in 2024 May 12 along with the referendum on dual citizenship, it is proposed to hold elections for the President of the Republic of Lithuania.
Such a draft resolution of the Seimas was registered on Monday by the Speaker of the Seimas Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen.
It is proposed that the resolution of the Seimas regarding the date of the Lithuanian Presidential elections enter into force on November 12 of this year.
The Election Code stipulates that regular elections for the President of the Republic are held on the last Sunday 2 months before the end of the term of office of the President of the Republic. The ordinary elections of the President of the Republic are announced Seimas no later than 6 months before the end of the term of office of the President of the Republic.
The day of the presidential election must be indicated in the resolution of the Seimas regarding the regular elections of the President of the Republic.
During 2019 May 12 was elected President of Lithuania in the elections held Gitanas Nauseda.
ELTA reminds that in 2024 May 12 A mandatory referendum will be held in Lithuania on the amendment of Article 12 of the Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania, which regulates citizenship. Referendum by its resolution on May 23 of this year. announced by the Seimas.
In the referendum held next year, it will be proposed to approve the amendment of Article 12 of the Constitution, establishing the following text: "Citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania is acquired at birth and on other grounds and procedures established by the constitutional law. The constitutional law also establishes the grounds and procedure for the loss of citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania".
It is planned that this law will enter into force on the same day as the law amending Article 12 of the Constitution.
Currently, Article 12 of the Constitution stipulates that "Citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania is acquired at birth and on other grounds established by law. Except for individual cases provided for by law, no one can be a citizen of the Republic of Lithuania and another state at the same time. The procedure for acquiring and losing citizenship is determined by law."
