Freedom Party’s MP Vytautas Mitalas suggests that members of the Seimas should not have immunity from prosecution. Non-attached MP Agnė Širinskienė is critical of the idea, which she believes to be linked to upcoming elections to the Seimas.
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On Wednesday, at an extraordinary sitting, the Seimas granted the prosecutor general’s request and lifted MP Remigijus Žemaitaitis’ immunity from prosecution amid an investigation into antisemitic posts online.
An ad hoc parliamentary commission on Monday agreed that the Seimas should lift MP Petras Gražulis’ immunity from prosecution in an investigation for insulting members of the LGBT community.
Lithuania is planning to start in July large-scale testing to find out what share of the population has had the coronavirus and may have developed immunity, Health Minister Aurelijus Veryga said on Thursday.
