2024-08-02 06:48:41
“In response to the letter of the Prosecutor General, we will likely consider the issue of the immunity of Seimas member Andrias Vyšniauskas during an extraordinary session of the Seimas. The date of the session also depends on other issues on the agenda, for example, possible changes in the Government. It will become clear in the near future,” V. Čmilytė-Nielsen said in a comment delivered to Elta by Ilona Petrovė, the representative of the Speaker of the Seimas.
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.
2024-08-02 06:48:41