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President: “All shadows” in election watchdog’s work must be cleared
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė says that “all shadows” concerning the performance of the Central Electoral Commission (VRK) have to be eliminated. […]
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Ramūnas Bogdanas. Inheritance in state governance
It has been three decades now that talks have been held in Lithuania about the importance of continuity in state governance. If the measurement is the gap between elections, it is hard to create anything […]
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Election watchdog chief worked well – Seimas speaker
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.” […]
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Election watchdog’s chief must dispel transparency doubts – Grybauskaitė
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. […]
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Lithuania’s election body to hand down resigned MP’s mandate
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. […]
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Lithuania can hold citizenship vote during both rounds of presidential race – Karbauskis
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. […]
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Watchdog group: Liberal Movement grossly breached campaign funding rules
A task force of the Lithuanian Central Electoral Commission (VRK) has proposed finding the Liberal Movement guilty of gross violations of the law on financing of the election campaign, VRK leader Laura Matjošaitytė confirmed to BNS. […]
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Lawyer appointed to head election watchdog
The Lithuanian parliament has appointed Laura Matjošaitytė, deputy to incumbent chairman of the Central Electoral Commission, to head the election watchdog. The commission was approved two members short of its full line-up. […]
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Matjošaitytė tipped as Lithuania’s next election watchdog chief
Laura Matjošaitytė, currently deputy chairwoman of the Lithuanian Central Electoral Commission, is likely to be nominated as the next head of the election watchdog. […]
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