According to the data, L. Matjošaitytė, who became a member of the VRK last May, did not publicly declare this fact. She also did not disclose to the news portal whether she received payment for work for “Nemuno aušra”.
“Information related to professional activity corresponds to the status of attorney professional secrecy. Since its disclosure, collection, and use contradict the law, I cannot comment,” L. Matjošaitytė told “Delfi”.
Robertas Puchovičius, vice chairman of “Nemuno aušra”, confirmed to the news portal that he communicated with L. Matjošaitytė but said he does not remember her providing services to the party and receiving payment for it.
From 2017 to 2021, L. Matjošaitytė was the chairperson of the VRK. She returned to the commission as a member last May, with her and lawyer Maksimas Reznikov’s candidacies submitted by then “aušriečiai” delegated Minister of Justice Rimantas Mockus.
As BNS wrote, when appointing the commission, L. Matjošaitytė received the least support in a secret vote, with 88 parliamentarians voting for her candidacy.
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In May 2025, the newly composed commission decided on violations of the political campaign financing of “Nemuno aušra”. According to “Delfi”, in some votes L. Matjošaitytė agreed that the party committed violations, in others she abstained.
In August this year, the VRK decided that “Nemuno aušra” and the party’s chairman Remigijus Žemaitaitis grossly violated the Election Code and the Law on Political Organizations when they received membership fees through third parties, from illegal funding sources.
The commission made this decision after a journalistic investigation published in March by “15min”, LRT, “Redakcija”, “Siena”, and “Delfi”, which showed systematic cash payments to “Nemuno aušra” from R. Puchovičius’s close associates and partners, although the party’s vice chairman denied this.
According to journalists’ data, at least 13.5 thousand euros of such party funding came in cash, and 4 thousand euros were transfers from R. Puchovičius to relatives.
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