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The President noted that over the past five years, the Lithuanian Public Prosecutor’s Office had improved social guarantees for prosecutors, carried out work optimization processes at the individual prosecutor’s office level, and had completed and referred several important cases to court. During this period, the goal was also to shorten the timelines for pretrial investigations in general.
The President hopes that the future leadership of the Prosecutor’s Office will not only continue with this work, but will also focus on meeting the most important expectations of the prosecuting community and society.
According to the head of state, it is necessary to take measures in the near future to strengthen the prestige of the prosecution service, ensure standards of transparency in internal administration decisions, systematically evaluate internal control mechanisms and risk assessment, especially in investigations resonance, and communicate those investigations more effectively. Furthermore, cooperation between the prosecution and the pre-trial investigation authorities should be strengthened.
According to article 118 of the Constitution, the Attorney General is appointed and dismissed by the President of the Republic with the approval of the Seimas. The Law on the Prosecutor’s Office establishes that the mandate of the Attorney General is five years and his term expires at the end of his term.
The mandate of Attorney General E. Pašilis expires in 2020. December 29
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