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According to the president of the commission, which has sparked discussions among politicians, several assumptions can be made about the Constitutional Court’s conclusion in favor of Gabriel Landsbergis, the leader of the conservatives. Therefore, assures A. Širinskienė, she will ask D. Žalimas for explanations as early as Monday.
A. Širinskienė: The CC verdict does not question the value of the investigation.
The politician did not overemphasize the CC’s conclusion stated on Friday, which emphasized that the temporary inquiry commission could not handle tasks of incomprehensible scope, and that such committees could only be formed to investigate matters of state importance.
According to her, the CC, even after affirming that the work of the commission of inquiry contradicted the laws of the country, did not contest the circumstances highlighted during the investigation. Furthermore, added the politician, the conclusion of the CC unfavorable to the commission headed by him may have created only additional risks for the state.
“It should be noted that the findings of prosecutors and public officials are not denied by the findings of the Constitutional Court. Those testimonies are as they are, and show the sophistication of the state, and sometimes a possible legal activity is not possible, an attempt to influence judicial proceedings, an attempt to influence the prosecutor’s office, “A. Širinskienė told a Eltai.
“Valstietė” emphasized that the court’s verdict created preconditions to question the previous investigation by the Seimas National Defense and Security Committee (NSGC).
“I can say that some of those questions were copied from the NSGK study in one style or another. There are also uncertain questions (…) It is not possible to define specifically where the intended use of classified information is planned until the information is declassified. Therefore, any statement by the Constitutional Court that the lack of constitutionality is also conditioned by unspecified issues opens the door to MG Baltic’s concern to question the legality of the NSGK investigation, ”he reasoned.
A. Širinskienė: The decision of the CC is favorable to the family of G. Landsbergis
According to A. Širinskienė, the verdict of the Constitutional Court changes the situation only to the point that the Chief Tax Inspectorate (ITS) will not be obliged to investigate the story of G. Landsbergis and his wife’s plot for 1 euro and that the Seimas they will not form a transparent working group.
“He was forced to create it by resolution of the Seimas. These losses are, but will not eliminate everything else: testimonies and the like,” said A. Širinskienė.
A. Širinskienė also spoke about the suspicious communication between the possible conservatives and the president of the Constitutional Court D. Žalimas. According to the “peasant”, she received information about possible meetings between the conservatives and D. Žalimas. These meetings, the politician does not rule out, may also be related to the logic of the decisions made by the CC.
“If they really have party meetings where, under my impression, the President of the Constitutional Court is pressured when coordinating the appeal texts to the Constitutional Court, this is abnormal,” said A. Širinskienė.
“Therefore, on Monday I will address the President of the Constitutional Court to explain what is happening there and I will also exhort my colleagues (Conservative – ELTA) to explain why the complaints of the Constitutional Court they write are compatible with the President in advance “said A. Širinskienė, without ruling out that the latest interpretation of the CC may also be related to these meetings.
“I can make very different assumptions, because it is obvious that certain meetings are taking place and it is equally obvious that Mr. Landsbergis and his wife were saved from the ITS investigation by this decision of the Constitutional Court. So it can be, ”said A. Širinskienė, while emphasizing that calls by conservatives to resign from the position of head of the Seimas Law and Order Committee should not be taken seriously.
“I don’t even want to react to all kinds of conservative delusions. They should watch their activities very closely,” summarized A. Širinskienė.
Conservative Vice President Monika Navickienė, in evaluating the Constitutional Court decision announced on Friday, publicly addresses Agnė Širinskienė, urging her to take responsibility and resign from the position of head of the Law and Order Committee.
On Friday, the Constitutional Court stated that the commission headed by A. Širinskienė had been formed in violation of the Constitution, that its conclusions were illegal.
The work of the so-called A. Širinskienė Commission raised many questions for the opposition. They repeatedly praised the work of the last commission as simply a campaign of revenge by the ruling “peasants” against disgruntled political opponents. Addressing the Constitutional Court, the opposition emphasized that the purpose of the investigation entrusted to the commission was defined very broadly and abstractly, both in terms of its time and the scope of the problems. It was also emphasized that one or more specific issues of state importance were not formulated, but that it was planned to investigate basically everything that had taken place in the political process for eight years, therefore, the formation of the commission contradicts the concept of commissions research and parliamentary control periods.
The petition also indicated that the tasks formulated for the temporary commission under the legal regulation in dispute are inconsistent with the constitutional objectives of implementing parliamentary control of the Seimas, do not meet the requirements of the Constitution to investigate matters, concluded only in recognition of the need. to examine a matter of national importance. In addition, such investigations conducted by Seimas, among other things, to obtain and publicly disclose classified information in accordance with the law (intelligence, pre-trial investigation data), in the petitioner’s opinion, represent a threat to the principles of the state of straight.
Las Seimas on May 14. approved the conclusions of the commission chaired by A. Širinskienė. The Commission was created to investigate the possible illegal influence and impact of stakeholders or groups on political processes in the country, the conduct of elections, the formation of parliamentary coalitions, the work of parliamentary groups, individual politicians, and the activities and funding of political parties. The Commission also announced its intention to investigate the possible illegal influence and impact of interested parties on the legislative process.
The range of objectives of the investigation was adjusted after the commission began its work by including in the parliamentary investigation the conservatives’ appeal to the Constitutional Court regarding pension funds. It was also decided to investigate the possible illegal influence in the Central Official Ethics Commission (COEC).
The conclusions of the controversial study are presented according to three episodes of the study: the possible aspiration of interest groups and state politicians to influence the COEC, the possible pressure exerted by politicians on the prosecutor’s office and the possible influence of private pension funds in Seimas members that request the Constitutional Court. In the latest episode of the investigation, G. Landsbergis and his wife Austėja Landsbergienė were on the commission’s agenda. However, due to this episode, the influence of pension funds, the commission was unable to draw conclusions. By failing to gather enough material, the commission confirmed not the findings but the circumstances.
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