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Lithuanian Justice Minister Milda Vainiutė is stepping down from the post following criticism from President Dalia Grybauskaitė.

Lithuania's Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says he would meet with employees of the Justice Ministry's Audit Division on Tuesday and afterwards decide on the possibility of embattled Justice Minister Milda Vainiutė to continue in the post.

Lithuania's Justice Minister Milda Vainiutė says she is still undecided on resignation following the president's doubts in her competences for the position.

Lithuania's Justice Minister Milda Vainiutė is not coping with her job, thus demonstrating political disability, says President Dalia Grybauskaitė.

Lithuania's Justice Vice-Minister Raimondas Bakšys has tendered resignation on Monday.

Lithuanian Justice Minister Milda Vainiutė says that she will not tolerate pressure on the ministry's staff.

Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis plans to deal with the situation regarding Justice Minister Milda Vainiutė and Deputy Justice Minister Raimondas Bakšys when he returns to work after a holiday next week.

Lithuanian Deputy Justice Minister Raimondas Bakšys on Wednesday dismissed allegations that he tried to stall audits of the prison system and said that he would discuss the situation with Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis when he returns to work after a holiday.

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says that she doubts whether Justice Minister Milda Vainiutė and Deputy Justice Minister Raimondas Bakšys are competent enough to perform their duties.

Rasa Kazėnienė, former employee of the Lithuanian Prisons Department who is currently working at the Justice Ministry, has accused Vice-Minister Raimondas Bakšys of aiming to stall the audit of the prisons system.

The Kaunas Remand Prison, which was recently scrutinized by a few control institutions and checked by the Lithuanian Justice Ministry, has been subjected to new checks after its chief accountant Rasa Kazėnienė again turned to the ministry.