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People's property was destroyed although they were innocent, whereas officials who granted building permits remain unpunished. According to a lawyer and signatory of the Independence Act, Egidijus Bickauskas, unfortunately there is no such practice in Lithuania that a public servant who makes a wrong or illegal decision may be held financially responsible.

Meanwhile now all people are responsible for officials' actions even though they have nothing to do with them.

"I also question whether demolishing all these buildings, for example the restaurant in Juodkrante, is statesmanlike. The restaurant did not ruin the landscape and did not trouble anyone, but was demolished only due to formal reasons. It is not statesmanlike indeed. But here the bare letter of the law is often followed, without taking into consideration common sense," said Bickauskas.