Lithuania’s Justice minister asks top court how to amend constitution regarding Paksas

  • 2019-04-25
  • BNS/TBT Staff
Justice Minister Elvinas Jankevicius has asked the Constitutional Court to clarify how to implement international institutions' recommendations to open the way for Lithuania's impeached former president Rolandas Paksas to run in elections.  In his petition, Jankevicius asks the court to clarify its resolution of December 2016 saying that Lithuania has to take into account the UN Human Rights Committee's view that Paksas' lifelong disqualification from being a candidate in presidential elections and from being appointed as prime minister or minister wa...
 
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