Front Party Fronto partija | |
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| Leader | Algirdas Paleckis |
| Founded | 2008 |
| Dissolved | December 19, 2009 |
| Merged into | Socialist People's Front |
| Headquarters | Vilnius, Kaštonų g. 4 |
| Ideology | Democratic socialism (officially) Socialism Left-wing nationalism |
| Political position | Far-left |
| Colours | Red |
| Website | |
| fronte.lt | |
TheFront Party (Lithuanian:Fronto partija, abbreviatedFRONTAS) was asocialistpolitical party inLithuania established in 2008 byAlgirdas Paleckis. It participated in the2008 Lithuanian parliamentary elections but failed to reach the 5% cutoff and sent no members to theSeimas.
On December 19, 2009, the party merged with theLithuanian Socialist Party to establish a new political party, theSocialist People's Front.
The party is consideredsocialist,[1] clearly advancing leftist values and advocating reforms to theLithuanian Constitution. The party supports an interventionist policy on economic matters ("The market must be regulated and limited").
The party promised during the parliamentary elections to reduce the number of Seimas members to 121 and to expand the powers of thepresident.
On December 19, 2009, the Front Party merged with the Lithuanian Socialist Party at a meeting in Vilnius. The new party was named theSocialist People's Front (Lithuanian:Socialistinis liaudies frontas). At the meeting, held atVilnius University, 102 party delegates participated. In voting for the merger, 96 delegates were in favor, three against, and one abstained. The new party was registered at theMinistry of Justice, and its ideology wasdemocratic socialist.[2]
According to investigation by theState Security Department of Lithuania, Paleckis was supported by the business groupMG Baltic, led byDarius Mockus, throughout his political career and maintained ties with the group even after the establishment of the Front Party.[3]
