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A newcomer to the Facebook network, associate professor at the Vilnius University Institute of International Relations and Political Science (VU TSPMI), announced on Monday evening that he was submitting his candidacy for discussion.
“The upcoming elections of the chairman of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party provide an opportunity for all party members to jointly assess the path we will follow. The party needs a debate. And this debate cannot end among those elected by the Council. I want it not to. miss out on this exceptionally important opportunity, so I am running, ”writes L. Gudzinskas.
In addition to him, four more candidates are proposed for party chairmen: Vilija Blinkevičiūtė, Orinta Leiput Min, Mindaugas Sinkevičius and Juozas Olekas, says Algirdas Sysas, the eldest of the party’s faction in the Seimas.
The nomination of candidates for the presidency of the Social Democratic Party is scheduled for March 28.
At the end of January, Gintautas Paluckas announced his resignation from the post of president of the LSDP after criticism from the parties. The party council then elected the mayor of Jonava M. Sinkevičius as interim president.
He will lead the Social Democrats to a congress on May 29, during which the newly elected party president will be confirmed. M. Sinkevičius himself said that he had no intention of participating in the election of the party president.
The president of the LSDP will be elected directly by the party members, the first round of elections is scheduled for April 22 and 25. The party president is elected for a two-year term.
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