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The commission formed will be made up of 11 members of the Seimas: Dalia Asanavičiūtė, Irena Haase, Bronislovas Matelis, Linas Slušnys (Group of the National Christian Democratic Union of Lithuania), Algirdas Stončaitis, Agnė Širinskienė (Group of the Union of Peasants and Greens of Lithuania), Ieva Kačins), Raimundas Lopata (Faction of the Liberal Movement), Tomas Vytautas Raskevičius (Faction for Freedom), Vilija Targamadzė (Faction of the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania), Remigijus Žemaitaitis (Mixed Group of Seimas Members). The Commission will be chaired by the member of Seimas I. Haase, who will be in charge of carrying out the investigation until 23 December.
The commission of inquiry formed by the Seimas will also decide whether to “hand over” the member of the Seimas Petras Gražulis into the hands of the prosecutors.
98 members of the Seimas voted in favor of its conclusion, there were no votes against or abstentions.
The commission, headed by the Seimas member Arminas Lydeka, should decide whether to propose to the Seimas to satisfy the request of the Attorney General Evaldas Pašilis and allow the Seimas member, Petras Gražulis, “to prosecute, arrest or restrict his freedom.”
The Seimas ordered the commission to carry out the investigation before December 23 of this year.
According to the decision of the Seimas, the commission will have 11 members: Vaida Giraitytė; Ligita Girskienė; Sergei Jovaiša; Paulė Kuzmickienė; Orinta Leiputė; Arminas Pike; Vytautas Mitalas; Audrius Petrošius; Jonas Pinskus; Juozas Varžgalys; Andrius Vyšniauskas.
On Thursday, Attorney General Evaldas Pašilis addressed the Seimas with a request to waive the immunity of MPs Petras Gražulis and Vytautas Gapšis.
During the Seimas session, the Prosecutor General reported that in 2020. On November 11, the Vilnius Regional Court issued a ruling ordering him to request the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania for consent to allow V. Gapšis to go prosecuted, arrested or otherwise restricted their freedom.
E. Pašilis reported that in the criminal case V. Gapšius was charged with four serious crimes of a corruption nature.
„V. Gapšys is accused of being a civil servant, a member of the state politician Seimas for the period 2012-2016, a member of the Labor Party faction in the Seimas, as well as a person equated to an official, the first vice president of the political party. ..), from 2015 September 8 to 2016 January 22 He bribed and exchanged influences in Vilnius, ”said E. Pašilis at the Seimas session.
The Attorney General stated that V. Gapšys is accused of depriving Raimondas Kurlianskis, vice president of MG Baltic, of 27,1 thousand. bribes of value. It is alleged that on the bribery side, the television belonging to the concern made concessions to the Labor Party by broadcasting the party’s political publicity, while the other part of the funds allegedly went to support a public institution.
At that time, referring to the waiver of immunity of the Seimas member P. Gražulis, E. Pašilis claimed that the parliamentarian had violated the Penal Code and there was no evidence of bribery since 2015. May 18 to 2017 February 13 he abused your official position for financial gain. E. Pašilis emphasized that P. Gražulis with his actions undermined the authority of the Seimas.
“Petras, a member of the Seimas Gražulis systematically, for a long time, using his status as representative of the highest government, his influence diminished the prestige of his current functions, the authority of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania, formed a negative public opinion on the Seimas, members of the Seimas ”, said E. Pašilis at the Seimas session.
The Attorney General noted that P. Gražulis had violated the principles enshrined in the Constitution and therefore had violated the oath enshrined in the Constitution. According to E. Pašilis, as a result, the state suffered significant moral damage.
The Attorney General repeatedly requests the waiver of the immunity of Deputy Gražulis. June 4 this request of E. Pašilis was rejected by the Seimas.
In the Seimas elections held in October this year, P. Gražulis and V. Gapšys were elected members of the Seimas. A member of the Seimas may not be prosecuted, arrested or otherwise restricted in his consent without the consent of the Seimas. Only the Attorney General of the country can request the prosecution of a member of the Seimas and the restriction of their freedom.
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