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27-590: Arūnas Valinskas , Lithuanian producer and media personality, first announced the idea of forming a party for "resurrection" in April 2008. It was registered in June of the same year. Valinskas was elected as the leader of the party and served as the leader for the entirety of its existence. From the beginning, the TPP was described as a "showmen's party", as many of its initial members were TV personalities and representatives of

54-512: A Polish-Lithuanian politician and an activist for Polish minorities Valdemar Tomaševski sued Valinskas after the latter suggested executing him and others alike by shooting, saying: "Tomaševski is an absolute Colorado beetle [a pest] who is antistate despite getting financial support from the Lithuanian State Budget. Such as he should be executed by shooting , for no particular reason. One a year. Starting with him." However,

81-411: A result, the party's parliamentary group withdrew its confidence on its own ministers and threatened with departure from the coalition. In response, Valinskas removed four members of the TPP parliamentary group, including chairman of the group Laimontas Dinius  [ lt ] , from the party. Dinius, in response, called for an emergency session of the party presidium on the removal of Valinskas from

108-681: The Labour Party and Order and Justice , which Valinskas described as threats to national security. However, after the election, the TPP, Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats , the Liberal and Centre Union and the Liberal Movement joined in a centre-right "Coalition for Change" ( Lithuanian : Permainų koalicija ), which formed the Kubilius Cabinet II . According to the coalition agreement , Valinskas

135-614: The Maxima Group . At the election of 12 October 2008 to the Seimas , the party won 15.09% of the popular vote and 13 seats in the first round. However, in spite of fielding numerous media personalities known to the Lithuanian public, it only won 3 additional seats in the second round of the single-member constituency elections. Before the 2008 parliamentary election, the party announced its interest to work with any parties except

162-587: The National Resurrection Party in 2008 before the election to the Seimas. He was the Speaker of the Seimas from 17 November 2008 to 15 September 2009. Valinskas declared as a candidate for the 2009 Lithuanian presidential elections , but withdrew before the election. In 2011 National Resurrection Party merged to the Liberal and Centre Union . Disagreements between an LNK journalist at

189-484: The Ten Commandments without any commitment to policy: It has been described as a personalist party of Arūnas Valinskas, with no political positions of its own. In 2009, the party adopted a new program, which defined it as a party of the centre that "reconciles the left-wing principle of equality and the right-wing principle of liberty". It affirmed its support for dual citizenship , returning sovereignty to

216-508: The "Eaters of Bread" Party ( Lithuanian : Duonos valgytojų partija ) Remigijus Vilkaitis for Minister of Culture . While Vilkaitis was accepted, the nomination of Burkšas was highly controversial due to his approval of numerous illegal constructions in the Curonian Spit , a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a national park , and was blocked by Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius . Eventually, Gediminas Kazlauskas  [ lt ]

243-631: The Christian Party merged with the Labour Party in 2013, while the Liberal and Centre Union merged with YES (itself a split from the LiCS) in 2014 and ultimately with the Order and Justice party to form Freedom and Justice in 2020. The TPP has been described as a centre , centre-right or populist political party. Its program in the 2008 Lithuanian parliamentary election was a word play on

270-520: The European Union . Ar%C5%ABnas Valinskas Arūnas Valinskas (born 28 November 1966) is a Lithuanian showman , TV producer , TV show host and politician. As the leader of the National Resurrection Party , he was elected to the Seimas , Lithuanian parliament, in the 2008 Lithuanian parliamentary election . Valinskas is married to a Lithuanian singer and TV show host Inga Valinskienė and has two sons Arūnas and Šarūnas. In 2002 he

297-556: The LiCS. In April 2010, Remigijus Vilkaitis was expelled from the party and it delegated Valinskas as their candidate for Minister of Culture, but, after the candidate was criticized by the President, it delegated Arūnas Gelūnas  [ lt ] instead. TPP and LiCS announced their full merger on 22 September 2011, and it was completed on 10 December. A new program was drafted which affirmed commitment to responsible liberalism and

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324-555: The Lithuanian Prosecutor's Office stated that the thoughts expressed by Valinskas are not a crime. Valinskas later responded to the outburst by saying: "This [the statement about execution by shooting] was just a scenic humorous statement by using subjunctive mood without any encouragement to take actual measures. It was a vivid expression of my opinion about this 'political figure'." Ministry of Justice (Lithuania) Too Many Requests If you report this error to

351-404: The Seimas removed him from the position with 95 members voting in favor, and 20 against. Irena Degutienė was elected as the next Speaker. After the vote, the "Oak" Parliamentary Group adopted the name National Resurrection Party Group, whereas the former National Resurrection Party Group renamed itself to Parliamentary Group "One Lithuania" ( Lithuanian : Frakcija "Viena Lietuva" ). It entered

378-648: The group to claim the Ministry of Transport and Communications to support his private interests, while Valinskas was accused of ties with "the Doctors" ( Lithuanian : Daktarai ), an organized crime ring in Kaunas , led by Henrikas Daktaras  [ lt ] . In light of these rumors, President Dalia Grybauskaitė demanded Valinskas' resignation from Speaker of the Seimas. Valinskas refused to resign, in spite of pressure from coalition partners. On 15 September,

