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The leader of Lithuania's ruling Order and Justice party, MEP Rolandas Paksas, said on Monday he had proposed three new candidates for the post of interior minister after Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius rejected the candidacy of MP Povilas Gylys.
The Social Democratic party has chosen not to support the Order and Justice party's nomination of Povilas Gylys as a candidate for Minister of the Interior.
The Lithuanian prime minister is meeting with MP Povilas Gylys who has been proposed for the post of minister of the interior on Friday.
Rolandas Paksas, the leader of the Order and Justice party, rejects rumours that he might be stepping down from the party's helm. As Paksas himself cannot run for parliament in the general elections this October, speculations continue on who will lead the party's list.
