M. Lingė’s openness raised new questions: Seimas phone – in a drawer, trips to party events

The “Skaidrinam” initiative is currently traveling around the Seimas like a gilt and publicizing the names of parliamentarians whose expenses raise questions.

Without waiting to be mentioned in one of the texts of the author of the initiative Andrias Tapinas, his parliamentary expenses on Tuesday made public Chairman of the Budget and Finance Committee M. Lingė.

He said that he has spent over 27 thousand since the beginning of his term. EUR and this is approximately half of the maximum amount that can be spent.

M. Lingė spent the lion’s share of this money on fuel – about 11 thousand. euros. He also paid for car repairs, insurance, bought new tires and two new iPhones.

The conservative was elected in the Šeškina-Šnipiškiu single-mandate district located in Vilnius, but he says he worked with voters all over Lithuania.

At that time, he needed two new iPhones, despite the fact that he also has a Samsung phone issued by the Seimas Office, because he has two different SIM cards.

15min the data made public by M. Lingė caused questions, so we asked the MP about them. Here’s the full interview.

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– You have published where you have spent and write that you have spent almost 11 thousand. euros, but your district is in Vilnius, so where did you travel?

– I explained in the recording that the work of a parliamentarian is not only within the boundaries of a single-mandate district. It is also a multi-mandate district that is located throughout Lithuania. I mentioned that I have various responsibilities, I have various meetings.

– Oh, for example, did you also go to party events here?

– Apparently, all kinds of…