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Business View: Political Fighting Over Prime Board Seats Paying €3,360 Per Meeting
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Business View: Political Fighting Over Prime Board Seats Paying €3,360 Per Meeting

From Delfi · () Lithuanian

Translated from Lithuanian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Vilnius administration director Adomas Bužinskas briefly dissolved five municipal-company boards, apparently to avoid mandatory employee representation, then reversed the decision.
  • The municipality has not provided Delfi with the names of board members or their compensation.
  • Parliament member Algirdas Sysas said the boards include people who repeatedly move between state-company positions, with some earning €3,360 per meeting.

Political battles over lucrative seats on state and municipal company boards have intensified in Lithuania, with some positions paying €3,360 for a single meeting.

One episode involved Adomas Bužinskas, the director of the Vilnius administration. He urgently dissolved five municipal-company boards, a move that appeared designed to avoid the requirement to include employees on them. The decision was quickly withdrawn.

Despite reversing course, the municipality did not provide Delfi with a list of the board members or details of their pay. Parliament member Algirdas Sysas said he knew the list and saw what he described as a kind of “clan” among its members.

According to Sysas, some people move successfully from one state-company board to another, maintaining a comfortable position across the public sector. The dispute has focused attention on how these boards are filled and how much their members receive.

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Originally published by Delfi in Lithuanian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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