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“The news, like Andri himself, was unexpected, I respect his decision to retire from his duties and his desire to cooperate openly and honestly with law enforcement authorities.
This proves once again that, as a political community, we trust the law enforcement institutions and before the upcoming Seimas elections, we hope for a maximally transparent investigation that answers all the public’s questions”, G. Landsbergis said in a comment delivered to Elta by the minister’s representative Paulina Levickytė.
ELTA reminds that on Thursday it was reported that the Prosecutor General Nida Grunskienė applied to the Seimas, requesting to cancel the legal immunity of MP, conservative Andrias Vyšniauskas.
The General Prosecutor’s Office announces that it is requested to destroy the legal immunity of the elder of the conservative faction in the Seimas, after evaluating the pre-trial investigation related to the 2019-2023 term. reimbursement of expenses of Marijampolė municipal council members, data.
The information allows us to reasonably assume that A. Vyšniauskas may have submitted forged documents to the Marijampolė municipality administration regarding the reimbursement of his activity expenses as a member of the council. According to the prosecutors, on the basis of the documents, more than 2.1 thousand were paid to the politician unjustifiably and illegally. euros.
Soon after that, A. Vyšniauskas announced that he was suspending his membership in the TS-LKD, and was resigning from the position of the elder of the conservative faction in the Seimas. The politician also indicated that he would no longer continue his activities in the parliamentary Law and Order Committee.
The parliament will take the final decision on the destruction of immunity of a member of the Seimas.
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