"The Ethics and
Procedures Commission of the Seimas decided that the Kremlin narratives
publicly disseminated by parliamentarian Mindaugas Puidokas do not meet the
behavioral requirements set out in the Code of Conduct for State Politicians
and contradict the official position of Lithuania. M. Puidokas promises to
appeal to the court regarding this decision of the Commission.
"The
behavior of Seimas member Mindaugas Puidokas, in publicly disseminating
statements that correspond to the Kremlin's propaganda narratives, which
contradict the official position of the Republic of Lithuania regarding the
perpetrators of the conflict in Ukraine and the course of action, does not meet
the behavioral requirements set forth in the Code of Conduct for State Politicians,"
reads the conclusion of the Seimas Ethics and Procedures Commission.
The Commission
states that with his statements Mr. Puidokas violated the principles of respect
for the person and the state, honesty, decency, exemplary and responsibility
established in the Code of Conduct for State Politicians.
The Ethics and
Procedures Commission also states that the statements of Seimas member M.
Puidoks about the course of the conflict in Ukraine, the accusations of the
Western countries deliberately delaying the conflict, as well as the statements
that the main goal of the Western countries is to weaken and divide Russia,
correspond to the narratives spread by Russian propaganda.
Also, the Seimas
ethics watchdog points out that the State Security Department in its report has
confirmed the Kremlin's false narrative that the West is to blame for the
conflict in Ukraine.
The Commission
also points out that speaking about the meeting of the presidents of the Lublin
triangle, Seimas member M. Puidokas pointed out that the commitments of
Lithuania, Poland and Ukraine in the military and security sphere are most
likely related to the idea of restoring Žečpospolita as a confederation of
three states.
ELTA reminds that
the complaint to the Ethics and Procedures Commission was submitted by a member
of the conservative group, Bronislovas Matelis, and a public figure, Markas
Adam Harold. They asked ethics watchdogs to evaluate the position expressed by
M. Puidokas in the public space on the issue of Russia's conflict against
Ukraine. The applicants point out that since the start of the conflict in
Ukraine, M. Puidokas has been blaming the Western countries, not Russia, for
the conflict in the Seimas member's YouTube program "The World Openly",
as well as elsewhere in the public space.
However, M.
Puidokas denied the accusations addressed to him and presents his version. The
politician, who received criticism for inappropriate rhetoric, quotes articles
of the Constitution and said that all geopolitical analysis in his programs is
based on solid sources.
He
intends to appeal the decision to the court
M. Puidokas
intends to appeal this decision of the Ethics and Procedures Commission of the
Seimas to the court. He is convinced that this commission's
decision was political.
"There was a
reasonable threat to democracy and freedom of speech in Lithuania. I asked to
clearly state in the Commission's conclusion how, from the Commission's point
of view, the expression of a politician's opinion in the public space of a
democratic state is understood and how my opinion and/or information did not
correspond to such an opinion, based on the criteria established by legal acts?
These questions of mine were not answered. It is clear that this was a
political act to intimidate me into expressing my opinion in public," he
wrote on his Facebook account on Friday."
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