2013-01-07 10:56

Labor's Viktor Uspaskich donated 34 thousand euros to his party and its candidates

The leader of the Lithuanian Labor Party, Viktor Uspaskich, was the most generous benefactor to parties and politicians during the October general elections, donating in total 118,750 litas (EUR 34,420).
Viktoras Uspaskichas
Viktor Uspaskich / Irmanto Gelūno / BNS nuotr.

He donated money to his own party, where he was put 1st on the candidate list, and also 14 of its candidates, the weekly magazine Veidas reports.

According to Veidas, a private individual may donate up to 21,750 litas to a single participant of the election campaign but the total sum of donations cannot exceed 10 percent of his annual declared income.

A candidate may earmark up to 43,500 litas to his election campaign, an amount donated by four candidates in the 2012 parliamentary elections; however, merely one of them – Kęstutis Daukšys of the Labor Party – won a mandate in the Seimas.

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