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“One thing everyone understands is that all the testimony that was given during the work of that commission has not disappeared, and it has the same meaning as if the commission had been recognized as legitimate,” Rarbauskis told BNS.
“The investigation revealed facts that no one denied and did not even try to deny, (…) the question of whether (the commission) was formed legally and illegally, the fact (s) that established” I do not care at all “- Constitutional Court R.Karbauskis commented on the decision on Friday.
On Friday, the Constitutional Court stated that the temporary commission of inquiry headed by “peasant” A. Širinskienė, which had investigated the possible impact on decision-makers and political processes, had been formed in violation of the Constitution, and its conclusions were illegal.
For me, the question of whether (the commission) was constituted legally and illegally, the fact (s) that it found, is completely irrelevant to me.
The Constitutional Court ruled that the Seimas Temporary Investigation Commission cannot undertake tasks of an incomprehensible scope, and commissions can be formed not to investigate any special issue of state importance, but only special ones.
A.Širinskienė, who headed the commission, also maintains that the CC’s decision regarding the formation of the commission does not negate the certificates received by it.
“The Constitutional Court did not evaluate the circumstances investigated by the commission; the ruling adopted by the CC does not deny the testimonies of the witnesses and the facts presented about what was said and what problems were in the state,” he told BNS A.Sirinskienė on Friday.
Sigismund Gedvila / 15min photo / Agnė Širinskienė
He also affirmed that the CC’s decision that the Seimas Temporary Investigation Commission could not be in charge of tasks of an incomprehensible scope could become a reason for questioning the investigation carried out by the Seimas National Security and Defense Committee.
The Temporary Commission has been working for almost two years due to possible illegal influence on Lithuanian politicians, officials and political processes. In mid-May, the Seimas approved its conclusions.
The commission carried out the investigation in three directions: clarifying the circumstances of the dismissal of Mindaugas Siauris, an employee of the Official Central Ethics Commission (COEC) and the appointment of Virginijus Kanapinskas, acting head of the COEC, and the possible role of Influencia of Seimas members when submitting an application to the Constitutional Court in relation to the Pension Accumulation Law.
Representatives of opposition conservatives, liberals and social democrats approached the CC regarding the formation of this commission, asking to clarify whether the formulation of tasks not specific to the commission was not in principle in conflict with the concept of temporary commissions of investigation and parliamentary control.
Opposition representatives argued that the commission had not formulated specific issues of state importance, so the commission could basically investigate everything that had happened in the political process for eight years.
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