Lithuania's parliament on Thursday sacked Vigilijus Sadauskas from the post of ombudsman for academic ethics and procedures amid allegations of anti-Semitism after he proposed a reward for a research thesis about Jewish crimes in the 1900s.
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Vigilijus Sadauskas, Lithuania's ombudsman for academic ethics and procedures, says that he offered a cash reward for a thesis about Jews' involvement in crimes due to a book on Jew-killers by Rūta Vanagaitė.
Lithuania's parliament is starting the spring session on Saturday – the political season is expected to be hot from the very start, with the parliament scheduled to vote next week on the impeachment of Mindaugas Bastys of the group of non-attached members.
Lithuanian parliamentarians have collected signatures in support of discussing no-confidence in academic ethics controller Vigilijus Sadauskas faced with accusations of anti-Semitism.
Aušrinė Armonaitė, a Liberal member of the Seimas, has started collecting parliamentarians' signatures for a no-confidence motion against Vigilijus Sadauskas, the ombudsman for academic ethics and procedures.
Top leadership of the Lithuanian parliament will Friday look into the situation surrounding Vigilijus Sadauskas, chief of the Service for Academic Ethics and Procedures, who proposed a reward to those who establish crimes committed by Jews in 1900s, a move the Jewish Community of Lithuania dismissed...
Lithuania's Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis on Friday urged Vigilijus Sadauskas , ombudsman for academic ethics and procedures, to step down amid allegations of anti-Semitism after he proposed a reward for a research thesis about Jewish crimes in the 1900s. Sadauskas plans to stay on.
