MP turns to central electoral commission over Financial Times articles

MP Agnė Širinskienė of the opposition Lithuanian Regions Political Group says she has addressed the Central Electoral Commission (VRK) for its evaluation whether the high-profile series of publications on Lithuania by the Financial Times is in compliance with the country’s electoral code.

“I have appealed to the Central Electoral Commission of the Republic of Lithuania with a request to assess whether the commissioning of an advertising campaign on the Financial Times with public money and its subsequent unmarked dissemination throughout Lithuania during the municipal election campaign violated the provisions of the Electoral Code of the Republic of Lithuania which regulate the financing of elections and political advertising,” the politician wrote on her Facebook page on Friday.