COURT ACTS

On accepting part of a petition and refusing to consider part of the petition

THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT OF THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA

DECISION

ON THE PETITION OF THE VILNIUS REGIONAL COURT, THE PETITIONER, REQUESTING AN INVESTIGATION INTO WHETHER THE DECREE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA (NO. 164) “ON RELEASING JUDGES OF LOCAL COURTS AND PRESIDENTS OF COURTS FROM OFFICE” OF 22 JULY 2003 TO THE EXTENT THAT IT PROVIDES THAT PALMIRA LINKEVIČIENĖ IS RELEASED FROM THE OFFICE OF A JUDGE OF THE BIRŽAI DISTRICT LOCAL COURT AS WELL AS FROM THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE SAME COURT IS NOT IN CONFLICT, AS TO ITS CONTENT AND THE PROCEDURE OF THE ADOPTION ESTABLISHED IN THE CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA, WITH THE CONSTITUTION OF THEREPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA, THE PROVISIONS OF THE CONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS AND THOSE OF THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA’S LAW ON COURTS, AND WHETHER PARAGRAPH 8 OF ARTICLE 90 OF THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA’S LAW ON COURTS IS NOT IN CONFLICT WITH THE CONSTITUTION AND THE CONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS

The Constitutional Court of the Republic of Lithuania, in its procedural sitting, has considered the petition of the Vilnius Regional Court requesting an investigation into “whether the Decree of the President of the Republic of Lithuania (No. 164) “On Releasing Judges of Local Courts and Presidents of Courts from Office” of 22 July 2003 to the extent that it provides that Palmira Linkevičienė is released from the office