The largest opposition groups of the Lithuanian parliament have dismissed the parliamentary vote, which failed to strip MP Mindaugas Bastys of his mandate amid impeachment, as an slap on the face for the State Security Department and the Constitutional Court.
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Officers of the Lithuanian State Security Department were satisfied with a verbal answer from impeached MP Mindaugas Bastys about his acquaintance with Piotr Voyeiko, a former KGB agent, therefore, no further probe was conducted, says the MP's lawyer.
Lithuanian MP Mindaugas Bastys who survived an impeachment on Tuesday has not yet said whether he would join the ruling majority.
The Lithuanian parliament shamefully discredited itself by keeping the MP mandate for the impeached MP Mindaugas Bastys, says President Dalia Grybauskaitė.
Lithuania's parliament Tuesday came a few votes short of revoking the mandate of MP Mindaugas Bastys for gross violation of the Constitution and his oath of office.
The Lithuanian parliament is to vote Tuesday on whether to strip MP Mindaugas Bastys of his mandate.
Ukraine and other countries in Eastern Europe inquire about the standards in connection to MP liability formed by the Lithuanian Constitutional Court in the case of Mindaugas Bastys, says the court's president Dainius Žalimas.
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