After the incoming parliament starts its work and the outgoing Cabinet returns its powers, pursuant to the Constitution, the president will submit to the Seimas the candidature of a new prime minister for consideration within 15 days.
The Social Democratic Party of Lithuania won 38 seats in the Lithuanian Seimas in the general election in October, followed by the Labour Party (29) and the Order and Justice party (11). The trio will have a 78-member ruling coalition in the Seimas.
The president has earlier spoken against the Labour Party's involvement in the new government as the party itself as a legal entity as well as its leaders are the defendants in a criminal case.
