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Viktor Uspaskich, the founder of the Lithuanian Labor Party, was elected as the party's new chairman at a congress in Kaunas on Sunday.

The Lithuanian Labor Party's council has decided to convene a congress next January to elect a new chairman.

Lithuania's MEP Viktor Uspaskich, the founder of the Labor Party who was not active in politics on the political arena for the past few years, on Friday confirmed plans to run for the party's leadership.

Lithuania's Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says that the return of MEP Viktor Uspaskich to head the Labor Party would not be a promising step.

Živilė Pinskuvienė, the leader of the Labor Party that has no mandates in Lithuania's parliament, announced resignation from the post during a meeting of party's council on Tuesday evening.

MEP Viktor Uspaskich, the founder of the Labor Party, has announced plans of returning to the party and sent a membership application to the party's Kėdainiai branch, the Labor Party's information center said.

Arturas Paulauskas, a member of the Labor Party, is founding a public movement, which will be a new center-left political force to unite former and current members of the party, as well as non-affiliated individuals.