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J. Vaičiulis himself assured the portal that he performed his duty to check the expense reports of the council members honestly, and the party affiliation was not related to the fact that A. Vyšniauskas avoided the audit.
“We weren’t in that kind of relationship and communication where things like that could have an impact. I performed my duty honestly, correctly and principledly. As far as I understood and did, I acted as the law indicated and there were neither my own nor strangers, only justice was carried out within the limits provided by the law,” he told delfi.lt.
In addition, J. Vaičiulis assures that he did not talk to A. Vyšniauskas about the audit. The parliamentarian explained the opposite.
It is true that the former controller left the Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) party on Tuesday. Mr. Vaičiulis explained this decision by the upcoming elections – according to him, the party branch nominated him in the southern single-mandate district of Sūduva, but his candidacy was not approved.
As reported by ELTA, the expenses of Andrias Vyšniauskas, a member of the Seimas who worked in the Marijampolė council last term, were not evaluated by the municipal control audit. In addition, after the start of the “Skaidrinam” initiative, the former conservative returned part of the funds to the municipality.
According to Marijampolė municipality controller Jolanta Zubienė, the member of parliament in 2020 was also not audited. the expenses of Vaida Giraitytė-Juškevičienė, who became an “employee”.
The former controller of the municipality, Juozas Vaičiulis, explained that the legal immunity applied to parliamentarians prevented the inspection of Seimas members.
On Thursday, Prosecutor General Nida Grunskienė appealed to the Seimas, asking to revoke the legal immunity of MP, former conservative A. Vyšniauskas.
The prosecutor’s office reported 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. It is indicated that more than 2.1 thousand were paid to the politician unjustifiably and illegally. euros. The parliament will take the final decision on the destruction of immunity of a member of the Seimas.
Shortly after the announcement of the General Prosecutor’s Office, 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 will no longer continue his activities in the parliamentary Law and Order Committee.
2024-08-07 18:39:42