Seimas plays Grinch to Paksas' Scrooge
Dec 18, 2003
By Steven Paulikas
VILNIUS - Lithuanian lawmakers have handed President Rolandas Paksas, who refused last week to cave in to plummeting popularity ratings and growing calls for his resignation, a lump of coal just before Christmas and initiated impeachment procedures.On Dec. 10 a group of members of the Seimas (Lithuania's parliament) drew up the draft impeachment document that indicts the president on six separate counts of violating the constitution and his oath of office.The 22-page document, which borrows heav ...
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