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101 Seimas members voted, there was one against and 16 abstentions.
The norms that eliminate from the Laws of the Courts and the Constitutional Court that “it is forbidden to enter the house of a judge or offices, carry out an examination, search or seizure there or in the personal or official car of a judge or other means of personal transportation, as well as inspection or seizure of belongings and documents, except in cases prescribed by law. “
According to the conservative member of the Seimas Vilija Aleknaitė-Abramikienė, in this way the equality of all people before the law is implemented.
At the time, liberal Eugene Gentvil argued that the abolition of this immunity from prosecution was detrimental to the judiciary and its independence.
‘(…) this provision, which guarantees the immunity of the judges of the Constitutional Court, is now underlined and the records, records, seizures, etc. The house, workplace, car of the Constitutional Court judge can be started at any time, in an imaginary way, or without the knowledge of the Constitutional Court Judge himself. “I think we are even deeper in the interference of politicians in the work of the Constitutional Court, and seeing the whole context, I really cannot vote for this law,” he said.
In March, the Constitutional Court (CC) declared that the limits of the immunity of judges provided by law are broader than those provided for in the Constitution and therefore contradict it.
According to the CC, no preconditions can be created for a judge to avoid criminal liability or other legal liability for criminal acts or other violations of the law.
The Seimas asked the CC in December last year to limit the immunity of the judges. Parliamentarians reacted in this way to the explanation of the Lithuanian Supreme Court that the search for a judge and a person requires the consent of the Seimas, and between sessions of the Seimas, the consent of the President, because the search restricts freedom personal.
The Supreme Court based its decision on the Constitution, which prohibits restrictions on the freedom of judges without the consent of the Seimas or the President, and on the Law on Courts, which details the prohibition on the registration of judges.
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