Uspaskich fails in parliamentary comeback bid

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Uspaskich fails in parliamentary comeback bid

Oct 24, 2007
By Kimberly Kweder

VILNIUS - Controversial former Labor Party leader Viktor Uspaskich failed to regain political power on Oct. 21 after losing the second round of parliamentary by-elections for the Alytus district to Conservative Party candidate Kestutis Cilinskas. The final results released by the Central Electoral Committee show that Cilinskas garnered 55.33 percent of the vote compared to Uspaskich’s 42.73 percent. Uspaskich, who is suspected of conducting fraudulent bookkeeping while heading the Labor Part ...

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