The constituent assembly held in front of the President's Palace was attended by a few dozen people. Nevertheless, the elected leader Darius Kuolys alone had more than a thousand mandates. The participants approved the party's bylaws, program, and council.
Some 1,524 people were registered as founders of the new political force.
The event was not sanctioned by the municipality, therefore, the police told the participants to leave.
"Our party is unique. It will not strain to be in official positions. It will not run for these elections as a political unit. It is being founded to enable us to rally a broad front of democratic forces aiming to restore a democratic country. The people founding the party do not aspire to power, they merely want to have an opportunity to have a list of people who could serve Lithuania under certain program requirements," Kuolys said.
He also noted that the party would support "candidates running for parliament in single-mandate districts – people enjoying public trust, our trust and committed to the program of state renewal and rebuilding.".
Under the law, a political party needs at least 1,000 founders. Party founding documents along with the list of founders and other necessary documents have to be submitted to the Justice Ministry, which has 30 days to process the documents and make a decision whether to register the party in the Registry of Legal Entities.
The name of party, the Lithuanian List, is already used by another party, Drąsos Kelias, which presented the core of its candidate list for the upcoming general elections on Monday. One of the participants, journalist Valdas Vasiliauskas, said the list would simply be called the Drąsos Kelias candidate list, as the Lithuanian List was already patented by Kuolys.
Kuolys was previously associated with Drąsos Kelias, party that appeared following events in Garliava.
Lithuania currently has 44 registered political parties.
