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Lithuania’s Constitutional Court opens MP Pukas impeachment case
Lithuania’s Constitutional Court on Friday approved for consideration the case of MP Kestutis Pukas charged with sexual harassment. […]
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Lithuania’s Constitutional Court refuses to rule on Labour MP’s impeachment
Lithuania’s Constitutional Court has refused to rule on a case of convicted Labour Party MP facing impeachment in parliament. […]
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Seimas launched impeachment against Labour Party MP
The Lithuanian parliament moved on Thursday to launch an impeachment process against Labour Party MP Vytautas Gapšys. […]
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Opposition challenges constitutionality of impeachment procedure
Opposition parties at the Lithuanian parliament have drafted an appeal to the Constitutional Court, challenging the impeachment procedure against members of parliament and judges. […]
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Lithuanian opposition parties furious, draw parallels to Russian Duma
On Wednesday, the ruling parties in parliament voted down the opposition’s proposed agenda and blocked the possibility of an extraordinary parliamentary session to consider impeaching Labour Party MP Vytautas Gapšys as well as opening the floor to discussion of other recent scandals that have afflicted the ruling Social Democrats. […]
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Blocking Seimas debates is ‘ploy to hide problems in government’, President Grybauskaitė says
By blocking the opposition’s attempts to hold an extraordinary parliamentary session, the ruling coalition is trying to shift the focus away from problems faced by the incumbent government, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on Wednesday. […]
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Extraordinary parliament session ends one hour after beginning
The Seimas of Lithuania ended the extraordinary session called for by the opposition one hour after it began, after MPs voted down the proposed agenda. […]
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Lithuanian parliament convenes for extraordinary session
The Seimas of Lithuania is gathering for an extraordinary session on Wednesday to decide on whether to launch an impeachment process against Labour Party MP Vytautas Gapšys who has been sentenced in the party’s fraudulent bookkeeping case. […]
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Opposition calls for extraordinary Seimas session to impeach Labour MP
The opposition at the Lithuanian parliament have collected enough MPs’ signatures to initiate an extraordinary Seimas session. They are planning to present the call to the Seimas speaker on Friday. […]