VILNIUS — The Seimas member that admitted to illegally violating parliamentary statutes by voting for another parliamentarian while he was absent will not be prosecuted.
The vote whether to strip Sacharuk of his immunity, which would allow a criminal prosecution, needed the support of 71 percent of the Seimas to go ahead, but it failed when just 46 voted for, 12 against and 28 abstentions.
During a committee-led investigation into the [private_supervisor]issue, Sacharuk confessed to voting 11 times using his party member, Linas Karalius’, identification card.
MP Sacharuk claims that he only breached the parliamentary statutes, but said there is no reason to prosecute him.
Head of the committee that investigated him, Kęstutis Masiulis, said that the Seimas had a dual morality because they were guilty of similar crimes in the past.
“Voting for other people by clicking the adjacent button is sufficiently widespread and has not been seen as a violation. I can not explain any other way, as people simply supported counterpart, because they were once previously violated the like,” Masiulis told the Baltic News Service.
He said it sends the message to society that people can break the law and get away with it if they support one another. [/private_supervisor] [private_subscription 1 month]issue, Sacharuk confessed to voting 11 times using his party member, Linas Karalius’, identification card.
MP Sacharuk claims that he only breached the parliamentary statutes, but said there is no reason to prosecute him.
Head of the committee that investigated him, Kęstutis Masiulis, said that the Seimas had a dual morality because they were guilty of similar crimes in the past.
“Voting for other people by clicking the adjacent button is sufficiently widespread and has not been seen as a violation. I can not explain any other way, as people simply supported counterpart, because they were once previously violated the like,” Masiulis told the Baltic News Service.
He said it sends the message to society that people can break the law and get away with it if they support one another. [/private_subscription 1 month] [private_subscription 4 months]issue, Sacharuk confessed to voting 11 times using his party member, Linas Karalius’, identification card.
MP Sacharuk claims that he only breached the parliamentary statutes, but said there is no reason to prosecute him.
Head of the committee that investigated him, Kęstutis Masiulis, said that the Seimas had a dual morality because they were guilty of similar crimes in the past.
“Voting for other people by clicking the adjacent button is sufficiently widespread and has not been seen as a violation. I can not explain any other way, as people simply supported counterpart, because they were once previously violated the like,” Masiulis told the Baltic News Service.
He said it sends the message to society that people can break the law and get away with it if they support one another. [/private_subscription 4 months] [private_subscription 1 year]issue, Sacharuk confessed to voting 11 times using his party member, Linas Karalius’, identification card.
MP Sacharuk claims that he only breached the parliamentary statutes, but said there is no reason to prosecute him.
Head of the committee that investigated him, Kęstutis Masiulis, said that the Seimas had a dual morality because they were guilty of similar crimes in the past.
“Voting for other people by clicking the adjacent button is sufficiently widespread and has not been seen as a violation. I can not explain any other way, as people simply supported counterpart, because they were once previously violated the like,” Masiulis told the Baltic News Service.
He said it sends the message to society that people can break the law and get away with it if they support one another. [/private_subscription 1 year]
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