In the on-going saga of the Lithuanian parliament’s attempt to remove MP Remigijus Žemaitaitis, opposition parties joined calls for his impeachment Tuesday following further statements by the MP on facebook. In May he made numerous statements against Israel and justifying violence against Jews.

“There are two ends to the stick, now the Israeli barbarians must suffer for murdering Palestinians,” Žemaitaitis wrote regarding Hamas’s attacks on Israel over the weekend. He said current events only confirm his earlier controversial statements on facebook, for which he is being currently being impeached.

Last week Žemaitaitis failed to appear on an internet conference held by the commission tasked with investigating him for possible impeachment. Žemaitaitis said he wasn’t obligated to appear and that the commission was formed in violation of statutory rules.

In Tuesday afternoon’s vote the Lithuanian parliament voted 88 in favor, 2 against and with two abstentions to continue the process by the impeachment commission for impeaching Žemaitaitis and removing him as a member of parliament.

Full story in Lithuanian here.