Lithuania's opposition Order and Justice party plans to nominate no candidate for the 2019 presidential election, and the party's former leader Rolandas Paksas will be the first candidate on the list for elections to the European Parliament.
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A draft constitutional amendment to allow Lithuania's impeached former president, Rolandas Paksas, to run both in parliamentary and presidential elections passed the first reading in the Seimas on Tuesday.
Lithuania's opposition conservatives and the ruling Farmers and Greens Union remain at the top of party ratings, followed by opposition Social Democrats in third, shows a survey conducted by Vilmorus pollster published in Lietuvos Rytas daily on Saturday.
More than half of members of the Seimas have registered constitutional amendments that would allow Lithuania's impeached former president, Rolandas Paksas, to run both in parliamentary and presidential elections.
Four opposition groups of the Lithuanian parliament have suggested holding premature parliamentary elections.
If parliamentary elections were held next Sunday, they would be triumphant to the conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats, while the current ruling party, the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU), would come in second, shows a survey published on delfi.lt news portal.
Lithuania's parliament is starting the spring session on Saturday – the political season is expected to be hot from the very start, with the parliament scheduled to vote next week on the impeachment of Mindaugas Bastys of the group of non-attached members.
Lawmakers of the opposition Homeland Union–Lithuanian Christian Democrats have collected enough signatures for launching a parliamentary inquiry into land ownership and acquisition processes in Lithuania.
Confidence in Lithuania's opposition Social Democrats is currently at the lowest level since the 2016 parliamentary elections, while the minority conservatives and the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union remain at the top of the popularity list, shows a Vilmorus survey published in Lietuvos R...
The Lithuanian Social Democratic Labour Party will hold its constituent assembly on March 24.
A panel of three judges will hear the influence peddling case of former Lithuanian president Rolandas Paksas, Lietuvos Rytas media group CEO Gedvydas Vainauskas and businessman Antanas Zabulis.
Kęstutis Pūkas, who resigned as a member of the Lithuanian parliament just before a vote on his impeachment earlier this month, will be replaced by Ona Valiukevičiūtė, the next-in-line candidate on the Order and Justice party's list in the 2016 Seimas elections.