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The Seimas elections in Utena did not go smoothly. On election night, when it became clear that the leader of the Social Democrats Gintautas Paluckas and the conservative candidate E. Pupinis had obtained 7,075 votes, they were counted twice more.
The Lithuanian Social Democratic Party had caused a scandal because in the uninominal constituency of Utena the vote counting was organized by the president of the commission R. Gudynienė, who also works as an assistant to E. Pupinis, but assured him that he had withdrawn from the vote counting. After two new calculations, E.Pupinis was declared the winner.
E.Pupinis: began to terrorize
It’s been a week and a half since the winner was announced, and it’s still hot in Utena. Deputy E. Pupinis assures that his assistant is being persecuted in the area controlled by the Social Democrats.
“It just came to our attention then. People can’t lose, now they are chasing the cashier, the chairman of the commission.” 15 minutes a member of the Seimas said Tuesday.
Photo by Lukrecijus Tubio / 15min / Rolanda Gudynienė, President of the Regional Commission of Utena
According to the parliamentarian, the administration of her workplace, the Utena Museum of Local Customs, demanded that R. Gudynienė answer a series of questions related to his work schedule: when he works as an assistant to E. Pupinis and when he works in the museum, as well as when he worked in the electoral commission.
R. Gudynienė works as a museologist in this museum.
According to E. Pupinis, during the electoral period his assistant worked in the electoral commission according to the agreed schedule.
“As far as I know, it has been resolved as needed, but maybe there were some short-term ones when it comes to going out for a short time if there is a problem,” he said.
By the way, the deputy member of the Seimas R. Gudynienė works part-time also according to the agreed schedule.
The Seimas member assured that the museum’s director, Jovita Nalevaikienė, was working recently and that her assistant was working with her assistant.
The human terror just continues.
“It just came to our attention then. You will probably have to go to lawyers and defend yourself in this way, because I believe that what is being done is illegal and I believe that there is some political persecution taking place by someone who has worked responsibly and complied with his functions. He simply did not count the votes (…) The easiest way to reconcile accounts is “, he summarized.
The conservative also explained that he had previously felt the desire of the local government to have a Social Democrat as president of the electoral commission.
R. Gudynienė belongs to the Union of the Homeland-Lithuanian Christian Democrats. Hee 15 minutes reluctant to comment on the situation.
The director asked for work schedules at other workplaces
Director of the Regional Museum of Utena J.Nalevaikienė 15 minutes He said the situation had nothing to do with politics.
“I have data that he was not at work during the established working hours, simply asking for an explanation,” he said.
The manager stated that R. Gudynienė had different working hours at the museum during the election period.
“It is important to me, as the new director of the institution, to understand how work hours have been established in other workplaces or by other employers. Just find out if that work time is doubled or skipped correctly, because it is impossible to sit in two chairs at the same time. That is, if a job is done at noon, another is done in the afternoon, everything is in order, I just want to understand the information, because at that time I was not a director or had information on how it was organized, “he said.
J.Nalevaikienė added that he had data that E.Pupinis’s assistant was not working at the time she was supposed to be in the museum.
“Maybe she can provide information on how it happened and so forth,” said the manager.
The interlocutor assured that he had not spoken with the district mayor about the situation.
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