had expired on February 20. Also that the powers of a member of the Seimas are recognized for A. Skardis.
I can’t sit on multiple chairs
After the CEC’s decision, speaking to journalists, A.Guoga said that many respected people asked him to stay at the Seimas.
“But I found that I couldn’t sit in all the chairs at once,” he explained.
A.Guoga said that he went to Seimas because he wanted to change something, he had “pure good wishes for our country.”
“Whether briefly or briefly, I was as long as I could, doing what I could have done during that time, and here is my decision, short or not,” commented the “employee” who resigned.
When asked if he didn’t feel cheated by voters, A. Guoga said people should appreciate him. He explained that he went to the Seimas and left voluntarily.
“We are free people in Lithuania until now. (…) I just couldn’t do what I wanted to do. And there are simply other interests that are incompatible. Perhaps there is no European Parliament here where there is much more freedom to act. I just want to respect the Constitution and I don’t want to violate it, so it was appropriate to step back and give it to others, ”he said.
Photo by Sigismund Gedvila / 15min / Antanas Guoga
Is A.Guoga withdrawing from the Seimas not for fear of impeachment, because it has been announced that he is in charge of certain businesses, which, as a parliamentarian, he could not do according to the Constitution?
“I am withdrawing so that there are no doubts and so that we all respect our Constitution. You can interpret more here as you wish. I am simply reluctant to do what needs to be done. And for me to live, act and still create a lot of value for Lithuania in other spheres, where I will definitely act and be even more active, ”he said.
When asked to clarify about business involvement after being elected a member of the Seimas, A.Guoga spoke smoothly that everything was fine and that going back to the past is what makes sense.
“It just came to our attention then. No one was hurt. If we have seen problems, media speculation and I have become so important, then I am willing to help in that mandate, I am not attached to that mandate and I did not want to be the controversial figure in the that he figures, ”said the outgoing politician.
A.Guoga said that he will now run many companies. “Many companies are going to lead where I can, wherever they give their work,” he said.
A.Guoga explained that he has no plans to participate in any elections until today. Remembering that he had said it before, but was still running towards the Seimas, he replied that people could change their minds.
“It just came to our attention then. And now the page is closed, his political career is closed,” he said.
He has no plans to withdraw from the Labor Party to which he belongs. A.Guoga said that he did not communicate with the president of this political force, Viktor Uspaskich, because “perhaps the vibrations do not coincide until today.”
Informed that he will go abroad
As already announced, A.Guoga is still on January 12 submitted an application to the CEC to end his powers as a member of the Seimas.
He motivated this movement by not wanting to “lead the voters by the nose.”
The CEC later rejected his request, as he did not appear at the commission meeting and did not read his statement aloud as required by law.
Even before that, the politician informed the Seimas Board about going abroad.
It is possible that the MP was unable to attend the CEC meeting at the time due to being in Dubai. his wife posted on the social network on vacation there.
Therefore, he asked the CEC to allow him to attend the meeting remotely, but the law did not provide for this possibility.
Cited as a guide
As soon as A.Guoga announced that he wanted to withdraw from Seimas, the Canadian company “Cypherpunk Holdings”, investing in technology and cryptocurrencies, has spread the message that returned to manager position.
15 minutes received information that A.Guoga had been able to hold this position since August of last year.
When applying for the Seimas, he joined the company in his declaration of private interests, but indicated that he was a consultant and not a General Director.
A company report published on August 4 of last year states that A.Guoga has become its CEO.
His responsibilities were mentioned on the company’s website at a later date. In December, the parliamentarian was named as head of the company in press releases.
Presentation of A.Guoga on the company page
Politics itself 15 minutes declared your activities in the company indefinitely suspended Even before taking the oath in the Seimas, he presented the internal minutes of the meeting of company representatives, in which it is stated that “Tony Guoga presented a request not to work indefinitely as of November 11.”
According to Vytautas Sinkevičius, professor at the Department of Constitutional Law at Mykolas Romeris University, this is not enough, although activities have been suspended, functions have not been carried out, they have been maintained, it is prohibited by the Constitution and there is a risk of judgment political.
A.Guoga, who submitted a repeated request for the termination of his mandate to the CCA, has already announced it publicly in agreement with the company Cypherpunk Holdings..
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