Information about Relations with Foreign Special Services (Structures)

1. After the Central Election Commission of the Republic of Lithuania (hereinafter: 'the Central Election Commission, CEC') has adopted a decision to issue an individual who is self-nominated or is nominated as a candidate for President with forms for the collection of voter signatures, s/he must, before s/he is registered as a candidate for President, submit to the CEC the information about her/his work with the NKVD, NKGB, MGB, KGB of the USSR or the former Soviet republics as well as with other corresponding services (structures) of other foreign states, studying at schools of the said services (structures) or about collaboration with the said services (structures). An individual who is self-nominated or is nominated as a candidate for President shall enter this information into a questionnaire. It must specify the name and subordination of the service (structure), individual’s position, rank and functions, time and place of work or studies, awards. The CEC shall set out the format of a questionnaire. Data contained in the questionnaire shall be available to the public. If an individual who is self-nominated or is nominated as a candidate for President indicates in a questionnaire the information specified in the present paragraph of this Article, the CEC must make public such questionnaire within 24 hours from the date of its submission.

2. If an individual who is self-nominated or is nominated as a candidate for President has not submitted to the CEC a filled-in questionnaire prior to registration as a candidate for President, the CEC shall make public this fact not later than within 24 hours from the date of her/his registration as a candidate for President.

3. A candidate for President must announce in her/his every video or audio election campaign material about her/his work, studying or collaboration with the services (structures) specified in paragraph 1 of this Article.

4. If the CEC receives written information that the data provided in a questionnaire are wrongful, concealed or that a filled-in questionnaire has not been submitted, as well as that an individual who is self-nominated or is nominated as a candidate for President or a candidate for President worked, studied in the services (structures) specified in paragraph 1 of this Article or collaborated with them and establishes that the related data are not included in a questionnaire, it must within 48 hours notify an individual who is self-nominated or is nominated as a candidate for President or a candidate for President about the received information and offer him to provide explanations.

5. If an individual who is self-nominated or is nominated as a candidate for President or a candidate for President agrees to the information received by the CEC, s/he must immediately enter additionally this information on her/his questionnaire and, in the event a questionnaire has not been filled in, s/he must fill it in and enter the indicated information thereon. The CEC must, not later than within 24 hours, make public this information.

6. If an individual who is self-nominated or is nominated as a candidate for President or a candidate for President does not agree to the information received by the CEC, does not arrive at the CEC when invited or refuses to provide explanations regarding the received information, the CEC may, when necessary, approach the people who provided the said information as well as other institutions or organisations, requesting to provide additional data or documents.

7. Having considered the received information, the CEC must take one of the following decisions:
1) to declare the received information groundless;

2) to appeal to the Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania with an application to establish a fact that an individual who is self-nominated or is nominated as a candidate for President or a candidate for President has included in a questionnaire the wrongful data about her/his work, studying in the services (structures) specified in paragraph 1 of this Article or collaboration with them, or has concealed these data.

8. In all cases the CEC must, not later than within 5 working days of receipt of the information, take a decision and to make it public within 24 hours from its adoption.

9. The Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania shall consider the application of the CEC within 72 hours and take a decision. This decision shall become effective from the moment of its announcement.

10. The CEC shall within 24 hours make public the effective decision of the Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania.

11. If the CEC receives the information specified in paragraph 1 of this Article later than 12 days left before the election, a candidate for President shall not be notified about this information, and the CEC shall not consider it.

12. The CEC may make public the fact established by the Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania not later than 72 hours left before the beginning of voting.