Uspaskich pledged to make the final decision on giving up his mandate as a member of the European Parliament (EP) on Monday, after a meeting with the Social Democratic Party's leader Algirdas Butkevičius.
"We are more than satisfied, the multi-mandate voting results were approved and our list has the number of mandates it had, of course, there may be some changes. Unfortunately, the ruling came prior to the hearings of criminal charges of vote buying (in prisons), as, from what I know about the case – it was most probably a provocation," Uspaskich told BNS on Saturday.
The Constitutional Court's ruling invalidated the results in Biržai–Kupiškis area where Aleksandras Želtinis of the Social Democratic Party won the elections after the second round of voting, leaving the Labour Party's Ritas Vaiginas in second position merely 5 votes behind, followed by another candidate less than 30 votes behind him.
"We are very happy and grateful for the invalidation of results in Biržai–Kupiškis area results, as our candidate was second there and a small number of votes behind, we will now have an opportunity to fight for the 30th mandate," Uspaskich said.
In his words, the negotiations over the center-left coalition with the Social Democratic and the Order and Justice party's leaders will continue on Monday. Furthermore, the Labour Party will get ready for possible decisions by the party's council – approval of candidates to ministerial and parliamentary posts.
