MP and lear of the Nemuno Aušra party chief in the ruling coalition Remigijus Žemaitatis was found guilty of violating article 170, point 2, of the Lithuanian criminal code against inciting ethnic discord, denying genocide and belittle the Holocaust in seven different charges in a verdict issued Thursday morning by the Vilnius Precinct Court. Opposition party the Conservatives are calling for him impeachment as a memner of parliament. Coalition partners say they’ll await the court’s final verdict. At issue were anti-Semitic posts Žemaitatis made on facebook several years ago.

