Courts to rule on jailed MP's political rights

  • 1998-10-15
VILNIUS (BNS) - A representative of the Lithuanian Ministry of Internal Affairs has announced that the minister will not discuss a request by the Center faction of Parliament to allow jailed parliamentarian Audrius Butkevicius to participate in faction sessions. The Vilnius District Court, however, will most likely discuss this request by MPs at the end of this month. Last week, the parliamentary Center faction appealed to the MIA minister and the judge of the Vilnius District Court, requesting that Butkevicius be allowed to attend faction sessions.Noting that Butkevicius's faction membersh...
 
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