Lithuanians vote out pro-austerity government

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Press TV - 10/15/12

Lithuania’s left-wing and populist opposition parties are expected to form a new coalition government after anti-austerity Lithuanians voted out the country’s conservative-led government.

Two women cast their ballot at a polling station in Vilnius, Lithuania on October 14, 2012.

Two women cast their ballot at a polling station in Vilnius, Lithuania on October 14, 2012.
 
The leaders of three opposition parties--Labour, the Social Democrats and Order and Justice parties-- held a meeting early on Monday after an exit poll showed that the voters decided to evict the country’s centre-right Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius in Sunday parliamentary election.

"We're creating a working group to start consultations on a coalition," Labour leader Viktor Uspaskich said after the meeting.

 

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