Prosecutor general resigns
Feb 10, 2010
By Rokas M. Tracevskis

JUST A WEEK AGO: On Jan. 27, President Dalia Grybauskaite and Prosecutor General Algimantas Valantinas met to discuss hot issues of the prosecutors’ work. After the meeting, the president’s spokesman said that Valantinas can continue his work. However, on Feb. 5, Valantinas resigned from his post after street demonstrations protesting against his work on the alleged pedophilia case.
VILNIUS - On Feb. 5, Prosecutor General Algimantas Valantinas decided to quit his job. He decided not to stand in the way of an unruly mob. The resignation was announced after a street protest over the so-called pedophilia case, about which the majority of the population has no clue, and at the same time has decisive and fanatic judgment, which is being inspired by tabloidish media and populist politicians.
n the Dostoyevsky-style case, Drasius Kedys, who says his young daughter has been ...
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