While on vacation, A.Guoga recalled the unfulfilled wish to withdraw from the Seimas

At the moment, A.Guoga remains a member of the Seimas, as in early January, before the resignation announcement.

As before, the politician submitted the second request to the portal. 15 minutes said Laura Matjošaitytė, president of the CEC, nothing will change until the parliamentarian reads her request aloud at the commission meeting.

Guoga’s powers could also be terminated by the Seimas, through a political trial or through the adoption of the corresponding resolution, if the parliamentarian takes office, which is incompatible with his mandate.

After all, even without a decision from the CEC, the Canadian company Cypherpunk Holdings announced that he had returned to the position of head of the company.

A couple of months later, the Seimas began to dislike him

The first statement on the termination of the mandate of A.Guoga served january 12.

He motivated this movement by not wanting to “lead the voters by the nose.”

After working in the European Parliament until 2019, where he was elected as a representative of the Liberal Movement, A.Guoga went with the Labor Party (DP) to the Seimas elections last year. Voters evaluated this decision positively: it raised almost 17 thousand. on the list of votes and “working” candidates after classification rose from 3rd to 1st place.

“I participated in the Seimas elections with the DP. This was my choice. My decision. People elected me to the Seimas with a list from the Labor Party. I have the trust of the majority of the people. I have great respect and appreciation for it. .

I’m going first because I don’t want to carry these people by the nose. I feel a great responsibility towards them, but at the same time I see that it is not possible with the DP to assure what was said to the people before the elections.

Convinced that I act with honesty and respect. Both against me and against the people of Lithuania ”, said the politician in his account on the social network Facebook.

Members of the DP “have become hostages of one person,” apparently referring to party leader Viktor Uspaskich, A.Guoga said.

A little before, in the case of a scandal over the statements of V. Uspaskich about the healing powers of water, demanded the resignation of the president and proposed to renew the PD so that it is not a one-man political force.

“DP became a cult with its spiritual guru and his teaching on extraterrestrial powers,” explained the Seimas member in his resignation.

He vowed to leave parliament to focus on charity, advocacy and public education.

If A.Guoga resigned from his mandate, Artūras Skardžius, who remained after the script on the group’s roster, would enter the Seimas.

I wanted to participate remotely

So far, the CEC has not complied with the politician’s request. He asked that the mandate be terminated as of January 14, but the commission on the matter considered in a meeting a week later, in which A.Guoga himself did not participate.

That is why it still has a mandate. After all, the law stipulates that the parliamentarian must read the declaration on the termination of his powers in session.

Even before this session, the politician informed the Seimas Board that he was going abroad.

It is possible that the parliamentarian could not attend the meeting of the CEC due to his stay in Dubai – his wife in the social network announced a vacation there.

The couple continue to post photos of the foreigner on their social media accounts.

Therefore, the politician offered to attend the meeting remotely, and reported that he will only be able to attend after March 9.

However, the law does not foresee such a possibility, so the CEC unanimously decided not to grant their request.

The commission has 15 days to make a decision, so the deadline expired on January 27.

Although A.Guoga’s offer to read his statement remotely was received the day before, a new request was not considered. The CEC responded that the decision to terminate the mandate had already been made and that no new circumstances had arisen.

In other words, A.Guoga had to present a new statement and read it at the commission meeting. 15 minutes To my knowledge, on Monday the parliamentarian sent a new request. He also promised to attend the CEC meeting. The policy itself could not be reached.

“If a Seimas member decides to resign, they must submit a new statement to the CEC. We should resolve the issue within 15 days: hold a session, invite a Seimas member, read the statement and end their term by consensus. Everything must be done first, ”said the head of the CEC.

“If a Seimas member decides to resign, they must submit a new statement to the CEC. We should resolve the issue within 15 days: hold a session, invite a Seimas member, read the statement and end their term by consensus. Everything must be done first, ”said the head of the CEC.

According to her, the commission will not be able to do anything until A.Guoga himself appears at their meeting “live” and not remotely.

The company was quick to “win back” the manager

The Seimas can also rescind the powers. In theory, this is possible without your own participation.

If a member of Parliament does not resign from a previous position or start working, which is not allowed by the Statute and the Constitution, his powers will be can end sentence, without even accusation.

After all, even without a decision from the CEC, the Canadian company Cypherpunk Holdings circulated a messagethat A.Guoga returned to the position of head of the company.

The parliamentarian himself 15 minutes declared your activities in the company indefinitely suspended before taking the oath in the Seimas and presented the internal minutes of the meeting of company representatives, in which it is indicated that “Tony Guoga has submitted an application not to work indefinitely as of November 11.”

According to Vytautas Sinkevičius, professor in the Department of Constitutional Law at Mykolas Romeris University, this is not enough, although activities have been suspended, duties have not been fulfilled, they have been maintained, it is prohibited and threatened with impeachment.

The Constitution establishesthat “the duties of a member of the Seimas, except his duties in the Seimas, are incompatible with any other duty in state institutions and organizations, as well as with work in business, commerce and other private institutions or companies.”

However, in the words of V. Sinkevičius, in this case “it is not necessary to accuse, but to apply a completely different point of the Constitution”.

The Basic Law of the State also states that the powers of a member of the Seimas terminate when, among other things, he or she “moves to work or does not refuse a job incompatible with the duties of a member of the Seimas.”

In other words, a parliamentarian can only hold one position and have no other job or position.

“Here it is: if it turns out that he is working in another job, occupies a position, he did not answer them, the Seimas Ethics and Procedures Committee must carry out an investigation and prepare a draft resolution to end the term of a Seimas member.” 15 minutes the lawyer explained. “The Seimas can rescind the powers without preparing an indictment, but simply by voting, adopting a resolution to terminate the powers, because they have not given up a job that a member of the Seimas cannot work.”

A resolution to end the powers of a parliamentarian will be adopted if more than half of all Seimas members vote in favor, at least 71.

It is true that in this case the participation of A. Guoga is also necessary: ​​“A person must be heard, they must have the right to give explanations. Perhaps it turns out that the situation is completely different. Without listening to the person, without inviting him to a session of the committee or the Seimas, where the vote is held, it is impossible to terminate the powers, ”emphasized the interlocutor.

Asked if in this case it is also necessary for the politician himself to attend the meeting, if it can be done remotely during the pandemic or give explanations in writing, V. Sinkevičius replied: “If he says he will send explanations remotely, yes . I don’t see any problem here. But he must be heard in all cases, he has the right to present explanations, evidence, refutations, he has the right to defend himself ”.