2024-03-29 03:54:36
“We will participate in the European Parliament elections, but without Viktor Uspaskich, the leader of the list. He will not be on the list at all”, A. Mazuronis said to Eltai after the meeting of the party council held on Thursday, emphasizing that MP Valentinas Bukauskas will be the leader of the list.
Despite the discussions about the “letting go” of the Labor Party, A. Mazuronis notes that no decisions have been made yet.
“We will leave all discussions for a later period, when there will be some legal clarity. There is none yet. There is a lack of information, so we could not make decisions about the future of the party,” explained the politician.
ELTA reminds that the meeting of the party council was convened after the Financial Crimes Investigation Service (FNTT) officials visited the headquarters of “Darbiei” in Vilnius on Tuesday regarding the investigation by the European Prosecutor’s Office, possibly related to the activities of party founder Viktor Uspaskich in the EP.
When it was heard that Viktors Fyodorovs, the elder of the Labor faction in the Seimas, was considering “letting go” of the party, A. Mazuronis admitted that there are more people thinking about it.
After law enforcement carried out procedural actions at the headquarters of the Labor Party, A. Mazuronis stated that he intends to suggest to the “workers” to withdraw from the EP elections.
On Thursday, V. Uspaskich, who was supposed to lead the EP election list, suspended his membership in the party.
The Labor Party has repeatedly found itself in the sights of law enforcement. In the so-called “black bookkeeping” case, the party has been accused of fraudulent accounting. At that time, the leader of the party V. Uspaskichas and currently imprisoned MP Vytautas Gapšys and other persons were sentenced to fines.
The Labor Party was found guilty of bribery and influence trading in the “MG Baltic” case – it was awarded more than 300,000. a fine amounting to EUR 10,000, and the former party member V. Gapšys was sentenced to 4 and a half years in prison.
2024-03-29 03:54:36