Seimas speaker backs conservative MP after Georgia debacle
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Žygimantas Pavilionis / BNS
Lithuanian Parliament Speaker Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen says she sees no reason why Žygimantas Pavilionis should resign as chairman of the parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs.
The conservative MP has been criticised for being “undiplomatic” during a recent mediation trip to Georgia.
“I see no reason for Pavilionis to be removed as the committee chairman, even if somebody didn’t like what he said [in Georgia] and if it seems that he was not sufficiently diplomatic,” the speaker told LRT RADIO on Wednesday.
The Board of the Seimas is set to listen to Pavilionis later on Wednesday and ask questions, but has no plans to take any action afterwards, she said.