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There were 71 Seimas members in favor of his candidacy by secret ballot, 15 voted against, eight abstained, and a ballot was damaged.
Before the vote, A. Jakubauskas had to explain his actions regarding the request for financial assistance to the Lithuanian Tatar community in Russia.
Conservative member of Seimas Arvydas Anušauskas recalled a letter written by A. Jakubauskas on May 14, 2014 addressed to the leadership of Tatarstan, which belonged to Russia, requesting material support.
“I am glad that you denied the comments, but I will pay attention to a phrase that can be allowed to the community leaders, to the businessmen, but not to the officials. It is written that the support of Totor can be in the form of finances or as contacts from which part of the income would go to the general needs of the community. As you know, our laws do not provide for that form of support at all, “said A. Anušauskas.
He said he raised this issue before the appointment of A. Jakubauskas so that he would not get into trouble later.
“You need to talk openly about these things, without hiding, because the more we discuss these things during the appointment, we know, the less chance there is of a public official getting an offer based on some compromising material somewhere in a closed cabinet after taking over The charge”. affirmed the parliamentarian.
A. Jakubauskas, for his part, said that the Lithuanian authorities had already verified his candidacy.
He also reported that he is currently being declared an unwanted person in Russia.
A. Jakubauskas said he had visited Tatarstan more than once, was there for the first time in 1989, and interacted with “independent people seeking independence for their nation, their state, and then seemed to be within reach.”
“As a Lithuanian Tatar, raised in the patriotic spirit of my historical homeland, I realize that Tatarstan has been occupied by Russia since 1552 in the days of Ivan the Terrible, so it was my duty as a citizen living in the European Union bring the spirit of liberation there. ” Jakubauskas.
His candidacy for the LGGRTC position was presented by the President of Parliament, Viktoras Pranckietis, taking into account the proposal of the Seimas Commission for the Struggle for Freedom and the Historical Memory of the State.
A. Jakubauskas will assume his new position on July 1.
According to his education, he is a pedagogue and political scientist, a doctor of social sciences, he has worked in the Vilnius greenhouses, manager of a private company, the Seimas Chancellery, professor at Mykolas Romeris University and public consultant to Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius.
Since 2003 he is president of the Lithuanian Union of Tatar Communities, and since 2015 he has been undersecretary of the Crimean Tatar World Congress.
On Thursday, the Seimas also intends to vote on the dismissal of the current head of the center, Teresė Birutė Burauskaitė.
She has been Executive Director of LGGRTC since January 2009.
Under the law, the new Director General of the Lithuanian Genocide and Resistance Research Center is appointed for a period of five years.
LGGRTC investigates all manifestations of genocide and crimes against humanity and humanity and the persecution of the Lithuanian population during the years of occupation, as well as the processes of armed and unarmed resistance to the occupations, begins the legal evaluation of the organizers and perpetrators of genocide, commemorates freedom fighters and victims of genocide.
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