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Over 100,000 members in Lithuanian political parties
BC, Vilnius, 05.10.2015.
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Print versionBy 1 October 2015, Lithuanian political parties had 118,813 members in total, according to data provided by 24 political parties to the Lithuanian Ministry of Justice, informs LETA/ELTA.
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Under the Law on Political Parties, all political parties must submit their member lists to the Ministry of Justice every year, by 1 October and 1 March.
The Law also establishes that every party (until the end of 2015) must have at least 1,000 members. As of 14 December 2015, parties will be obliged to have 2,000 as a minimum.
If the number of members falls below the allowed minimum, the party may be dissolved.
Currently, there are 41 political parties in Lithuania, 4 of them are being dissolved.
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