Another election in which Paks will lose his stake: how was his impeachment, what has Europe never seen before? The | 15MAX

Lithuania became the first country in Europe to impeach the president by impeachment.

R. Paksas, who took office in late February 2003, lost them just over a year later, on April 6, 2004.

He has been removed from the post of head of state for violating the Constitution and breaking the oath..

This prevented him from running through the Seimas.

Although the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled in 2011 that a lifetime ban on participating in elections is a disproportionate punishment, Seimas does not solve this problem.

And after this spring session, parliament dissolved without moving forward.

15 minutes it recalls Paks’ path to the political Olympiad, the story of his impeachment.

From V. Landsberg pilot to president

The media wrote that during the bloody events of January 1991, the country’s leaders were prepared to be transferred.

One of the pilots that was ready for that was R. Paksas.

It is true that the president of the Supreme-Restorative Council Seimas Vytautas Landsbergis explained that this is not true, things that he has not heard.

“A couple of years ago I had already read in the newspapers, as well as on the eve of January 13 and the second round of the presidential elections, as if R. Paksas was on duty in the Independence Guard and had to take me to somewhere”. I hadn’t heard any of their names in 1990-1991, so I refuted that story as another “chirping” twist (right, not the same as the “new bank crash”). And now my first impression was that I was reading the “Legends of Roland” series again, the professor wrote in 2005.

I hadn’t heard any of their names in 1990-1991, so I refuted that story as another “tweet” twist.

In June 1999, R. Paksas, the former mayor of Vilnius, delegated by the ruling conservatives, replaced Gediminas Vagnoros as prime minister.

However, he headed the government for less than half a year.

On October 18, 1999, R. Paksas announced that he would not sign any agreement on the transfer of Mazeikiu Nafta to the US corporation Williams International.

The deal was actively supported by conservatives he represented.

On October 27, after a dramatic speech in which he stated that by signing an agreement with the American company, Lithuania should transfer LTL 1.4 billion to Mažeikių Nafta. LTL, R. Paksas resigned as Prime Minister.

He also withdrew from the ranks of the then Unión de la Patria.

Such a move by R. Paksas and the image of a public interest fighter trained at the time significantly raised his ratings. It also undoubtedly contributed to the success of the 2003 presidential elections.

The deal with Williams remains ambiguous.

Conservative Andrius Kubilius, who supported the leadership of the Prime Minister of R. Paksas, has said that, in business terms, Lithuania has always acted wisely:

“In 1999, the company was said to be worth nothing, and some offered to sell part of the shares for 1 litas to Russia’s Lukoil, and a few years later, Lithuania sold its part of the company first to Yukos and then to PK Orlen. ” he won several billion litas. “

However, many politicians and economists have pointed out that Mazeikiu Nafta received a much lower price than would be expected after a public auction, according to which the oil refinery was almost delivered.

R. Paksas, who became prime minister a second time, also did not hold office for a short time.

After the formation of a coalition of liberals and social liberals led by Artūras Paulauskas, he was appointed Prime Minister in late October 2000 and lost his post in late June 2001.

In March 2002, R. Paksas founded the Liberal Democratic Party and became its president.

President-elect in 2003.

On October 30, 2003, then-head of the Department of State Security (SSD) Mečys Laurinkus brought a certificate to the Seimas, which became the beginning of the biggest scandal since the restoration of independence, which resulted in the charge of the President R. Paksas..

The head of security presented the scandalous certificate to the then president of the Seimas Artūras Paulauskas a week before his planned resignation.

The document was titled “On R. Paksas’ Environmental Relations with International Criminals.”

It all ended in the indictment and removal of R. Paksas and duties.

Under current law, a politician cannot participate in the Presidential or Seimas elections after being impeached for impeachment.

The ECHR ruled that this prohibition is disproportionate. However, the Seimas still does not solve this problem.

After losing his presidency, R. Paksas was elected to the Vilnius City Municipal Council, and later until 2019 he worked in the European Parliament for several terms.

He currently has no political office.

Probably the latest information about him published in the media was about to The thick house was in charge of the police: the violence was denounced, the politician was taken to the hospital.

Old politicians surprised

Dalia Kutraitė-Giedraitienė, an associate professor of association at Vilnius University and a communications expert who worked as an adviser to R. Paksas, said she joined her team after leaving television.

“At that time, he was the mayor of Vilnius, very determined and popular. I became a public relations adviser to the mayor of Vilnius. It can be said that one of the first such institutions in Lithuania. Because it was a new position and a new activity. I come from journalism, from television. It was in 1998 and after that the popular mayor was invited to become prime minister. I was offered the position of Chancellor of the Government, “he recalled.

According to D. Kutraitė-Giedraitienė, after R. Paksas did not sign a contract with Williams International and resigned as Prime Minister, his popularity increased further.

