The so-called “receipt scandal” has pushed the ruling Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) from second to fourth place in the party popularity ratings, according to a new survey by Vilmorus, published by the Lietuvos Rytas daily on Saturday.
If the Seimas election were to be held on the upcoming Sunday, 7.9 percent of respondents would vote for TS-LKD, down from 9.9 percent in April.
The survey was carried out amid the scandal of allegedly non-transparent payouts to former Kaunas Council Members, including several ministers in the current cabinet. As a result, the TS-LKD presidium proposed to initiate a snap parliament election, saying that they want to “reset” the political system.
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The opposition Farmers and Greens Unions overtook TS-LKD in the party popularity ratings and moved up from third to second place, with 9,4 percent saying they would vote for the party in May.
The opposition Democratic Union “For Lithuania” went up from fourth to third place, with 8.2 percent of support.
The Lithuanian Social Democratic Party remains the most popular party in the country, with 18.1 percent.
The Liberal Movement, which is part of the ruling coalition, would get 4.3 percent of votes, down from 5.1 percent in April.
A quarter of voters did not know who they would vote for and almost 14 percent said they would not vote at all, the survey also revealed.
Vilmorus interviewed 1,000 people on May 17-21.
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