Seimas speaker to sack official ethics chief

“He has asked the parliament to assess his credibility as an official. This is not the decision I expected and I think we will do this as stipulated by the Seimas Statute when the confidence is assessed by decision of a fifth of Seimas members, a committee or the Seimas board,” Pranckietis told journalists at the parliament on Tuesday.

Under the Seimas Statute, the proposal to dismiss a head of an institution appointed by the Seimas can be made by the Seimas board, a parliamentary committee or at least a fifth of Seimas members. A decision on sacking on grounds of lack of confidence is made by way of secret ballot with votes of at least half of all 141 parliamentarians.

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Pranckietis last week called on Valentukevičius to resign, saying that the chairman harmed the Chief Official Ethics Commission’s reputation when he made a unilateral decision that MP Greta Kildišienė was not under the obligation to declare that she was driving a car leased by her mother from Agrokoncernas.

Earlier on Tuesday, the official ethics watchdog chief said he refused to resign, as he does not feel having violated the laws.

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