Vilnius, 20th of February, 2013
APPEAL
to the President of the Republic of Lithuania, Parliament, and the Government
by the Public Commission Formed to Investigate an Act of Violence
on May 17, 2012
The Public Commission formed to investigate the act of violence committed on May 17, 2012 concluded: last year on May 17, during the enforcement of the court order issued by the Kėdainiai District Court there was a forcible encroachment on the Constitutional order of the Republic of Lithuania, brutal infringement on eleven articles of the Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania, four articles of the United Nations Rights of the Child Convention and the national acts that guarantee their provisions. The Commission determined that there were extensive in advance preparations to use force on behalf of the state, which was carried out.
Eight months after the announcement of these conclusions the Commission declares: