A. Tapinas also evaluated the parliamentary expenses of K. Bartoševičius, who is on trial in the pedophilia case

15min reminds that the case of former Seimas member K. Bartoševičius continues to be examined in the Panevėžys district court, in which he is accused of sexual abuse and molestation of minors. On Monday witness interviews took place.

At that time, the initiator of the “Skaidrinam” campaign, A. Tapinas, published the data of K. Bartošević’s parliamentary expenses on Monday evening.

“As the pedophilia case of former Seimas member Kristijonas Bartoševičius continues, I took a look at his parliamentary expenses,” wrote A. Tapinas.

According to him, shortly before leaving the Seimas, K. Bartoševičius bought an iPad Pro and a keyboard for 1888 euros, and during the first four months of 2022, he paid 2.1 thousand. euros for creating your own personal website.

“It is self-evident that there is no website and there never was,” emphasized the initiator of “Skaidrinam”.

Still, he says, sending holiday cards to students “sounds macabre.”

“And the most macabre sounds are the holiday cards that were photographed, mocked up, printed in December 2021 and sent to the children of five gymnasiums, three pro-gymnasiums, two main schools and four elementary schools in order to spread the parliamentary activities of Seimas member Kristijonas Bartoševičius”, concluded A. Tapinas.

K. Bartoševičius is accused of committing 10 criminal acts: two acts – sexual assault committed once morest a child and a minor, four – molestation of a person under the age of 16, and four more – minor health impairment.

K. Bartoševičius denies all the charges once morest him.

The Criminal Code provides for imprisonment from 3 to 15 years for sexual rape, up to five years for molesting persons under the age of 16, and lighter punishments for health impairment.

The prosecutor’s office has been conducting a pre-trial investigation into the possible sexual abuse and molestation of minors and minors since last November. After the allegations once morest K. Bartošević were presented last February, he refused the mandate of a member of the Seimas a little earlier, at the end of January 2023.