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“The prosecutor who led the investigation today applied to the Šiauliai District Court for the removal of the mayor for six months from Thursday this week,” Gabrielė Petkuvienė, representative of the Šiauliai Regional Prosecutor’s Office, told BNS.
According to her, the removal is requested because, by occupying the post of mayor, V. Andrulis could influence the pre-trial investigation.
“Because the mayor is suspected of having committed such a criminal crime, which is related to his high office. As long as he is in them, he can continue to influence his subordinates and may interfere with the process in other ways,” said an Office representative. of the Šiauliai Regional Prosecutor.
He also stated that the mayor of the Kelmė district will be questioned on Wednesday, after the decision on the decision to impose a preventive detention measure is clarified.
According to the STT, it is suspected that V. Andrulis demanded 10,000. bribery please in the implementation of the municipal public space improvement project, and on Tuesday, it is suspected that after accepting part of the required bribe – 5 thousand. The mayor was detained by STT officials.
Among other things, STT officials in the Kelmė District Municipality took the necessary documents for the pre-trial investigation and took other actions necessary for the investigation.
The pre-trial investigation is controlled and directed by the Prosecutor of the Organized Crime and Corruption Investigation Division of the Šiauliai Regional Prosecutor’s Office.
Gabrielė Petkuvienė, a representative of the Šiauliai Regional Prosecutor’s Office, stated that there were no more suspects in the investigation.
V. Andrulis was elected mayor on the municipal council and the mayoral elections held last year, and was nominated by the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania.
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