Nevertheless, he did not run for party leadership, saying he lacked experience. Joana Šimanauskienė, chairperson of Kaunas community Viltis, was proposed for the party's leader.
"Romanov will still be the ideological leader," Šimanauskienė said at the congress.
No other candidates were proposed and discussed at the Sunday's meeting, and Šimanauskienė was supported by 1,268 participants, while 61 were against.
Some participants admitted they voted for Šimanauskienė without even knowing her. A few people inquired about her education and asked her to introduce herself. Šimanauskienė said she had a university degree in the Lithuanian language, had been raising a disabled child for 23 years and was currently employed at an unnamed company.
After the congress, Šimanauskienė refrained from any comments to the media, as its representatives were not invited to the event. She added that everything would be reported "in a newspaper and on LNK television we signed a contract with."
Romanov was elected to the new party's board.
The constituent assembly on Sunday afternoon was attended by 1,393 people. According to Lithuanian laws, a party can be established by at least 1,000 founders.
In his brief speech, Romanov said that he was very touched to see so many people attending the event.
"We cannot reach the truth, if we don't talk among ourselves, if we don't hear the voice of our ancestors, the history of the past and do not assess the culture built over the thousand years before our era, which was erased and destroyed, first of all, by German historians and, now, by modern scientists who help leaders create new political history. Modern historians say that Lithuanians were illiterate, which is not true, and it is our goal to prove it," Romanov said in his speech.
"Our group owns an aluminum plant, we make between 0 and 10 dollars, while the same kilogram generates 2,000 dollars in military industry, which means that 1,990 dollars go to the military monopoly. You will always be a slave and dependent on where the money goes, they go to deceive us and create a history, this is how the world is created by military monopolies, creating a culture, a pop-culture and history of their own. The virtual world does not only govern us but also creates us as a biomass for its needs. It is our goal to liberate from the monster," Romanov said.
The party's program was not distributed among its participants, only a brief overview was presented to the crowd. The program was approved by vast majority, with no discussions or objections.
Simanauskiene said the program envisaged improvement of relations with the closest neighbors, approval of direct mayoral elections and spoke for “lifting of immunity” of prosecutors and judges.
Asked about the ideological character of the new party, Romanov said he would state his attitude towards many things in a book he is writing.
The meeting approved bylaws of the new party and elected the party's ethics commission. The projected term of the party's chairman is two years.
According to draft bylaws of the Lithuanian People's Party, "the party's objectives are implementation of the party's program and the party's election program, aspiration to well-being of the state and a socially safe environment, accessibility of culture and sports to various groups of the society, fostering of cultural traditions and cultural diversity."
In 2009, Romanov attempted to run for Lithuania's president, however, his candidacy was not registered as short of the requirements stipulated in the Constitution.
