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According to her, the police officers received a call about a potentially intoxicated person who was driving a car on that section of the road. Suspension of a suspicious Mercedes Benz revealed that its driver was a 1964 driver. Born, immune male – intoxicated (1.84 avg.)
Speaker of the Supreme Court of Lithuania (SCL) Rimantė Kraulišė 15 minutes confirmed that the drunk driver was Arvydas Daugėla, judge of the SCL Criminal Cases Division, who has held the position since June 2019.
Like Tuesday night 15 minutes According to R. Kraulišė, the situation is known to Sigita Rudėnaitė, who is acting temporarily as president of this court, and is awaiting official approval from the police.
The President has the right, but not the obligation, to request proceedings before the Judicial Ethics and Discipline Commission. Tomorrow it will be decided whether to take this measure or not. The President of the Republic of Lithuania shall decide on the suspension of the powers of a judge.
Before becoming a judge of the Lithuanian Supreme Court, A. Daugėla himself worked as a member of the Judicial Ethics and Discipline Commission for 8 years.
Asked whether the judge could be considered to have been detained while working behind the wheel, the spokesman explained that the exact working hours of the Lithuanian Supreme Court judges are not regulated, no hearings were scheduled for today.
Disciplinary proceedings may be initiated against a judge as soon as at least one of the offenses set forth in article 83, section 2, of the Law on Courts is revealed.
The Council of Judges suspended the powers of A. Daugaugė
The chairman of the Council of Judges S.Rudėnaitė announced later on Tuesday that A. Daugėla’s powers would be suspended pending a decision on his removal from office.
In the report, he stated that he had found out about the drunk judge through the lrt.lt portal, later this fact was confirmed to him by the general commissioner of the Police Renatas Požėla.
According to S.Rudėnaitė, the leadership of the Council of Judges immediately informed the Presidency about this event.
According to the laws of the country, the president must issue a decree and ask the Council of Judges for advice on the removal of a judge after he has been demoted.
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