OSCE/ODIHR Opinion on the Law of the Republic of Lithuania on the Seimas
Ombudsmen
9) draw up a record of administrative violation of law for failure to comply with the demands
of the Seimas Ombudsman or for interfering in any other with the fulfilment by the Seimas
Ombudsman of the rights granted to him;
10) apply to the administrative court with a request to investigate conformity of an
administrative regulatory enactment (or its part) with the law or Government resolution;
11) propose to the Seimas to apply to the Constitutional Court regarding the conformity
of legal acts with the Constitution and laws of the Republic of Lithuania;
12) refer the material to pre-trial investigation body or the prosecutor, if elements of crime
are detected;
13) apply to the court for the dismissal of officials guilty of abuse of office or
bureaucracy;
14) recommend to the collegial body or official to repeal, suspend or amend the
decisions which are contrary to the laws and other legal acts, or propose to adopt decisions
the adoption whereof has bee precluded by abuse of office or bureaucracy;
15) recommend to the collegial body, head of the agency or a superior institution or
agency to impose disciplinary penalties on the official at fault;
16) recommend to the prosecutor to apply to the court according to the procedure
prescribed by law for the protection of public interest;
17) bring to the officials’ attention the facts of negligence in office, non-compliance with
laws or other legal acts, violation of professional ethics, abuse of office, bureaucracy or
violations of human rights and freedoms and recommend to apply measures to eliminate the
violations of laws and other legal acts, their causes and circumstances;
18) propose that material and non-material damage sustained by a person due to the
violations committed by the official be compensated in the manner prescribed by law;
19) notify the Seimas, the President of the Republic or the Prime Minister of the
violations committed by the ministers or other officials accountable to the Seimas, the
President of the Republic or the Government (except for those listed in paragraph 2 of Article
12);
20) recommend to the Chief Official Ethics Commission to evaluate whether or not the
official has violated the Law on Adjustment of Public and Private Interests in the Public
Service;
21) refraining from the investigation on the merits of a complaint falling outside the
remit of the Seimas Ombudsman give proposals or offer commentaries to appropriate
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