| Abstract [eng] |
Regulation of the Presidential Election in the Republic of Lithuania In 1992 in the Referendum on the Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania President‘s institution has been re-established.According to the Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania is a democratic parliamentary republic. Lithuania is a parliamentary representative democratic republic and Lithuanian parliamentary, presidential elections and the elections of local government as well as referendums are held in a democratic way. Law on the Presidential elections regulates universal, equal and direct suffrage by secret ballot. The President of the Republic is elected by the citizens of the Republic of Lithuania. The main principles of Presidential elections are framed in the Constitutions. The President of the Republic takes the oath to a very special subject whom sovereignty belongs to. He/she swears to the People of Lithuania. The oath has got a constitutional importance and causes juristically after-effects. In 2004 the Parliament of Lithuania voted in favour of impeachment against Rolandas Paksas and removed him from office. The main task of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Lithuania is to declare the acts of the Seimas unconstitutional and thus render them ineffective. Moreover, it adjudicates on the conformance of the acts of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania to the Laws. The Court has issued some acts and conclusions on the Law on Presidential elections. The Central Electoral Committee organises and provides the democratic elections of the President. The Law on Presidential elections was declared in 1992 and since that it was adopted and improved according to the suggestions of Political Parties or changes in the society. The draft on the new elections law is submitted for approval in Seimas this year. The objectives of this paper are to pass in review the Presidential Institution from a historic aspect and to explore the elections of the President in Lithuania which were held in 1993, 1997 and in 2004. Moreover, analysis of supplement of Law of the Presidential elections is also made in this paper. |
