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As previously reported, the prosecutors of the Public Prosecutor’s Office of the General Prosecutor’s Office Nerijus Marcinkevičius and Ugnius Vyčinas and the prosecutor of the Second Prosecutor’s Office of the Kaunas Regional Prosecutor’s Office Donatas Puzinas after the May 13 arrest. they were immediately removed from their post and were also subjected to official inspections, which ended on November 10.
After familiarizing himself with the findings of the official inspections and the presentations on the imposition of an official sanction, Attorney General Evaldas Pašilis made the decision to apply the strictest official sanction: dismissal.
“Society has reasonable expectations and requires that anyone who has taken an oath to serve the State, regardless of their duties, perform their duties in a fair, responsible, transparent and selfless manner, in accordance with the law. These requirements are even greater. for prosecutors, who have a large number of exclusive powers and guarantees to ensure their independence, including social guarantees. Therefore, I am convinced that in cases where, unfortunately, there are reasonable doubts about the reputation, the transparency, impartiality, ethics and the application of the law of the prosecutor, I have no right, formal or moral, to seek a different decision. ” prosecutor Evaldas Pašilis.
Photo by Julius Kalinskas / 15min / Evaldas Pašilis
While the official inspection was still in progress, N. Marcinkevičius and D.Puzinas filed applications and were dismissed from the service of the Public Prosecutor’s Office at their own request, but after making decisions that the violations identified during the official inspection should impose the further official sanction on them. severe: dismissal. who enjoy a good reputation and will be subject to the same legal consequences as people who have been fired after a Soviet sanction: dismissal.
We remind you that the pre-trial investigation was launched after receiving information that three and other suspects, a total of 11 individuals, acting independently of each other, informally meet with a practicing lawyer in Kaunas Šarūnas Mickevičius and discuss the course pretrial investigations available to you. and the possibility of taking procedural decisions in which individuals are informally represented by said lawyer. Possibly in this way, in some cases, material or other benefits were sought. The pre-trial investigation also provided information on other possible criminal offenses.
This pre-trial investigation is controlled and organized by the Organized Crime and Corruption Investigation Directorate of the Attorney General’s Office and carried out by the Special Investigation Service.
Since 2016 From the beginning of the year until now, 43 prosecutors have been subjected to various service penalties after official inspections, of which 9 were dismissed and 4 demoted.
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