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Order and Justice (Lithuanian: Tvarka ir teisingumas), formerly the Liberal Democratic Party (Liberalų Demokratų Partija), is a right-of-centre political party in Lithuania. The Constitutional Court of the Republic of Lithuania (in Lithuanian: ) is a special court established by the Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania of 1992; it began the activities after the adoption of the Law on Constitutional Court of the Republic of Lithuania on February 3, 1993. ... The following is a list of Lithuanian rulers - kings, grand dukes, governors and presidents of Lithuania or administrative units, that encompassed the territory of Lithuania during the periods of occupations. ... President Valdas Adamkus Valdas Adamkus (born Valdemaras Adamkevičius on November 3, 1926) is the current President of the Republic of Lithuania. ... The Prime Minister of Lithuania is the head of the executive arm of Lithuanias government, and is chosen by the Lithuanian parliament. ... Gediminas Kirkilas ( (help· info), born on August 30, 1951 in Vilnius) is the current Prime Minister of Lithuania. ... Seimas is the Lithuanian parliament. ... Political parties in Lithuania lists political parties in Lithuania. ... Politics of Lithuania Categories: Election related stubs | Elections in Lithuania ... There have been nine referenda in Lithuania since it declared independence from the Soviet Union on March 11, 1990. ... Map of counties and their capitals The territory of Lithuania is divided into 10 counties (Lithuanian: apskritys, singular - apskritis), all named after their capitals. ... The European Union or EU is a supranational and international organization of 27 member states. ... Lithuania became a member of the United Nations on September 18, 1991, and is a signatory to a number of its organizations and other international agreements. ... Information on politics by country is available for every country, including both de jure and de facto independent states, inhabited dependent territories, as well as areas of special sovereignty. ... This article is about the minor party founded by Ross Meurant in 1994. ...

History and creeds

Order and Justice was founded by Rolandas Paksas and his supporters in 2002 as the Liberal Democratic Party . A possible motive to form the party was former political experience of its founders as members of different existing parties, whose policy later was characterized by them as corrupted and ineffective. On the other hand the new party, being based on strong criticism of existing parties, leaked a clear positive program initially and its creative power was sympathy of many citizens, that felt into deep discontent with traditional parties, rather than some ideological basis. This weak side was used by opponents of the new-founded party immediately. Leaders of traditional parties started strong opposing campaign, claiming the new party to be populist, Neo-Nazi or ultra-nationalist. Shortcut: WP:CU Marking articles for cleanup This page is undergoing a transition to an easier-to-maintain format. ... This Manual of Style has the simple purpose of making things easy to read by following a consistent format — it is a style guide. ... Rolandas Paksas ( (help· info)) (born 10 June 1956 in TelÅ¡iai, Lithuania) is a well known politician in Lithuania and currently heads the Liberal Democrats Party in Lithuania. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... National Socialism redirects here. ... Eugène Delacroixs Liberty Leading the People, symbolising French nationalism during the July Revolution. ...

This strong opposing was quite unexpceted for Lithuanian democracy, where different political parties existed without any restrictions since 1991, although any real reasons of such stress weren't ever revealed either by politicians or by experts. Almost all traditional parties, except few smaller political groups (National Progress party of Lithuania, and Liberty League of Lithuania including), more or less supported the opposing campaign, what resulted using of strong administrative resource against the new party, that especially increased, when the leader of the party Rolandas Paksas won the presidential election of 2003. Many of members of official structures declared disloyalty to the new president. Number of his main supporters were treated as offenders or as possible offenders of political correctness, that finally led to an impeachment of Rolandas Paksas. 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Being in the center of these events, Liberal Democratic party gain its face as a political force, that opposes to traditional restrictions of political correctness and steady structure of ruling class, leading, according supporters of the party, to continuous corruption. Along with it Liberal Democrats maintained elements of a populist party, with motley and challenging political campaigns, although some observers consider, that controversy of the impeachment decreased its chances in political stage. Populism is a political ideology or rhetorical style that holds that the common person is oppressed by the elite in society, which exists only to serve its own interests, and therefore, the instruments of the State need to be grasped from this self-serving elite and instead used for the...

