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The man, whose name is known to the newsroom, said that after receiving information, a person was driving in the village of Guroniai (Kaišiadorys district), picking up people and transporting them to the electoral college installed in the municipal compound.
Voters are said to have been promised a reward for their vote.
Sigismund Gedvila / 15min photo / Municipality of the Kaišiadorys district
This story with 15 minutes the man communicating heard from a woman who lives in said town.
“It just came to us then. And he said that this person, an employee of A. Radvila, is driving through the town of Guroniai, agitating the voters to vote for A. Radvila. He promised reward for his votes in cash, alcoholic beverages: And those who voted for A. Radvilas, if someone asked at the polling station or similar that they weren’t sober or something like that, they were told to answer that they are voting voluntarily, “said Kaišiadorys.
According to him, the aforementioned A. Radvila employee was driving a dark BMW car.
The woman, who lives in the village of Guroniai, contacted the police and passed on the information she had to officials.
his 15 minutes the man who contacted provided information in this regard to the director of the municipal administration of the Kaišiadorys district. He, according to the knowledge of the interlocutor, also approached the police.
Clarify the circumstances
The Kaunas County Police Chief Commissariat (VPK) confirmed that yesterday, October 5, at 3:01 p.m. A message was received that in Kaišiadorys district, Žasliai sen., Elektrėnai single-member electoral district, a person driving a car urged to vote for a specific person, promising to pay with money and alcohol.
The circumstances of the event are being clarified.
“A pre-trial investigation has been initiated in accordance with article 172 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Lithuania, in relation to the obstruction of the exercise of the right to vote or referendum,” indicated representatives of the Kaunas County LSC.
Photo by Klaipeda LSC / Police
The Communications Division of the Police Department reported that from October 5 at 7 pm until October 6 at 7 pm. The Lithuanian police received 4 reports related to the elections. Specific reports relate to the destruction and disturbance of cartels.
He denies everything
In the single-member constituency of Kaišiadorys-Elektrėnai, A. Radvila, a candidate from the Social Democratic Party, explained that in the Žasliai region, where the village of Guroniai is located, some people had already tried to “smear him with various hedges”.
Algimantas Radvila
“And now again, again … (…) I really want to say: neither asked nor will I ask – I already had lessons, so to speak, the bribery where they accused me, then the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) was acquitted. candidacy for mayor. I’m very sorry about that, but I didn’t ask and I repeat: I won’t ask. (…) Here, imagine, if you do that sometimes, there is a single elemental voice here, but, I think, it is more a question of confronting here … ”, – commented the candidate to the Seimas.
Radvila hopes that the police will investigate everything.
“And really here there is, I think, a political fight on an equal footing at the end. That’s my opinion here, “he said.
And I think there really is a political struggle on a level point at the end. That is my opinion here.
When asked about the stories that his employee was trying to bribe voters while driving a BMW, Radvila explained that all of his employees were working.
“It just came to our attention then. And here was the day, early in the morning? What does the police say? But, I think I’ll know right away, the police will still ask me: does that person work or not? I believe it. All I can say is that my employees really, as far as I know, were really at work and are at work, “he said.
The CEC annulled the decision
Last year, during the direct election campaign for mayor, the Kaišiadorys District Commission declared that the Social Democratic mayoral candidate Algimantas Radvila had bribed voters.
The politician himself did not agree with such assessment and assured that his opponents had paid him.
He appealed against this decision to the CEC. He annulled the decision of the Kaišiadorys District Municipal Election Commission regarding A. Radvila.
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