European Parliament rejects immunity request from Uspaskich
Dec 07, 2011
By Rokas M. Tracevskis

CHARMING THE NATION: Viktor Uspaskich, dressed in Lithuanian national costume, presents his step dance during an LNK TV show.
VILNIUS - Next year will not be boring for Viktor Uspaskich, leader of the liberal center-left Labor Party and member of the European Parliament: he will probably participate in the forming of the ruling coalition, with a chance to become the new PM after the parliamentary elections in the fall of 2012. There is, though, the possibility that he may be forced to go to prison on the eve of these elections. On Dec. 1, the European Parliament rejected a request by Uspaskich to reinstate his parli ...
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