D. Kutraitė-Giedraitienė, who directed the R.Paksas headquarters for the presidential elections, said that this election campaign was recognized as one of the best in Europe.

“It just came to our attention then. We weren’t as severely limited as today’s politicians. It didn’t surprise me, I know we worked for years before the election. I know how we work, what kinds of people they worked, and I know R.Paksas’ determination I was not surprised, it was the result of sincere determination and work, “he said of the 2003 presidential election.

However, according to D. Kutraitė-Giedraitienė, the results of the elections surprised the old politicians, all those who could not believe that a newcomer to politics like R. Paksas assumed office and jumped to the presidency.

Borisov wanted influence

According to D. Kutraitė-Giedraitienė, while working in the presidency, it was very bad to see what was really happening.

Incidentally, through R. Paksas’s indictment in the Seimas, she was no longer working on his team.

The public relations expert said that when the impeachment process began, everyone on the president’s team was confused, ignorant, unaware of what was happening.

Therefore, I would prefer to comment from a time perspective. Now the further I go the clearer it becomes for me. Time: like a magnifying glass, everything was visible. I understand what it was about. There was too much pressure from the president, too much determination, too much activity, the desire to change everything.

And there was very little experience. Exactly the same, very little experience and competence, I was often on the advisory team. Everyone here was rookies. And there are cruel rules in big politics, probably more cruel than in the Soviet army. Newcomers are hit hard. Newcomers are being judged, newcomers are really being harmed, “said D. Kutraitė-Giedraitienė.

There was too much pressure from the president, too much determination, too much activity, the desire to change everything. And there was very little experience.

The activity of R. Paksas, in his opinion, greatly irritated some old politicians.

“This is where all the R. Paksas disasters began, as president,” he believes.

D. Kutraitė-Giedraitienė explained that subsequent investigations, the courts, the reaction of the European institutions and the indictment against R. Paksas showed an “inflated political bubble”. Supposedly there were no threats, just minor bugs.

He stressed that it seemed to everyone that businessman Yuri Borisov represented the interests of the Kremlin.

“Yes, I wanted to influence the presidency in general. But because of that representation of the Kremlin, I wondered very strongly when, shortly after the impeachment, a message appeared that President-Sponsor Borisov had very lucrative contracts with the American Pentagon. It has very strong connections, I think this politician game was interesting here for other very large states as well, but not necessarily for the one that everyone mentioned, “said D. Kutraitė-Giedraitienė.

Yes, I wanted to have an impact on the overall presidency. But as a result of representing the Kremlin, I thought a lot when a message appeared shortly after the accusation that President Borisov had a very lucrative contract with the American Pentagon.

Big mistake

R. Paksas’ accusation, in the opinion of D. Kutraitė-Giedraitienė, showed our political division and weakness.

“And what I want to emphasize a lot is that it absolutely did not benefit anyone. You know, naive people might have thought sometimes, maybe even made me think that yes, yes, it is a very painful sacrifice here, but to make politics more transparent, to make greater demands on politicians, on seniors officials, so that we do better, better. More democratic. But, you know, I say responsibly, it only opposed, strengthened all kinds of political intrigues, contradictions and did not bring any benefit to progress, communion or democracy, “said D. Kutraitė-Giedraitienė.

He said he had been removed from the presidency by Borisov.

“I was expelled by J. Borisov. He demanded my escape. With the help of some advisers, they expelled me because I really resisted their influence and it was a great obstacle,” said D. Kutraitė-Giedraitienė.

I was expelled from there by J. Borisov. He demanded my escape.

According to her, Borisov wanted to be an adviser to the President on other things, like listening to his advice and not someone else’s.

“It just came to our attention then. But whose slippage I really can’t say. Those relationships with the Pentagon got me completely out of cancer,” said D. Kutraitė-Giedraitienė.

L.Lolišvili did not want to give up

R. Paksas’ story also became famous with clairvoyant Lena Lolišvili.

According to D. Kutraitė-Giedraitienė, although the advisers offered to distance themselves, to renounce communication with her, “the President acted honorably.”

“He said, ‘Well, no, I won’t deny the man who helped me during the difficult hour.’ Well, and all that, it became another way to win, to mock,” he said.

Some commentators now view Paks as a political corpse.

“It just came to our attention then. When you kill someone, he becomes a corpse. In politics, this is a murdered man. Beaten, humiliated. You know, when some of us are talking here and we realize that the oldest Miracle is that he has survived physically and mentally: destroyed, “with broken wings”.

And, of course, you probably no longer have any political wishes and plans. But he lives a normal and private human life and I, for example, congratulate him on that, because humiliation and public humiliation are the most terrifying, “emphasized D. Kutraitė-Giedraitienė.