Until Thursday it was unclear whether Eligijus Masiulis (pictured above) would be the next in a string of resigned ministers of the Kubilius government.
VILNIUS — Lithuania’s Minister of Transport and Communications Eligijus Masiulis will remain in his position after the he satisfied the Seimas with his answers to their interpellation questions on Thursday.
The opposition initiated the three-stage interpellation, or sacking, process earlier in the month after it said it was unsatisfied with the minister’s work given that he hired the alleged fraudster and swindler Andrius Urbonas to lead the troubled Lietuvos Paštas.
The process to [private_supervisor]interpellate Masiulis ended after 73 votes protected him against 49 against and 14 abstentions.
To save the minister, the ruling coalition banded together along with their voting partner, the Peasant Popular Union, to call off the process.
In the interpellation process, signatures are collected to register dissatisfaction with a minister, then formal questioning takes place in the parliament and if they are still unhappy, a third vote is called to sack the minister.
The opposition grilled Masiulis about road administration, railway issues, about Lithuanian Post and other issues.
Masiulis is the youngest-ever minister in the republic’s history and has rocked the boat in a number of ways, including replacing the head of the Vilnius International Airport, whose administration was stifling growth. He was also minister when the national airline FlyLAL went bankrupt at the end of 2008. [/private_supervisor] [private_subscription 1 month]interpellate Masiulis ended after 73 votes protected him against 49 against and 14 abstentions.
To save the minister, the ruling coalition banded together along with their voting partner, the Peasant Popular Union, to call off the process.
In the interpellation process, signatures are collected to register dissatisfaction with a minister, then formal questioning takes place in the parliament and if they are still unhappy, a third vote is called to sack the minister.
The opposition grilled Masiulis about road administration, railway issues, about Lithuanian Post and other issues.
Masiulis is the youngest-ever minister in the republic’s history and has rocked the boat in a number of ways, including replacing the head of the Vilnius International Airport, whose administration was stifling growth. He was also minister when the national airline FlyLAL went bankrupt at the end of 2008. [/private_subscription 1 month] [private_subscription 4 months]interpellate Masiulis ended after 73 votes protected him against 49 against and 14 abstentions.
To save the minister, the ruling coalition banded together along with their voting partner, the Peasant Popular Union, to call off the process.
In the interpellation process, signatures are collected to register dissatisfaction with a minister, then formal questioning takes place in the parliament and if they are still unhappy, a third vote is called to sack the minister.
The opposition grilled Masiulis about road administration, railway issues, about Lithuanian Post and other issues.
Masiulis is the youngest-ever minister in the republic’s history and has rocked the boat in a number of ways, including replacing the head of the Vilnius International Airport, whose administration was stifling growth. He was also minister when the national airline FlyLAL went bankrupt at the end of 2008. [/private_subscription 4 months] [private_subscription 1 year]interpellate Masiulis ended after 73 votes protected him against 49 against and 14 abstentions.
To save the minister, the ruling coalition banded together along with their voting partner, the Peasant Popular Union, to call off the process.
In the interpellation process, signatures are collected to register dissatisfaction with a minister, then formal questioning takes place in the parliament and if they are still unhappy, a third vote is called to sack the minister.
The opposition grilled Masiulis about road administration, railway issues, about Lithuanian Post and other issues.
Masiulis is the youngest-ever minister in the republic’s history and has rocked the boat in a number of ways, including replacing the head of the Vilnius International Airport, whose administration was stifling growth. He was also minister when the national airline FlyLAL went bankrupt at the end of 2008. [/private_subscription 1 year]
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