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Among the individual members approved on Saturday in Kėdainiai are Ieva Kačinskaitė-Urbonienė (Naujamiestis-Naujininkai District), a member of the Vilnius City Council, Andrius Mazuronis (Fabijoniškės District), Petras Čimbaras (Molėtai-Širvint) Mindaugas, Pudakasido), Minda Paneriai-Grigiškės District).
Vytautas Gapšys, a suspect in the MG Baltic corruption case, and Simas Galdikas, a basketball player for the Klaipėda Neptūnas basketball team, will attempt to enter the Seimas in the Verkiai district.
The currently approved multiple member list contains nearly 160 surnames.
Party President Viktor Uspaskich told the convention that party candidates for the election must go with the determination to win.
“Today, the party is fully prepared and doomed to win the elections. Only with such encouragement and intention do we have to return from Congress to our cities and districts,” said V. Uspaskich.
According to him, the Labor Party Congress on Saturday will show the direction in which the party should go to and after the elections.
“There are no other options, there is only one option A: win,” said V. Uspaskich.
Vigilijus Jukna, vice president of the party’s program, said the program consisted of 15 different elements.
The party that won the elections promises to make the average salary (VMU) in the country at least 2.1 thousand. The pension is higher than the monthly minimum wage (MMA) and at least 60%. VMU.
The program also aims to focus on children’s education and increase the prestige of the teaching profession.
The Labor Party promises to raise teacher salaries to at least 130 percent during the period. Vytautas Magnus University, specialists in educational support: 120 percent. VMU.
Party leaders also emphasized intentions to clarify state governance, public procurement, promote the independence of municipalities, and prevent Seimas members from becoming ministers or prime ministers.
V. Uspaskich was elected candidate for the post of Prime Minister
On Saturday, the Labor Party also chose Viktor Uspaskich, the party’s founder and longtime leader, as its candidate for prime minister.
Viktor Fyodorov, head of the Labor Party headquarters, said V. Uspaskich had been confirmed as the party’s candidate for prime minister even before the party’s congress in Kėdainiai on Saturday, as his sole competitor, Vigilijus Jukna, withdrew from competition.
“We approved the prime ministerial candidate before the broadcast,” Fyodorov told BNS.
“Vigilijus Jukna refused and the party voted unanimously for Viktor Uspaskich,” he added.
A Labor Party spokesman said Jukna had withdrawn his candidacy because “he saw that the president could better represent the party.”
V. Uspaskich himself said during the congress that he was ready to assume responsibility for the management of the state.
The Seimas elections will be held on October 11.
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