Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė’s motives for rejecting Giedrius Danėlius, an attorney, for the position of justice minister run counter to the principles of the rule of law, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says.
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Lithuania’s Agriculture Minister Bronius Markauskas claims he does not receive any revenue from his mother’s farm, therefore, there’s no basis for speaking about any constitutional violations.
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says that President Dalia Grybauskaitė takes "a biased position" and represents "one political party" in a row surrounding Agriculture Minister Bronius Markauskas.
Members of the Lithuanian parliament's opposition parties met on Wednesday to discuss an interpellation procedure against Agriculture Minister Bronius Markauskas.
As the prime minister is delaying a decision on suitability of Agriculture Minister Bronius Markauskas to continue in the post, members of the parliamentary opposition are considering an interpellation against the minister and against the head of the government.
Lithuania's Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says he will not yield to pressure from President Dalia Grybauskaitė or anyone else in his decision on the future of Agriculture Minister Bronius Markauskas.
By covering for Agriculture Minister Bronius Markauskas, Lithuania's Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis demonstrated his dependence and lack of principle, says President Dalia Grybauskaitė.
Lithuania's Agriculture Minister Bronius Markauskas is continuing in the position until the authorities check the circumstances of his family's farming, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis told journalists after meeting with the minister on Tuesday.
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says that it will be difficult, but possible for Agriculture Minister Bronius Markauskas to continue in his post after President Dalia Grybauskaitė has called on him to resign amid criticism over his family's farming practices.
After President Dalia Grybauskaitė said that Agriculture Minister Bronius Markauskas can no longer remain in office, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says that it would difficult for the minister to stay on.
Lithuanian Agriculture Minister Bronius Markauskas said on Thursday that he will decide on whether to remain in his post next week after meeting with the prime minister and the ruling party's political group in the Seimas.
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says that Agriculture Minister Bronius Markauskas, who has recently come under criticism over his family's farming practices, can no longer remain in office.
Ramūnas Karbauskis, chairman of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU), sees no reason for Agriculture Minister Bronius Markauskas to resign amid criticism over his family's farming business.
Lithuania's Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis doubts the possibility to initiate a no-confidence vote in Agriculture Minister Bronius Markauskas amid criticism of his family's farming on another person's land.
Lithuanian Agriculture Minister Bronius Markauskas said on Tuesday that he did not plan to resign amid allegations of using several plots of land for farming purposes without the landowners' permission.
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says that he sees no reasons, at least for now, for Agriculture Minister Bronius Markauskas to resign following reports that his family received EU payments for farming someone else's land.