The hearing also saw consideration
of two
resolutions, sponsored by Kallos, calling on the state Legislature to pass the Voter Empowerment Act (VEA) and a
constitutional amendment that would establish no - excuse absentee voting in the state.
The governor and lawmakers declared another major victory on first passage
of a
resolution calling for a statewide vote on a
constitutional amendment that will allow for the stripping
of pensions from elected officials convicted
of corruption, including more senior ones who are currently exempt from a similar statute put on the books in 2011.
The
resolution, which is now association policy, comes on the heels
of the recent defeat in the U.S. Senate
of a
constitutional amendment that would have permitted vocal, organized prayer in the public schools.
It has been held in this ruling
of the
Constitutional Court that upon the entry into force of the Constitution, the legislature had the constitutional duty to regulate the citizenship relations of the Republic of Lithuania, inter alia, to correct the legal regulation established in the Law on Citizenship (wording of 5 December 1991 with subsequent amendments and supplements, made prior to the entry into force of the 1992 Constitution) and the Supreme Council Resolution «On the Procedure for Implementation of the Republic of Lithuania's Law on Citizenship» of 10 December 1991 so that this legal regulation would comply with the provisions of the Constitution, inter alia, Artic
Constitutional Court that upon the entry into force
of the Constitution, the legislature had the
constitutional duty to regulate the citizenship relations of the Republic of Lithuania, inter alia, to correct the legal regulation established in the Law on Citizenship (wording of 5 December 1991 with subsequent amendments and supplements, made prior to the entry into force of the 1992 Constitution) and the Supreme Council Resolution «On the Procedure for Implementation of the Republic of Lithuania's Law on Citizenship» of 10 December 1991 so that this legal regulation would comply with the provisions of the Constitution, inter alia, Artic
constitutional duty to regulate the citizenship relations
of the Republic
of Lithuania, inter alia, to correct the legal regulation established in the Law on Citizenship (wording
of 5 December 1991 with subsequent
amendments and supplements, made prior to the entry into force
of the 1992 Constitution) and the Supreme Council
Resolution «On the Procedure for Implementation
of the Republic
of Lithuania's Law on Citizenship»
of 10 December 1991 so that this legal regulation would comply with the provisions
of the Constitution, inter alia, Article 12 thereof.