Seimas accepts official ethics chief’s resignation

“We have lost confidence in the commission. I believe that changes to both the composition and staffing of the commission should be made in the near future,” Viktoras Pranckietis, the speaker of the Seimas, said while introducing the draft resolution on Valentukevičius’ dismissal from the post, which will take effect on March 20.

The speaker back in January called on Valentukevicius to step down from the post he has held since 2014, but the head of the commission did not submit a letter of resignation until last week.

Valentukevičius came under criticism after he made a unilateral decision that Greta Kildišienė, who was then a member of the Seimas, was not under the obligation to declare that she was driving a car leased by her mother from Agrokoncernas, a company owned by Ramūnas Karbauskis, chairman of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU).

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The VTEK returned to this issue last week and stated that Kildišienė had broken the law by failing to declare that she was driving Agrokoncernas’ car.

The commission is made up of five members appointed for a term of five years.

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