The Commission of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania and the Lithuanian World Community opposes the proposal to hold a referendum on amending the Constitution to expand dual citizenship. The Seimas' decision would be enough, it said.

Five years ago, the Constitutional Court held that the Constitution establishes dual citizenship as rare exception, writes LETA/ELTA.

Politicians continue seeking solutions to amend the Constitution because the provision on the citizenship is in the part of the law that may only be changed by a referendum. The Lithuanian World Community says it would not favour the referendum as it is allegedly even unclear how to formulate the question.

"We heard some lawyers at our sittings saying that it is not the only solution. We urge seeking legal means to solve the issue rather than hold a referendum," Head of the Lithuanian World Community Commission Irena Gasperaviciute told a conference at the Seimas on Thursday.

During the conference, the commission also said that the Lithuanian world community would like to vote online in the coming parliamentary election.

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