Construction inspectors arrived Wednesday morning at the home of Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda in the Pavilniai Regional Park to begin an inspection of a fence suspected of encroaching on state-owned land. They later said no violations were found.
A photographer from BNS reported seeing representatives of the State Territorial Planning and Construction Inspectorate at the scene.
BNS reported Tuesday that the fence had begun to be dismantled even before the inspectors’ visit, with part of the structure already taken down.
The presidential office told BNS that surveyors hired by Nausėda had determined that when the fence was built more than a decade ago, part of it was installed on state land.
“It was decided to reconstruct the fence and thus correct the defect made by builders who worked on the site more than a decade ago,” the presidential office said Tuesday.
Presidential representatives also noted that during reconstruction, the Dignitary Protection Service that is responsible for the president’s security will have the opportunity to strengthen security at the residence.
Delfi.lt reported that the construction inspectorate is examining the circumstances related to the president’s property following a complaint. Inspectors are seeking to determine whether a violation occurred.
The president’s residential property on Pūčkorių Street covers more than 16 ares. The house and land are owned by Nausėda and his wife, Diana Nausėdienė.
No violations recorded
Construction inspectors who conducted the inspection later said they detected no violations.
“We should state that no violations of the land use have been detected in this area,” Albertas Stanislovaitis, head of the State Territorial Planning and Construction Inspectorate, told reporters at a press conference on Wednesday.
Adas Paulius Paražinskas, who alerted the inspectorate about possible violations, said that he filed the complaint a year ago.
Stanislovaitis said the institution receives hundreds of complaints every day and could not carry out the inspection earlier.
He also said the inspectors only recorded what they saw at the site on Wednesday and cannot make judgement on possible past violations.
“We are checking the facts on the day we come,” Stanislovaitis said. “We did not record the former fence, so we cannot say whether it was here or there.”
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