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Any suggestions on how to add Election in Central Lithuania to that template?-- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk 19:56, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
It was mentioned in edit summary that legislative (or parliamentary) elections should come first as they predate the presidential ones. However, since the President of Lithuania is the most senior office holder and outranks all other politicians, I think it should come first on this template. -- B.Lameira ( talk) 18:36, 23 February 2016 (UTC)
I find it absolutely baffling that we need even to have a discussion about this, to begin with, but how on earth is it okay to put the elections of the Lithuanian SSR and the elections of the independent Republic of Lithuania in one template? These were two separate political states with one being a constituent part of a larger entity and the other one being a completely sovereign state.
Also, I'm not buying the argument about the elections of the interwar Republic of Lithuania should not be mentioned as they were indirect: you're saying that the elections of the interwar period don't count because they were indirect, but simultaneously you're perfectly fine with Lithuanian SSR fictional one-party elections that were fabricated being mentioned in the template? Are you joking me? Ignoring the elections of the interwar period is simply intellectually dishonest as it's ignoring the actual longevity of the presidential institution. So, no, it's not okay even in the slightest.
In addition, unlike Lithuania, modern Latvia and Estonia continue to have indirectly elected presidents by their parliament to this day. So, does that mean we should not mention them too? -- SeriousThinker ( talk) 16:59, 22 September 2022 (UTC)
I agree with not including interwar presidential elections as those were not true elections. Renata• 3 21:30, 23 September 2022 (UTC)
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Any suggestions on how to add Election in Central Lithuania to that template?-- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk 19:56, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
It was mentioned in edit summary that legislative (or parliamentary) elections should come first as they predate the presidential ones. However, since the President of Lithuania is the most senior office holder and outranks all other politicians, I think it should come first on this template. -- B.Lameira ( talk) 18:36, 23 February 2016 (UTC)
I find it absolutely baffling that we need even to have a discussion about this, to begin with, but how on earth is it okay to put the elections of the Lithuanian SSR and the elections of the independent Republic of Lithuania in one template? These were two separate political states with one being a constituent part of a larger entity and the other one being a completely sovereign state.
Also, I'm not buying the argument about the elections of the interwar Republic of Lithuania should not be mentioned as they were indirect: you're saying that the elections of the interwar period don't count because they were indirect, but simultaneously you're perfectly fine with Lithuanian SSR fictional one-party elections that were fabricated being mentioned in the template? Are you joking me? Ignoring the elections of the interwar period is simply intellectually dishonest as it's ignoring the actual longevity of the presidential institution. So, no, it's not okay even in the slightest.
In addition, unlike Lithuania, modern Latvia and Estonia continue to have indirectly elected presidents by their parliament to this day. So, does that mean we should not mention them too? -- SeriousThinker ( talk) 16:59, 22 September 2022 (UTC)
I agree with not including interwar presidential elections as those were not true elections. Renata• 3 21:30, 23 September 2022 (UTC)