405-506: The media industry, much like Valinskas himself. Many of the figures included in the party's electoral list were personally connected to Valinskas - including his wife Inga Valinskienė  [ lt ] , as well as the manager of his company "A. Valinsko tvenkiniai". Saulius Stoma  [ lt ] , who later joined the party, claimed that Valinskas was connected with the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania and

432-797: The opposition and merged with the Christian Conservative Social Union and the Lithuanian Party of Christian Democracy in January 2010 to form the Christian Party . After the loss of the Christian Party deputies, the remaining members of the TPP began preparing for a merger with the Liberal and Centre Union, and formed a joint group in the Seimas. Initially, the Liberal Movement was also considered for unification, but it refused to merge with

459-471: The party's intent to represent a "third way" in Lithuanian politics. Some members (e. g. Rokas Žilinskas ) joined the Homeland Union instead. Almost all members of the Seimas elected on the party's list in 2008 were not reelected in the 2012 Lithuanian parliamentary election . Both the Christian Party and the Liberal and Centre Union won no seats in the election, and merged into different parties -

486-405: The party. Valinskas' decision to remove four members of the party was ignored, and they, alongside the rest of the party's parliamentary group, left the party on their own accord on 13 August. Around the same time, both Valinskas and Dinius were targeted by rumors - Dinius and the remaining TPP parliamentary group were accused of being influenced by businessman Gediminas Žiemelis , who pushed for

513-520: The people, and free-market economics . The concluding sentences of the program invoked both God and the Kantian categorical imperative , asking for their support. During the campaign for the 2009 European Parliament election in Lithuania , the TPP expressed its opposition to further European integration , calling for a "Europe of nations", and criticized lack of transparency in the institutions of

540-463: The same time, the party drew closer to the Liberal and Centre Union and signed an agreement of parliamentary group cooperation to increase their weight in the coalition against the Homeland Union. The internal conflict in the party and its perceived inability to government severely impacted its ratings. In the 2009 European Parliament election in Lithuania , the party received only 1.04% of

567-514: The time Rūta Janutienė and Arūnas Valinskas originated in 2008, when during a live broadcast Janutienė openly questioned Valinskas' wealth and income declaration as well as his debt in a sarcastic demeanor, and she asked whether Valinskas is "running for Seimas [Lithuanian Parliament] because of bankruptcy?" To this he responded by saying: "It is probably you who is going bankrupt if you're hosting such shows that don't fit you. You're short of money, perhaps?" This discussion escalated drastically between

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594-465: The two until the politician pointed out that Janutienė criticized his wife―Inga Valinskienė―for having "a prostitute-like image" in a magazine, and raised a rhetorical question: "Where is it worse being a prostitute―in a photo or in journalism?" Valinskas also accused her of working for the President of Lithuania Rolandas Paksas who faced impeachment and thus had to step down back in 2004. In 2020,

621-453: The vote and no mandates. After the election, the party considered leaving the coalition, and opponents of Valinskas gained the upper hand in the party's parliamentary group and central leadership. On 15 July, seven members of the party's parliamentary group who supported the chairman and Speaker of the Seimas, including Valinskas himself, suspended their membership and formed the "Oak" Parliamentary Group ( Lithuanian : Ąžuolo frakcija ). As

648-786: Was granted a master's degree in law at Vilnius University . In the 1990s, Valinskas began his acting and hosting career. He is the creator of several famous TV shows in Lithuania such as Taip ir Ne ( Litpolinter TV ), Arena ( BTV ), Dviračio šou (both BTV and LNK ), and popular reality-competition shows such as Miss Captivity Pageant ( LNK ) and Kelias į žvaigždes ( LNK ) and Žvaigždžių vartai ( TV3 ). He has hosted many concerts and shows including Šeši nuliai – milijonas ( LNK ). In 2012 he came back to show business with restored TV show Taip ir Ne . Many Lithuanian stars, including Radži, Berneen, Vilija Matačiūnaitė, Vudis became known after appearing in his shows. Valinskas founded

675-408: Was nominated instead. The first signs of the party's collapse came in early 2009, due to protests from the party membership over Valinskas' authoritarian leadership in the party. Valinskas stalled the adoption of a party statute, fearing that it would reduce his control of the party. Opposition within the party also criticized the arrogant attitude of Minister Remigijus Vilkaitis. Regardless, Valinskas

702-467: Was reelected as chairman of the party without opposition in a party conference on 15 March, which also approved a list of the party's candidates for the 2009 European Parliament elections . Though a party statute was also approved in the conference, its registration by the Ministry of Justice was frozen, as the Liberal Movement , which controlled the ministry, allegedly sought to hasten the disintegration of TPP and bring its members to their party. Around

729-402: Was to be elected Speaker of the Seimas , but he was only elected after a second vote, becoming the first Speaker of the Seimas in Lithuanian history to not be elected on the first vote. As the vote was secret, it is unknown which members of the coalition protested. The TPP nominated Vice-Mayor of Neringa Municipality Arūnas Burkšas for Minister of Environment and actor and former leader of

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