Conservatives initiating impeachment of SocDem MP Bastys

“On Monday, we will start collecting signatures under an impeachment proposal, it requires signatures of a fourth of MPs, i.e., 36,” the party’s leader Gabrielius Landsbergis told BNS on Friday.

On Friday morning, Bastys said he was stepping down from the post of parliamentary vice-speaker, however, plans to keep his MP mandate. He also plans to turn to prosecutors for an investigation, furthermore, he decided not run for leadership of the Social Democratic Party in May.

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The materials provided to the parliamentary speaker by the State Security Department describe Bastys’ connections to Yevgeny Kostin, titled as a representative of the Russian nuclear energy corporation Rosatom, former KGB agent Piotr Voyeiko, Russian state channel RTR journalist Ernest Matskevich, former Kaunas mafia leader Saturnas Dubininkas and Vadimas Pachomovas, a businessman suspected of shady operations.

According to the department’s conclusion, the links make Bastys vulnerable and would threaten the safety of state secrets he has access to.

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