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The current party leader, Seimas President Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen and MP Andrius Bagdonas are vying for the position.
Previously, Seimas member Edita Rudelienė, Tauragė District Municipality Mayor Dovydas Kaminskas, and Kaunas City Liberal Movement Section President Nijolė Putrienė withdrew from the election campaign.
Bagdon has previously said that the SNB will function until the end of the elections, as parties that elect a leader from a single candidate could lose the trust of voters due to a lack of democracy.
With two candidates running in the election, it was decided to limit ourselves to one round, with electronic voting beginning Thursday and ending at a convention on Saturday.
A Liberal Movement congress will take place in Trakai on Saturday, where the results of the vote will be confirmed.
The president of the Liberal Movement is elected for a period of two years.
The Liberal Movement, which belongs to the ruling majority, has 7,000. members, the Seimas faction consists of 12 Liberals. Public opinion polls show that about 5 percent would vote for the Liberals. population.
