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Article 119
 

Administrative units provided by law on State territory shall be entitled to the right of elf-government. This right shall be implemented through local government Councils.

Citizens of the Republic of Lithuania and other permanent residents of an administrative unit shall be elected according to the law to local government Councils for a four-year term on the basis of universal, equal and direct suffrage by secret ballot by the citizens of the Republic of Lithuania and other residents of the administrative unit.

The procedure for the organisation and activities of self- government institutions shall be established by law.

Local government Councils shall form executive bodies which are accountable to them for the direct implementation of the laws of the Republic of Lithuania and the decisions of the Government and the local government Council.