Parliament Removed Neringa Venckiene's Immunity: Without Evidence

Today, the Lithuanian parliament on the recommendation of a special purpose committee voted to remove judge Neringa Venckiene's immunity so that she can be prosecuted for fake charges. The goal is to put her in jail and remove her from the political stage, to break the hope of Lithuanian people that the country can be saved from abuse and corruption and that criminals can be brought to justice. 

This is how they voted of parliament voted:

FOR (73): Adomenas Mantas, Aleknaite Abramikiene Vilija, Anusauskas Arvydas, Andriukaitis Vytenis, Povilas Austrevicius Petras, Azubalis Audronius, Babilius Vincas, Bacevicius Vaidotas, Baltraitiene Virginija, Bastys Mindaugas, Bekintiene Danute, Bogusis Vytautas, Bradauskas Bronius, Bucevicius Saulius, Budrys Dainius, Butkevicius Algirdas, Caplikas Algis, Cigriejiene Vida Marija, Dauksys Kestutis, Dautartas Julius, Degutiene Irena, Dinius Laimontas, Endzinas Audrius, Giedraitis Stanislovas, Glaveckas Kestutis, Jagminas Jonas, Jankauskas Donatas, Jonyla Edmundas, Jukneviciene Rasa, Juozapaitis Jonas, Jurkevicius Evaldas, Jursenas Ceslovas, Kaseta Algis, Kubilius Andrius, Kuodyte Dalia, Lydeka Arminas, Liesys Jonas, Masiulis Eligijus, Masiulis Kestutis, Matulas Antanas, Nedzinskas Antanas, Olekas Juozas, Pauza Bronius, Pavilioniene Marija Ausrine, Peceliunas Saulius, Petrauskiene Milda, Pupinis Edmundas, Ramelis Konstantas, Razma Jurgis, Rutkelyte Ruta, Sabatauskas Julius, Salamakinas Algimantas, Sinkevicius Rimantas, Sysas Algirdas, Stankevicius Ceslovas Vytautas, Starkevicius Kazys, Steponavicius Gintaras, Stirblyte Arune, Stundys Valentinas, Sedbaras Stasys, Siauliene Irena, Sukys Raimondas, Tamasauskas Erikas, Teiserskyte Dalia, Valinskas Arunas, Valinskiene Ingrida, Varaska Mantas, Vareikis Egidijus, Veselka Julius, Vidziunas Arvydas, Zingeris Emanuelis, Zeimys Pranas, Zilinskas Rokas

AGAINST (20): Baukute Asta, Kernagis Ligitas, Kondrotas Jonas, Kupcinskas Rytas, Luomanas Petras, Margeviciene Vince Vaidevute, Puteikis Naglis, Ramanauskaite-Skokauskiene Auksute, Ramonas Jonas, Sacharuk Aleksandr, Saudargas Paulius, Smetona Rimantas, Songaila Gintaras, Stancikiene Aurelija, Stanevicius Jonas, Stoma Saulius, Simenas Jonas, Uoka Kazimieras, Uzlyte Zita, Zasciurinskas Mecislovas.

ABSTAINED (9): Baskiene Rima, Bilotaite Agne, Bukauskas Valentinas, Kazulenas Algis, Kuzminskas Kazimieras, Mitrulevičius Albinas, Silgalis Zilvinas, Valkiunas Valdemaras, Zuokiene Agne.

Lithuanian Members of Parliament: VOTE NO !

You all know that if you vote to remove the immunity of Neringa Venckiene you will help putting an innocent person in jail. And you will help the criminals walk free. The Lithuanian people are looking at you, and you will not get away with this.

We will publish the names of each and everyone who has been involved in putting innocent Neringa Venckiene in jail and will begin to gather information on each of these people. Since you are a public person, you must accept that all your actions will be brought into the open for everyone to see.

From tomorrow we will turn our focus on you and how you act.

We will also analyse the actions of those, who help Neringa Venckiene and fight for justice.

We will also look at those "party friends" of hers and how they behave.

June 17th 2012, One month since Deimante was abducted by police and special forces

A day of sadness and a day of mourning. But also a day in which the fight continues. The fight will never stop until Lithuania is free.

Neringa Venckiene: The Lithuanian Aung San Suu Kyi

In my mind and probably in the minds of many others Neringa Venckiene's story has become strongly connected to the fight for democracy of Aung San Suu Kyi of Burma. Locking up Neringa Venckiene in jail as the government plans to do (just like the military junta did with the leader of the opposition Aung San Suu) would only reinforce her image as a martyr and a fighter for freedom and justice. It would make her party stronger and would bring the fall of those who try to break her. But in the coordinated and targeted attack on an innocent woman (and all honest people who tried to protect the child) fighting for justice, the Lithuanian government has revealed itself as a dictatorship.

Aung San Suu Kyi lived a comfortable life in the West (Oxford and then New York working for the UN), but when she returned to Burma in 1988 to care for her ailing mother, she realized that her home country Burma had turned into an oppressive dictatorship which crushed the lives of ordinary people. She realised it was impossible to live in such conditions and led the movement for democracy. As a result, the new junta which came to power after the ruling dictator General Ne Win stepped down, put her under house arrest for 15 of the past 21 years. In those years she saw her husband only 5 times, and few times her sons. But democracy cannot be oppressed. Aung San Suu Kyi prevailed and now she is in parliament leading the opposition and pressing for freedom and justice. This gentle and honest woman has become a symbol for those who will never give up the fight.

In another country in Northern Europe, Lithuania, another woman began a struggle for justice and freedom: Neringa Venckiene. Her struggle also began with an experience within her family, which profoundly changed her perception of Lithuania: her little niece was raped by powerful pedophiles, her brother murdered for trying to get justice and punish the pedophiles - and she herself has become an enemy of the state of Lithuania, attacked with its full force. Now, parliament is removing her immunity to put her, the innocent fighter for justice and democracy - in jail, why not for an indefinite period of time? Again, the parallels between Neringa Venckiene and Aung San Suu Kyi are strong.  Both women fight for democracy against overwhelming enemy, and both women have decided to never stop fighting until justice is done, and people are freed.

And by attacking Neringa Venckiene with the full force of the Lithuanian state, just like the military junta in Burma attacked Aung San Suu Kyi, the Lithuanian government has revealed itself as a dictatorship: 

The Lithuanian government has brutally suppressed the freedom of speech (all main media are controlled), violently crushing the protesters for justice and truth with police and special forces (see videos on this blog). The government of Lithuania has used police and special forces even against innocent children and old people (see other postings and videos in this blog) to crush the new movement led by Neringa Venckiene, the party for Courage. The government, parliament and judiciary cover up the crimes, protect pedophiles and encourage violence against innocent people, because they know that their time has come. They have to go. The desire for justice and freedom in the Lithuanian people cannot be stopped. They cannot be scared. They have nothing left to loose.

Locking up Neringa Venckiene in jail would only reinforce her image as a martyr and a fighter for freedom. It would make her party stronger and would bring the fall of those who try to break her.