According to A. Mazuronis, decisions on the adjustment of the EP list should be made by “workers” on Thursday, at a remote meeting of the party council.
Such considerations were heard from the “workers” after the Financial Crimes Investigation Service (FNTT) officials visited the party’s headquarters in Vilnius on Tuesday regarding the investigation being conducted by the European Prosecutor’s Office, possibly related to the activities of the party’s founder, Viktor Uspaskich, in the EP.
“This situation presupposes that in the near future the party will either have to change the leaders of the EP list or change the chairman of the party,” said A. Mazuronis.
Fyodorov: Maybe it’s time to let go
Viktoras Fyodorov, deputy chairman of the Labor Party, said in the Seimas on Thursday that he supports the party chairman’s idea not to participate in the EP elections.
“It’s just that we probably won’t be ready to participate in these elections. After any shadow cast, it takes time to put everything together and prepare for the election. We don’t have time for that, and in any case, all those stories really don’t add anything to us,” the politician told reporters in the Seimas.
According to him, the party will discuss the situation at the council meeting on Thursday evening.
“I’m tired of this stuff. I’m tired of all the stories that move along with the Labor Party,” V. Fedorov admitted.
However, he emphasized that he is not considering leaving the party in the near future.
“But I have all kinds of suggestions. One of those is maybe it’s time to let go,” he added.
ELTA reminds that the list of the Labor Party in the EP elections should be led by the party’s honorary chairman V. Uspaskich.
On Tuesday, law enforcement officers visited the headquarters of the Labor Party and performed certain procedural actions, took away a stack of documents, the news portal “15min” was the first to report about it.
It is stated that the international investigation, on the basis of which the officials visited the party headquarters, is being conducted by the European Prosecutor’s Office. This was confirmed to Elta by the representative of the General Prosecutor’s Office, Gintarė Vitkauskaitė-Šatkauskienė.
Claims that the party has no status in the case
The workers’ leadership says that the party has no status in the case.
Delphi The Deputy Chairman of the Labor Party, Viktoras Fiodorov, interviewed said that he did not have much information about why the officials attacked the party’s headquarters in Vilnius. The politician said he only knew that the Labor Party had no standing in the case.
It was not possible to contact the representative of workers in the European Parliament, party founder Viktors Uspaskich. The chairman of the party A. Mazuronis confirmed that the case is related to the former leadership of the party.
The Labor Party has repeatedly found itself in the sights of law enforcement. In the so-called “black bookkeeping” case, the party has been accused of fraudulent accounting. At that time, the leader of the party Viktoras Uspaskichs and the currently imprisoned MP Vytautas Gapšys and other persons were sentenced to fines.
The Labor Party was found guilty of bribery and influence trading in the “MG Baltic” case – it was awarded more than 300,000. a fine amounting to EUR 10,000, and the former party member V. Gapšys was sentenced to 4 and a half years in prison.
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