In Brief - 2003-02-06

  • 2003-02-06
MP wants to change ParliamentThe chairman of Lithuania's parliamentary economic committee, Viktor Uspaskich, said he wants to hold a referendum on constitutional amendments in order to reduce the number of parliamentarians from 141 to 131. Uspaskich has presented an application to the Central Electoral Committee to receive permission to collect the obligatory signatures for the referendum, which would also seek to have all MPs elected in single-mandate polls and to empower voters with the right to recall him from Parliament if they are unsatisfied with the legislator's performance. Uspaskic...
 
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