Paksas declares candidacy amid uncertainty
Apr 22, 2004
Steven Paulikas
VILNIUS - The prospects for the upcoming presidential elections gained little clarity in the aftermath of the removal of Rolandas Paksas, while the former president continued to butt heads with officials across the spectrum of the Lithuanian government.
Expectedly, Paksas was nominated on April 17 by his Liberal Democratic Party to stand for the office he had lost only 11 days before, when the Seimas (Lithuania's parliament) made him the first sitting European president to be kicked out of offi ...
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