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However, the presidency itself does not confirm such information and says that “it is not commenting on the rumors.”
“Jonas Vytautas Žukas is the chief adviser to the president. And I’m not commenting on the rumors, “said Antanas Bubnelis, G. Nausėda’s spokesperson, to the” Delfi “question if J. V. Žukas is leaving office.
According to sources, J. V. Žukas has planned to retire in the near future, tomorrow, Friday, it will be his last official business day.
J. V. Žukas has been working as head of the National Security Group at the Presidential Palace since July 29 of last year. The advisor himself has not yet been contacted.
J. V. Žukas was invited to work in the Presidency by G. Nausėda after completing his term as Commander of the Armed Forces in the Lithuanian Armed Forces.
During the 2019 presidential election campaign, the then Commander of the Armed Forces J.V. J. V. Žukas stated that V. Sutkus offered to meet with G.Nausėda as an old acquaintance and not as a representative of the businessmen.
On June 2 of this year, V. Sutkus was detained by officials of the Special Investigation Service. He and former head of the Lithuanian Bank Association, Mantas Zalatoris, have been charged with bribery and influence trading.
J. V. Žukas is already G. Nausėda’s second adviser in the last week, who leaves his position in the President’s team. Ieva Saudargaitė, Advisor to the Legal Group, left the Presidency on Monday.
The presidency did not comment in detail on the reasons for the departure of this adviser. According to President A. Bubnelis’s adviser, I. Saudargaitė plans to continue his career in the civil service.
I. Saudargaitė started working in the Presidency last July, after coming from the Constitutional Court.
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