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R. Janutienė promised to appeal the decision to the Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania, and V. Gapšys rejected such intentions when the CEC rejected prosecutor Justas Laucius’ proposal not only to allow him to be prosecuted, but also to arrest him or restrict his freedom.
In case of controversies as to whether the court granted such powers to J. Laucis, a break of several hours was taken for this matter. On Tuesday evening, the CEC received a formal court decision: it did not contain a request to allow V. Gapšis’s freedom to be restricted, so the commission members unanimously rejected the prosecutor’s request.
V.Gapšys MG Baltic is on trial at the Vilnius Regional Court in a corruption case of influence and bribery.
Photo by Sigismund Gedvila / 15min / Vytautas Gapšys
Prosecutor J. Laucius, who requested the waiver of his immunity, emphasized that without doing so, a further examination of the case would not be possible.
V. Gapšys himself told the commission that he agreed that the CEC would make a decision that would allow him to defend himself in a criminal case, but contradicted the wording of J. Laucius’ request to allow him to be arrested or otherwise restrained, because “the court did not request it.” The prosecutor said that it was necessary if V.Gapšys did not attend the hearing without a justifiable reason and had to be brought. On the other hand, J. Laucius admitted that V. Gapšys has diligently attended the meetings so far.
“I believe that what the Prosecutor’s Office is asking for is an excessive provision (…). If the scope of the accusation were adequate for the prosecutor and the CCA, I think they would be equally satisfied and the process could continue without problems, “he said.
V.Gapšys emphasized that he believed that he was persecuted for political decisions and that inviolability was intended to guarantee the right of candidates to express their political ideas freely and without persecution.
The Vilnius City District Court requested the waiver of the immunity of R. Janutienė, candidate of the party “Lithuania – for all”, who is examining a defamation case of Vytautas Valvonis, former director of the Bank’s Supervisory Authority from Lithuania, in complicity with other people. Furthermore, Artūras Jančys and Saulė Pauliuvienė are accused of defaming the person through the media. Previously, the court has acknowledged that they have published false information degrading the honor and dignity of the Chairman of the Board of the Bank of Lithuania, Vito Vasiliauskas.
R. Janutienė herself compared the examination of the case with the situation in Belarus and Russia, stated that she is being persecuted for her professional activities.
Photo by Sigismund Gedvila / 15min / Rūta Janutienė
“After what you decided on how to participate in this election by financing the Labor Party, which” suffered “buying the votes of the prisoners, financing their elections with black money, I could not expect another approach from you and I could not (…) you gave the money to those who were ridiculed for the elections, “R. Janutienė got angry.
Mr. Štraupaitė, former candidate for mayor of Freedom and Justice of Visaginas, could be prosecuted by the Lithuanian Court of Appeal. You are examining Mr –vincingtraupait negot’s own complaint about the Panev negotžys Regional Court ruling, in which he was found guilty of influence peddling, abuse, forgery of a document and possession of a forged document. In October last year, the court sentenced her to a suspended sentence of one year in prison.
Irmanto Gelūno / 15min nuotr./Dalia Štraupaitė
The Seimas Election Law stipulates that after the Central Election Commission announces the candidates and candidate lists, as well as before the first newly elected session of the Seimas, a candidate for membership of the Seimas may not be prosecuted, arrested or otherwise restricted without the consent of the Central Election Commission.
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