VILNIUS — Lithuanian parliamentarians Linas Karalius and Aleksandr Sacharuk will next week face impeachment votes in the Seimas after a commission set up to consider their fates found that they had seriously infringed on their responsibilities.

In January Karalius went on an unscheduled holiday to southeast Asia and gave his voting card to Sacharuk so it looked like he was present at votes. To disguise his jaunt around Thailand and other counties as work, he allegedly misused his [private_supervisor]diplomatic passport. Sacharuk illegally used Karalius’ voting identification to vote on 11 different occasions. Once Karalius returned he tried to placate the rest of the parliament by returning one month’s wages to the budget to make up for his crime. In a separate matter relating to the same unscheduled holiday, it is alleged that Karalius stole public funds to pay for the trip.

“The commission found that the MPs violated the oath of a member of the Seimas, and potentially committed serious violations of the constitution. It was these findings on which the commission bases its decision,” deputy chairman of the committee Vytenis Andriukaitis said.

The verdict from the 12-member commission was confirmed by the group’s head Kęstutis Masiulis.

To settle the Sacharuk case, the committee had to contact the Prosecutor General’s Office for evidence. Alone, the commission cannot prove with evidence that the voting took place because the prosecution holds that information.

Masiulis acknowledged that they hadn’t had access to hard evidence, but went off the behavior of the two.

“We cannot show that Karalius interacted with Sacharuk. He denies that this was done. We do not have incoming calls of parliament markers because we can’t get them. The prosecutor’s office could have them,” Masiulis said at a press conference.

The commission found that Karalius knowingly left his voting card, misused his diplomatic passport, lied to the Seimas, missed January sessions and the sessions of the Health Affairs Committee that he sits on.

Sacharuk was found to have lied publicly about the debacle when questioned about it. Despite the finding against him, Sacharuk praised the commission for an open and fair investigation.

Impeachment of the two members will be decided next week in Seimas. To impeach a member of the parliament, 85 votes, or 60 percent, of the Seimas are needed to damn them.

The two have also been found to have smeared the image of a Seimas member by an ethics committee. The alleged crimes are a violation of the oaths taken by the two, who swore to serve in good faith for the country.

The commission took two months to present their findings and spent the last month compiling their dossier and writing the report. [/private_supervisor] [private_subscription 1 month]diplomatic passport. Sacharuk illegally used Karalius’ voting identification to vote on 11 different occasions. Once Karalius returned he tried to placate the rest of the parliament by returning one month’s wages to the budget to make up for his crime. In a separate matter relating to the same unscheduled holiday, it is alleged that Karalius stole public funds to pay for the trip.

“The commission found that the MPs violated the oath of a member of the Seimas, and potentially committed serious violations of the constitution. It was these findings on which the commission bases its decision,” deputy chairman of the committee Vytenis Andriukaitis said.

The verdict from the 12-member commission was confirmed by the group’s head Kęstutis Masiulis.

To settle the Sacharuk case, the committee had to contact the Prosecutor General’s Office for evidence. Alone, the commission cannot prove with evidence that the voting took place because the prosecution holds that information.

Masiulis acknowledged that they hadn’t had access to hard evidence, but went off the behavior of the two.

“We cannot show that Karalius interacted with Sacharuk. He denies that this was done. We do not have incoming calls of parliament markers because we can’t get them. The prosecutor’s office could have them,” Masiulis said at a press conference.

The commission found that Karalius knowingly left his voting card, misused his diplomatic passport, lied to the Seimas, missed January sessions and the sessions of the Health Affairs Committee that he sits on.

Sacharuk was found to have lied publicly about the debacle when questioned about it. Despite the finding against him, Sacharuk praised the commission for an open and fair investigation.

Impeachment of the two members will be decided next week in Seimas. To impeach a member of the parliament, 85 votes, or 60 percent, of the Seimas are needed to damn them.

