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“It just came to our attention then. For those who haven’t found it and don’t know how it happens and how long it takes, I can say it for a long time. In my case, I filed a lawsuit at the beginning of the year, in January, and the case started. at 8 months. Today was the first preparatory hearing. And this is just the beginning, “S. Čaplinskas wrote on Facebook on Thursday.
At the same time, he was surprised by the record that now the Ministry of Health (SAM) itself does not follow the recommendations that were previously made known to the State Audit. This institution was headed by the current Minister of Health, Arūnas Dulkys.
“Somehow I remembered the recommendations of the State Audit Office (SAO) for the institutions. When inspecting them, the State Audit Office always “hit” them that if the institution has a legal department with the right of representation, then they should represent the institution in court cases. And what do you think? Is SAM implementing these recommendations? I have to say no
At today’s preparatory court hearing, which processed my claim against SAM for wrongful and unlawful dismissal, the ministry sent very expensive lawyers, including three hired from a law firm. Should this last circumstance be considered as the inability of the Ministry’s specialists to defend the charges against me in court? I don’t know, but it seems really strange when SAM now has so many former VK employees, ”wrote S. Čaplinskas.
He saw a process in court that delayed the ambition of the ministry.
“The request of the defendant’s representatives to invite a person (SAM L. Kavoliai’s advisor) who did not participate in the process of transmitting the information system or visited the institution to testify in court, does not have knowledge of how it works the system and has no ULAC personnel knows or saw, received or listened to any of its recommendations, either in writing or orally, on how to carry out the process.
And now you will explain to the court how the process should have been carried out. Serious. So where was he before and why didn’t he cooperate? The question is, why did the ministry hide such a specialist and prevent him from responding to ULAC’s letters? This suggests that the ministry may be looking to delay the process. Of course, only lawyers are better off financially than that. But, on the other hand, how does this correlate with the implementation of the recommendations of the State Audit Office? ”Wrote S. Čaplinskas.
Declare dismissal illegal
As already announced, the former director of the Center for Communicable Diseases and AIDS (ULAC) S. Čaplinskas is asking the court to declare his dismissal illegal, return him to office and pay 10,000. compensation for moral damage.
“Non-pecuniary damage is justified by the deterioration of reputation. He, a professional in his field, a recognized expert, makes recommendations during this period, and it was announced that he was a criminal, his reputation was tarnished,” said the plaintiff’s attorney. , Nerijus Kasiliauskas, during a court hearing in Vilnius City District Court on Thursday.
S. Čaplinskas also asks to be ordered to pay the average salary for the time of forced absence.
Eglė Gliaudelytė, a deputy lawyer representing the defendant at the Ministry of Health, stated that all of S. Čaplinskas’ claims must be rejected.
“The dismissal is legal and reasonable, and we do not agree with the claim for moral damage,” he said.
A report issued by the Ministry of Health last fall said that the main argument for firing S. Čaplinskas was that his center did not transfer the State Information System on Communicable Diseases and their Pathogens (ULSVIS) to another manager appointed by the Ministry – the National Public Health Center (NVSC).
The Ministry emphasizes that ULAC did not cooperate with the Public Health Center “to ensure the smooth transfer of the system, thus violating the requirements of legal acts, and did not ensure the performance of other functions assigned by order of the Minister.”
According to the ministry, this prevented the NVSC from providing data to responsible authorities in a timely manner, which in turn complicated work to investigate communicable disease outbreaks and identify outbreaks, as well as the risk of strict movement restrictions for Lithuanians in all the territory. EU.
“S. By not transferring ULSVIS, Čaplinskas prevented NVSC from properly implementing its established responsibilities related to managing information on communicable diseases, investigating outbreaks and providing information to other Lithuanian and European institutions,” the Ministry said.
According to E. Gliaudelytė, employees must follow legal instructions, S. Čaplinskas was given his duties, but he did not fulfill them, the Ministry assessed this as a serious violation and made the decision to dismiss him.
The court decided to subpoena Linas Kavolius, an adviser to the Ministry of Health, as a witness. The participation of the National Center for Public Health in this trial as a third party will be decided by the court later.
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