The Lithuanian parliament will on Tuesday vote on whether or not to strip MP Kęstutis Pūkas of his immunity so that prosecutors could bring formal suspicions of sexual harassment and violation of the rules for keeping firearms against the lawmaker.
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Kęstutis Pūkas (born February 29, 1952 in Marijampolė) – entrepreneur, founder of TV and radio station Pūkas.
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.
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.
The Lithuanian Constitutional Court decided on Thursday to open MP Kęstutis Pūkas' sexual harassment impeachment case in his absence.
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.
Monday marks a year since the first round of Lithuania's parliamentary elections. BNS provides an overview of the key decisions taken by the new parliament, as well as the scandals it faced and the challenges it will still have to cope with.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The Lithuanian parliament's commission plans to decide on Wednesday on proposing impeachment against MP Kęstutis Pūkas charged with sexual harassment.
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.
The Vilnius Regional Prosecutor's Office has launched a pre-trial investigation into sexual harassment allegations against Kęstutis Pūkas, a member of the Seimas.
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.
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.
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.
