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With the Seimas elections nearing, LRT the Lithuania Tribune begins a special series on the main Lithuanian political parties. Meet the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania – Christian Families Alliance party.

Renata Cytacka, the controversial former deputy minister of energy delegated by the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania (LLRA), will try her luck in the election for a vacant seat in Parliament.

Valdemar Tomaševski, the leader of the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania (LLRA), says he has so far failed to persuade Jaroslav Neverovič, who was sacked from the post of energy minister earlier this week, into running for Vilnius mayor.

Jaroslav Neverovič, who has been dismissed as energy minister this week, says he made unsuccessful attempts to persuade leadership of the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania (LLRA) to refrain from appointing the controversial Renata Cytacka as deputy minister.

In the context of Russia's actions in Ukraine, it is very important for Lithuania and other countries in the region to maintain domestic political stability. Otherwise it would be relatively easy to induce regional unrest by artificially stirring up dissatisfied factions of their societies.

Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius insisted on Wednesday he would not re-appoint Jaroslav Neverovič, the recently sacked Minister of Energy, if his party, the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania (LLRA), delegated him once again.

President Dalia Grybauskaitė has signed a decree, dismissing Energy Minister Jaroslav Neverovič from the post.

Speaker of the Seimas of Lithuanian Loreta Graužinienė hopes the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania will remains in the ruling coalition despite the fact that Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius wants the party's Energy Minister Jaroslav Neverovič sacked.

Renata Cytacka, a member of the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania, has been re-appointed as deputy energy minister.