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Lithuanian Parliament Committee Has Not Yet Started Probe Into Matjošaitytė
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Lithuanian Parliament Committee Has Not Yet Started Probe Into Matjošaitytė

From Delfi · () Lithuanian

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

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  • Lithuania’s parliamentary Law and Law Enforcement Committee has not started an investigation into election commission member Laura Matjošaitytė.
  • The committee is seeking information from election officials and the Bar Association before deciding whether a probe is needed.
  • Matjošaitytė has not said whether the party paid her, citing attorney-client confidentiality, while the election commission says no such expenses appear in the party’s financial records.

Lithuania’s parliamentary Law and Law Enforcement Committee has yet to open an investigation into Laura Matjošaitytė, a member of the country’s Central Electoral Commission. The issue concerns whether she may have advised the Nemunas Dawn party before parliamentary elections.

For now, the committee is collecting additional information. It plans to contact Central Electoral Commission chair Lina Petronienė and Mindaugas Kukaitis, head of the Lithuanian Bar Association. Parliament Speaker Juozas Olekas requested the further information.

This is attorney-client professional secrecy.

— Laura MatjošaitytėShe cited professional confidentiality when asked whether Nemunas Dawn had paid her.

Committee chairman Julius Sabatauskas has questioned whether the matter belongs under his committee’s remit. Matjošaitytė has not said whether Nemunas Dawn paid her for the advice. She said the information was protected by attorney-client professional secrecy.

The Central Electoral Commission said the party’s financial documents do not list such expenses. President Gitanas Nausėda said he wanted to learn more before giving a final assessment. After gathering the information, the committee will decide whether to proceed with an investigation.

I want to find out more information first.

— Gitanas NausėdaThe Lithuanian president said he would give a final assessment only after receiving more information.
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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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