Second council renews controversy

  • 2003-05-08
  • Ruta Ambultiene
KAUNASKaunas City Council, which began its new term battling over party personalities, has become embroiled in more controversy involving dubious external influence from outside politicians and even perhaps the city's mafia, all less than a month after taking office. The council's ruling coalition of Liberals, Centrists and Conservatives faced their first crisis after taking power over the election of Liberal Erikas Tamasauskas as third vice mayor in mid-April. The Liberals endured a fiasco when Tamasauskas garnered a mere 11 votes out of a possible 41 as their coalition partners dodged an ...
 
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