Aušrinė Armonaitė, Member of the Seimas, claims that the initiative of the Government to reduce the number of Members of the Seimas to 121 is a cheap trick in the presidential election campaign of the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union that shakes the very foundations of parliamentarianism and might strengthen the position of groups of influence in the Seimas. […]
The Lithuanian parliament decided on Feb 14 to hold a referendum to cut size of the country’s parliament from 141 to 121. […]
The Lithuanian parliament has adopted amendments to the Law on Referendum, simplifying rules for citizens’ legislative initiatives. Groups who wish to call a referendum will be able to collect citizens’ signatures online. Moreover, they will […]
The student leaders of 1968 could probably not have imagined how their democratic ideas would be high-jacked by a combination of extremists and opponents of democracy exploiting technological progress and social media. Nobody understands the dangers of technology and social media better than dictators and demagogues. […]
Lithuanian communities abroad view the parliament’s initiative to hold a referendum on dual citizenship in 2016 as “politicizing”, saying the odds are low for the referendum to be successful under the current requirements. […]
Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says he is in favour of a proposal to hold a referendum on dual citizenship alongside the forthcoming general elections, but cautions that the amendments should prevent abuse cases. […]
The Liberal Movement political group of the Lithuanian Seimas proposed holding a binding referendum on dual citizenship alongside general elections next October. […]
Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius said on Wednesday that a proposal to hold a referendum for Vilnius residents to decide on the fate of the Soviet Green Bridge statues was a “good idea”. […]
Parliament Speaker Loreta Graužinienė has voiced opposition to proposals of granting the Lithuanian parliament the right to block referendum initiatives from ordinary citizens. […]
A referendum on dual citizenship would be a “hopeless event”, says leader of the Lithuanian World Community Danguolė Navickienė. […]
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Thursday backed the idea to hold a referendum on dual citizenship, stressing the need for thorough preparation. […]
Lithuania’s Social Democratic Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has backed the idea of holding a referendum on dual citizenship alongside general elections in 2016. […]
Pranciškus Šliužas, a Lithuanian activist who was part of the group behind this year’s referendum on banning land sale to foreigners, is planning to found a new political party Gimtasis Kraštas (Native Land). […]
Efforts to hold a referendum on Lithuania’s switchover to the euro and to preserve the current national currency, the litas, have fallen through as the Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania has ruled that the decision by the Central Electoral Commission (VRK) not to register a referendum initiative group and not to issue any signature sheets thereto is legitimate. […]
The provision of the Referendum Law, which obligates the parliament to call a referendum, even if the proposal is possibly inconsistent with the Constitution, run counter to the country’s main law, the Constitutional Court has ruled on Friday. […]
Since a week ago, welcoming political maturity in our state, I wrote that one of the evidence thereof would become an unsuccessful referendum on the restriction of right to dispose of property and other stupid questions, now I could feel like the Old Testament prophet who sent the knowledge to his people received from the above. Moreover, I do not need to shave the beard which I promised to donate publicly in the social network Facebook in case of referendum success. […]
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