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The Vilnius Regional Court on Thursday started hearing a criminal case in which two former members of the Seimas -- Kęstas Komskis and Valdas Vasiliauskas -- are tried for picketing outside the home of prosecutor Irmantas Mikelionis.

Lithuanian Prosecutor General Evaldas Pašilis on Tuesday will formally ask the Seimas to strip two parliamentarians -- Petras Gražulis of the Order and Justice party and Mantas Adomėnas of the conservative Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) -- of their legal immunity.

Kęstas Komskis, who lost his MP mandate by decision of the Central Electoral Commission amid vote-buying suspicions, plans to file a claim with the Lithuanian Supreme Administrative Court on Wednesday.

Lithuania's Central Electoral Commission has cancelled the registration of Kęstas Komskis of the Order and Justice Party for parliamentary elections amid vote-buying suspicions, causing him to lose the MP mandate he won in the elections earlier this month.

Suspicions of vote-buying in Šilutė, in western Lithuania, may call into question the Order and Justice Party's overall results in the country's parliamentary elections, the head of the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) said on Thursday.

Seimas Speaker Loreta Graužinienė has sent a request for information to the Special Investigation Service (STT) about Deputy Speaker Kęstas Komskis after Liberal MP Andrius Mazuronis requested that she probe whether Komskis was suitable for the post.