The last congress of the party, held on 13 May 2006 declared, that the party had passed a difficult stage of its establishment successively, encouraging people of Lithuania constantly oppose corruption and power misapplication in the country and changing the name of the party to Order and Justice. The formal reason to change the name was the fact that even four different political groups used word liberal in their names. According to unofficial views of some party members, the new name mirrors more conservative position of the party, than it was in 2002 when the party was founded. May 13 is the 133rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (134th in leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ...

Leaders

• Rolandas Paksas – the first leader of the party, 2002 − 2003.
• Valentinas Mazūronis – 2003 − 2004 (for the period of Rolandas Paksas' presidency).
• Rolandas Paksas – 2004 till now.

Rolandas Paksas ( (help· info)) (born 10 June 1956 in Telšiai, Lithuania) is a well known politician in Lithuania and currently heads the Liberal Democrats Party in Lithuania. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Rolandas Paksas ( (help· info)) (born 10 June 1956 in Telšiai, Lithuania) is a well known politician in Lithuania and currently heads the Liberal Democrats Party in Lithuania. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Controversies

During the campaign by old parties Liberal Democrats were accused to be ultra-nationalists and Neo-Nazis, but these accusations are not well-based, being said more for propaganda purposes. The main argument against the accusations is that the Liberal Democratic party haven't ever declared traditional ultra-nationalistic or Nazi slogans nor its members have done. The next accusation, in populism, is more serious. On the other hand populism is almost unavoidable element of political life in the post-Soviet Eastern Europe, and it's very difficult to measure, which parties use it correctly and which not. The best illustration of it is the mentioned campaign, in which the old parties used a great dose of populist slogans too. Regions of Europe as delineated by the United Nations (UN definition of Eastern Europe marked salmon):  Northern Europe  Western Europe  Eastern Europe  Southern Europe Pre-1989 division between the West (grey) and Eastern Bloc (orange) superimposed on current national boundaries: Russia (dark orange), other countries of the former USSR (medium...

Elections

• 2003 the leader of the party Rolandas Paksas won Presidential election 54.9% of votes over 45.1% (in the 2nd round).
• 2004 European Parliament Election: 1 seat from 13 Lithuanian ones.
• 2004 Seimas (parliamentary) election: 11 mandates (in a coalition with other minor political groups under the label For the Order and Justice /Už tvarką ir teisingumą /).

Presently, Liberal Democrats have separate group of Liberal Democrats with 9 members in the Lithuanian parliament. The member of the European Parliament from the Lithuanian Liberal Democratic party is Rolandas Pavilionis, a former rector of Vilnius University. He belongs to Union for Europe of the Nations group of the European Parliament. 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Rolandas Paksas ( (help· info)) (born 10 June 1956 in Telšiai, Lithuania) is a well known politician in Lithuania and currently heads the Liberal Democrats Party in Lithuania. ... Elections to the European Parliament were held in Lithuania on June 13, 2004. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Seimas is the Lithuanian parliament. ... Politics of Lithuania Categories: Election related stubs | Elections in Lithuania ... Sign in the entrance of the European Parliament building in Brussels, written in all the official languages used in the European Union as of July 2006 The European Parliament building in Strasbourg The debating chamber, or hemicycle, in Strasbourg The European Parliament building in Brussels The European Parliament (formerly European... Rolandas Pavilionis is a Lithuanian politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Liberal Democratic Party; part of the Union for a Europe of Nations. ... Vilnius University (also known as Vilnius State University, The University of Vilnius, Lithuanian: , formerly Stefan Batory University), is one of the oldest Universities in Eastern Europe and the largest University in Lithuania. ... UEN logo The Union for Europe of the Nations is a nationalist and (mostly) euro-sceptic party grouping with seats in the European Parliament. ...

External link

• Official web site of the Liberal Democratic party of Lithuania