Lithuania: LFGU, SocDems initiate impeachment for Bastys

  • 2017-03-14
  • Jurate Skeryte

VILNIUS – The ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union and the Social Democratic Party are initiating impeachment against Social Democratic MP Mindaugas Bastys.

More than 40 parliamentarians say that it is necessary to establish possible violations of the MP in light of the information provided by the State Security Department that has barred Bastys from accessing classified information.

Meanwhile, the opposition aims to form an ad hoc commission for a more thorough analysis of the possible national security threats of Bastys' links with Russian energy companies and criminal figures.