“The person of the President of the Republic shall be inviolable: while in office, he may be neither detained nor held criminally or administratively liable. The President of the Republic may be removed from office only for a gross violation of the Constitution or a breach of the oath, or when he is found to have committed a crime. The issue of the removal of the President of the Republic from office shall be decided by the Seimas according to the procedure for impeachment proceedings.”
The person of the President is inviolable: while in office the President may not be detained or held criminally or administratively liable. Early removal from office is possible only for a gross violation of the Constitution, a breach of the oath, or a crime. The Seimas decides through impeachment proceedings.
In 2004 the Seimas removed President Rolandas Paksas from office through impeachment for a gross violation of the Constitution and a breach of the oath – the only such case in Lithuania.
Questions ask who can remove the President (the Seimas through impeachment) and on what grounds (gross violation of the Constitution, breach of the oath, a crime). Immunity applies only while in office.
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