People and Justice Union
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People and Justice Union (centrists, nationalists) Tautos ir teisingumo sąjunga (centristai, tautininkai) | |
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| Abbreviation | TTS |
| Chairman | Petras Gražulis |
| Vice Chairpeople | Naglis Puteikis Sigitas Karkauskas Ramojus Girinskas |
| Chairman of the Political Council | Kristupas Krivickas |
| Chairwoman of the Board | Rūta Zabielienė |
| Executive Secretary | Aurelija Aleškevičienė |
| Founded | June 1, 2003 |
| Preceded by | Lithuanian Centre Union |
| Headquarters | Kaštonų g. 3, Vilnius, Lithuania |
| Youth wing | Young centrists (Jaunieji centristai) |
| Membership | 3,977 (October 2, 2019 [1] |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Centre[3] to right-wing[4] |
| Colours | Yellow, green, red |
| Seimas | 0 / 141 |
| European Parliament | 0 / 11 |
| Municipal councils | 8 / 1,461 |
| Mayors | 0 / 60 |
| Website | |
| tautateisingumas | |
The People and Justice Union (centrists, nationalists) (Lithuanian: Tautos ir teisingumo sąjunga (centristai, tautininkai)) is an agrarian and nationalist political party in Lithuania. It is currently not represented in the Seimas. The chairman of the party is Petras Gražulis.[6] Its honorary leader was noted Lithuanian philosopher and nationalist thinker Romualdas Ozolas.
Background[edit]
The party was established as the National Centre Party (Nacionalinę centro partiją), before being renamed the Lithuanian Centre Party (Lietuvos Centro partija) in 2005.
In the parliamentary election of 2016, the Lithuanian Centre Party participated in a coalition (Anti-corruption coalition of Kristupas Krivickas and Naglis Puteikis) with the Lithuanian Pensioners' Party, and received 6.1% of the popular vote and one seat.[7] In the 2019 Lithuanian municipal elections, the Centre Party received 1.25% of votes nationwide and won municipal council seats in Klaipeda, Varena and Alytus (increasing the number of seats from 3 to 8).[8] During the 2019 election to the European Parliament the party received 5.13% of the national vote, but did not receive any representatives in the European Parliament. On October 26, 2019, the Congress of the Lithuanian Centre Party decided to change the official name of the party to the Centre Party "Welfare Lithuania". The party fully supports the welfare state idea of the President of the Republic of Lithuania Gitanas Nausėda. In 2020, the party's name was changed again, this time to the Centre Party – Nationalists. In 2021 it merged with the Lithuanian Nationalist and Republican Union to become the People and Justice Union.
The party nominated Petras Gražulis in the 2024 Lithuanian presidential election, but his candidacy was rejected due to a prior impeachment.[9][10]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "LIETUVOS RESPUBLIKOSPOLITINIŲ PARTIJŲ SĄRAŠAS" (PDF). tm.lrv.lt. 2020. Retrieved 2020-08-22.
- ^ "Wenn am nächsten Sonntag Europawahl wäre (Februar 2018): EVP verliert deutlich, kleine Parteien legen zu". Der Föderalist. 5 February 2018. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
- ^ a b Nordsieck, Wolfram (2020). "Lithuania". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
- ^ a b Liesener, Leon Andrius (9 October 2020). "Lithuanian Parliamentary Elections: Two-Rounds, Zero Certainty". Europe Elects. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
- ^ "The populist Far Right in Lithuania during Russia's war against Ukraine". ECPS. 2023-03-04. Retrieved 2024-05-19.
- ^ "Struktūra ir kontaktai". TTS (in Lithuanian). 2024-04-12. Retrieved 2024-05-19.
- ^ "2016 m. Seimo rinkimų rezultatai - vrk.lt". www.vrk.lt.
- ^ "N. Puteikis: rinkimų lyderė yra Centro partija | Diena.lt". kauno.diena.lt.
- ^ "Lithuania's People and Justice Union names impeached MP as presidential candidate". lrt.lt. 2024-02-12. Retrieved 2024-05-19.
- ^ "Gražulis skundžia VRK sprendimą atmesti jo prašymą dalyvauti prezidento rinkimuose". lrt.lt (in Lithuanian). 2024-02-19. Retrieved 2024-05-19.
