Members of the opposition in the Lithuanian parliament are initiating a no-confidence vote against Laura Matjošaitytė, chairwoman of the Central Electoral Commission.
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Lithuania's Central Electoral Commission on Monday voted unanimously to revoke the mandate of Mindaugas Bastys as a member of the Seimas, with the decision to take effect on Wednesday.
Lithuania's Central Electoral Commission will Monday consider the plea filed by MP Mindaugas Bastys to revoke his mandate.
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.
Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaitė says that "all shadows" concerning the performance of the Central Electoral Commission (VRK) have to be eliminated.
The Lithuanian Central Electoral Commission on Wednesday cancelled Tadas Langaitis' mandate as a member of the Seimas at the conservative lawmaker's request.
Lithuania's Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis of the ruling Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU) sees no reasons for the head of the Central Electoral Commission, Laura Matjošaitytė, to resign, adding she "is working properly."
Laura Matjošaitytė, chairwoman of the Lithuanian Central Electoral Commission, or VRK, and other members of the election body must dispel doubts about the transparency of their decisions, President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on Thursday.
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.
Lithuania's Central Electoral Commission is handing down the mandate of Kęstutis Pūkas, the embattled MP who stepped down just before the impeachment vote, to former MP Ona Valiukevičiūtė.
Lithuania's law-enforcement on Thursday announced having completed the pre-trial investigation in the political corruption case of one of the country's largest business concerns MG Baltic and two political parties, the Liberal Movement and the Labour Party.
Vilnius prosecutors have sent the country's Central Electoral Commission some new information about suspected illegal funding of the Lithuanian Liberal Movement's parliamentary election campaign, the Prosecutor General's Office said on Thursday.
MP Eugenijus Gentvilas, caretaker chairman of the Lithuanian Liberal Movement, has confirmed that he will run for the post of the opposition party's leader in next month's election.
The Lithuanian Liberal Movement will not be eliminated and will continue operations, with the new leader to be elected in congress, not by way of direct election, the embattled party's council decided in Vilnius on Saturday.
The first and second rounds of the 2019 presidential elections is the best time for holding a referendum on dual citizenship, says Ramūnas Karbauskis, chairman of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union.
Leaders of the Lithuanian Liberal Movement tends to preserve the party, however, the final decision will be made by the party's council next week, says acting leader Eugenijus Gentvilas.