Parliament is considering a proposal to declare the former Communist Party of Lithuania (LKP) as an organisation that had committed criminal acts. Leader of the party Democrats For Lithuania, MP Saulius Skvernelis, is sceptical about the idea.
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Several influential figures were members of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, some of them joined it at the time when Lithuania was striving for independence, news website 15min.lt has reported.
Gabrielius Landsbergis, leader of the Homeland Union–Lithuanian Christian Democrats (HU-LCD), does not support a move by two conservative lawmakers to declare the Lithuanian Communist Party (LCP) a criminal organization.
The Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania, on June 26 adopted a Resolution recognising the Lithuanian Communist Party (LCP), which functioned during the Soviet occupation in Lithuania, as a criminal organisation. A similar draft resolution was initiated in the Seimas two years ago, however, the former...
The Lithuanian parliament on Tuesday urged the government to draft a law declaring the former Lithuanian Communist Party a criminal organization, saying that the party's activities during the years of Soviet occupation had signs of criminal activity.
