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Seimas commission proposes to strip MP Pūkas of immunity
An ad-hoad-hoc commission set up by the Lithuanian parliament proposes to strip MP Kęstutis Pūkas of his immunity in a sexual harassment case. […]
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Lithuania’s Constitutional Court to conclude on compliance of MP Pūkas’ actions
The Lithuanian Constitutional Court on Monday finished hearing the impeachment case of MP Kęstutis Pūkas charged with sexual harassment and has a month to finish its conclusion whether the MP’s actions were in violation of the country’s Organic Law. […]
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Lithuania’s Constitutional Court opens MP Pūkas’ impeachment case in his absence
The Lithuanian Constitutional Court decided on Thursday to open MP Kęstutis Pūkas’ sexual harassment impeachment case in his absence. […]
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Lithuanian residents unhappy with 1st year of new Seimas – poll
The majority of Lithuania’s residents are unhappy with the parliament’s performance over the first year after the 2016 parliamentary elections, shows a survey conducted by RAIT pollster for BNS news agency. […]
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A year after the Seimas election – hopes were left in the ballot boxes
A year ago citizens elected the new Seimas, driven by great expectations. While the majority talks of a vast number of achievements, their political opponents are sceptical of the things done, Lietuvos Žinios reported. Upon […]
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Seimas speaker hints about more impeachments
The Lithuanian parliament’s fall session may initiate more impeachment proceedings, in addition to the ones already launched against Mindaugas Bastys and Kęstutis Pūkas, says Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis. […]
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Top prosecutor to ask Seimas to strip MP Pūkas of immunity
Lithuanian Prosecutor General Evaldas Pašilis on Thursday will ask the Seimas to strip MP Kėstutis Pūkas of his immunity from criminal prosecution in a pre-trial investigation over allegations of sexual harassment and violation of the rules for keeping firearms. […]
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Seimas asked to strip MP Pūkas of immunity
Lithuanian Prosecutor General Evaldas Pašilis on Tuesday asked the Seimas to strip Kęstutis Pūkas of his immunity from criminal prosecution in a pre-trial investigation over allegations of sexual harassment and violation of the rules for keeping firearms. […]
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Seimas panel in favor of impeachment of MP Pūkas
he Lithuanian parliament’s ad hoc commission has proposed initiating impeachment proceedings against MP Kėstutis Pūkas charged with sexual harassment, the commission’s chairperson Dovilė Šakalienė of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union confirmed to BNS. […]
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Seimas panel to decide on impeachment proceedings for MP Pūkas
The Lithuanian parliament’s commission plans to decide on Wednesday on proposing impeachment against MP Kęstutis Pūkas charged with sexual harassment. […]
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Pūkas, Bastys discrediting Seimas – President
Lithuania’s MP Kęstutis Pūkas probed on sexual harassment suspicions and MP Mindaugas Bastys who is suspected of ties with Russian energy figures both discredit the country’s parliament, President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on Tuesday. […]
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We are the Russia’s information colony still
Murky dreams or threats to national security had an impact, but Petras Gražulis with Kęstutis Pūkas and five other companions from Order and Justice, the Farmer Greens, the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania – […]
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Prosecutors launch probe into sexual harassment claims against MP Pūkas
The Vilnius Regional Prosecutor’s Office has launched a pre-trial investigation into sexual harassment allegations against Kęstutis Pūkas, a member of the Seimas. […]
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Several women file sexual harassment complaints against MP Pūkas
Three young women on Wednesday filed a complaint with the Lithuanian Prosecutor General’s Office, claiming that they had been sexually harassed by Kęstutis Pūkas, a member of the Seimas. […]
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Ethics watchdog to move for impeachment of MP Pūkas
The Seimas Commission for Ethics and Procedures has decided to propose that the Lithuanian parliament initiate impeachment proceedings against MP Kęstutis Pūkas of the Order and Justice party amid suspicions that he might have breached the oath and violated the Constitution. […]
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Landsbergis: the Social Democrats are masterfully saving M. Bastys
Two impeachment processes are beginning in Seimas. Member of Seimas Mindaugas Bastys is suspected of having represented the interests of the Russian Federation and thus breached his oath, meanwhile Kęstutis Pūkas has been accused of […]
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Female MPs call for considering impeachment against MP Pūkas
The Group of Women at the Seimas has asked the Lithuanian parliament’s Ethics and Procedures Commission to look into the possibility of launching impeachment proceedings against Kęstutis Pūkas, an Order and Justice lawmaker, over sexual harassment allegations. […]