Lithuanian Party Union of Democrats – On behalf of Lithuania (DSVL) on Wednesday It threatened to withdraw from the government coalition if the current Prime Minister and head of the largest coalition party of the Social Democrats (LSDP) Gintautas Paluckas will not leave until 18 August. It justified it with Prime Minister’s business ties to his sister -in -law, writes TASR based on Reuters report.
“If Paluckas stays, we won’t stay in the coalition,” The leader of DSVL and the current President of Parliament Saulius Skvernelis. His party gave time to resign the Prime Minister to the next meeting of the coalition leaders on 18 August.
The ruling coalition of the LSDP and the Populist Party of Dawn of Neman (Nemuno Aušra – Na) would have only 14 MPs of the Central DSVL only the closest majority 71 seats in the 141 -member Lithuanian Parliament – Seimase. The Office of the Prime Minister stated that Paluckas is on vacation and refused to comment on the threat.
The opposition parties and the DSVL Prime Minister criticize the business contracts between the company, which the Prime Minister co -owns and a company belonging to his sister -in -law. The transaction concerned electric batteries and was financed from state money.
The Paluckas Sgar’s Sgarrow Society reported last week that Although he refuses money from the state agency, it is not because it is wrong. The company claims that purchases were made after a regular tender.
