"It’s not that I am afraid of responsibility because I have done something. But I would evaluate my activities more positively," Vaigauskas told BNS on Monday.
Commenting on a draft resolution on the cancelation of his mandate, registered by Speaker of the Seimas Irena Degutienė and her two deputies Česlovas Stankevičius and Česlovas Juršėnas, Vaigauskas said he was not sure whether that was a wish to place collective or individual responsibility.
"A question arises as to whether that's a wish to place responsibility on all members of the commission irrespective of how they voted. To my mind, that principle of collective responsibility does not really match the principle of the rule of law," he told BNS.
According to Vaigauskas, the Constitutional Court did not cancel all decisions of the election panel, only partly amended them.
"I think the Seimas should evaluate the Central Electoral Commission's entire work, including the chairman's, and not that of individual members," Vaigauskas said.
He also added that the panel's certain decisions could have been different and some of his colleagues could have worked differently.
It is proposed to cancel the Central Electoral Commission's mandate based on a law stating that the Seimas can cancel its mandate if election results are wrong or activity of the commission members do not comply with the law.
On Saturday afternoon, the Constitutional Court said the Lithuanian Central Electoral Commission's decision as to the line-up of the Labour Party's candidates ran counter to the law. Moreover, the Court invalidated election results in Biržai–Kupiskis single-mandate constituency, previously endorsed by the commission.
Grybauskaite has said that "a party, not individuals, which is on trial, should be prevented from taking part in the formation of the government."
A Vilnius court is hearing a case where the Labour Party, its leader Viktor Uspaskich, vice-chairman Vytautas Gapšys, former head of the central bureau Vitalija Vonzutaitė, and accountant Marina Liutkevičienė are charged with black bookkeeping.
Meanwhile, the Labour Party is holding coalition talks with the Social Democratic Party and the Order and Justice party. All in all, they would have 77-78 mandates in Lithuania's 141-seat parliament. Negotiations on joining the bloc are underway with the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania.
