Lithuania celebrates the 30th anniversary of its constitution which was adopted by a referendum on October 25, 1992.
The 16th exam on the Constitution and an international conference on the country's fundamental law are being organised to mark the occasion.
“This is the first and only Lithuanian constitution adopted by referendum,” said Parliament Speaker Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen in a statement. “It is the free choice of the people as the sole bearer of sovereignty that gives our constitution unconditional legitimacy.”
On Tuesday, the Constitutional Court and the Venice Commission are also organising an international conference titled From National Constitutions to Transnational Constitutionalism.
“The 1992 constitution took over the fundamental constitutional values enshrined in the 1922 constitution – the independence of the country, democracy, and republicanism. The continuity of the traditions that have shaped the development of our constitutional thought allows us to hope that the constitution, which celebrates its mature anniversary this year, has a solid foundation of values that will allow it to remain in force for many years to come,” said the president of the Constitutional Court, Danutė Jočienė.
This year, Lithuania also celebrated the 100th anniversary of the constitution of the interwar republic which was adopted on August 1, 1922.
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