Lithuanian showbiz party

VILNIUS- A group of Lithuanianshow business stars are declaring their quest to "rescue the state"from both populists and the "circus" of the ruling bloc.

One of the initiators of founding the National ResurrectionParty, TV show host and producer Arunas Valinskas said in a press conferenceFriday that the new party plans to replace both those who "promised orderand justice and are now under arrest", and those, who initiated a billprohibiting alcohol advertising, but whose representatives were engaging in"drunken lounging about the Seimas"

"How can there be a bigger circus than we're seeingnow?", Valinskas, whose the party co-founders are no less flamboyantrepresentatives of show business, often appearing in magazines and TV shows,criticized the current situation in Lithuania'spolitical arena.

Valinskas noted that following the announcement of theirinitiative last week, the party already unites a few hundred members and will"undoubtedly" make the 5 percent barrier or voter support inparliamentary elections.

"I think we'll get quite a few votes off of all of theother parties", Valinskas said, adding that the new party will providepeople with a chance to eliminate some of the agents of the current politicalarena. He deemed the current situation in interior policy an "absoluteslough".