The two have also been found to have smeared the image of a Seimas member by an ethics committee. The alleged crimes are a violation of the oaths taken by the two, who swore to serve in good faith for the country.

The commission took two months to present their findings and spent the last month compiling their dossier and writing the report. [/private_subscription 1 month] [private_subscription 4 months]diplomatic passport. Sacharuk illegally used Karalius’ voting identification to vote on 11 different occasions. Once Karalius returned he tried to placate the rest of the parliament by returning one month’s wages to the budget to make up for his crime. In a separate matter relating to the same unscheduled holiday, it is alleged that Karalius stole public funds to pay for the trip.

“The commission found that the MPs violated the oath of a member of the Seimas, and potentially committed serious violations of the constitution. It was these findings on which the commission bases its decision,” deputy chairman of the committee Vytenis Andriukaitis said.

The verdict from the 12-member commission was confirmed by the group’s head Kęstutis Masiulis.

To settle the Sacharuk case, the committee had to contact the Prosecutor General’s Office for evidence. Alone, the commission cannot prove with evidence that the voting took place because the prosecution holds that information.

Masiulis acknowledged that they hadn’t had access to hard evidence, but went off the behavior of the two.

“We cannot show that Karalius interacted with Sacharuk. He denies that this was done. We do not have incoming calls of parliament markers because we can’t get them. The prosecutor’s office could have them,” Masiulis said at a press conference.

The commission found that Karalius knowingly left his voting card, misused his diplomatic passport, lied to the Seimas, missed January sessions and the sessions of the Health Affairs Committee that he sits on.

Sacharuk was found to have lied publicly about the debacle when questioned about it. Despite the finding against him, Sacharuk praised the commission for an open and fair investigation.

Impeachment of the two members will be decided next week in Seimas. To impeach a member of the parliament, 85 votes, or 60 percent, of the Seimas are needed to damn them.

The two have also been found to have smeared the image of a Seimas member by an ethics committee. The alleged crimes are a violation of the oaths taken by the two, who swore to serve in good faith for the country.

The commission took two months to present their findings and spent the last month compiling their dossier and writing the report. [/private_subscription 4 months] [private_subscription 1 year]diplomatic passport. Sacharuk illegally used Karalius’ voting identification to vote on 11 different occasions. Once Karalius returned he tried to placate the rest of the parliament by returning one month’s wages to the budget to make up for his crime. In a separate matter relating to the same unscheduled holiday, it is alleged that Karalius stole public funds to pay for the trip.

“The commission found that the MPs violated the oath of a member of the Seimas, and potentially committed serious violations of the constitution. It was these findings on which the commission bases its decision,” deputy chairman of the committee Vytenis Andriukaitis said.

The verdict from the 12-member commission was confirmed by the group’s head Kęstutis Masiulis.

To settle the Sacharuk case, the committee had to contact the Prosecutor General’s Office for evidence. Alone, the commission cannot prove with evidence that the voting took place because the prosecution holds that information.

Masiulis acknowledged that they hadn’t had access to hard evidence, but went off the behavior of the two.

“We cannot show that Karalius interacted with Sacharuk. He denies that this was done. We do not have incoming calls of parliament markers because we can’t get them. The prosecutor’s office could have them,” Masiulis said at a press conference.

The commission found that Karalius knowingly left his voting card, misused his diplomatic passport, lied to the Seimas, missed January sessions and the sessions of the Health Affairs Committee that he sits on.

Sacharuk was found to have lied publicly about the debacle when questioned about it. Despite the finding against him, Sacharuk praised the commission for an open and fair investigation.

Impeachment of the two members will be decided next week in Seimas. To impeach a member of the parliament, 85 votes, or 60 percent, of the Seimas are needed to damn them.

The two have also been found to have smeared the image of a Seimas member by an ethics committee. The alleged crimes are a violation of the oaths taken by the two, who swore to serve in good faith for the country.

The commission took two months to present their findings and spent the last month compiling their dossier and writing the report. [/private_subscription 1 year]

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