YES (Lithuania)

YES – Homeland Revival and Perspective TAIP – Tėvynės atgimimas ir perspektyva
Leader	Artūras Zuokas
Founder	Artūras Zuokas
Founded	13 January 2012; 13 years ago (2012-01-13)[1]
Dissolved	10 September 2014; 10 years ago (2014-09-10)
Split from	Liberal and Centre Union
Merged into	Lithuanian Freedom Union
Ideology	Conservative liberalism
Political position	Centre-right
Website
www.taip.lt
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YES – Homeland Revival and Perspective (Lithuanian: TAIP – Tėvynės atgimimas ir perspektyva) was a minor centre-right political party in Lithuania. The party was founded by Artūras Zuokas, the Mayor of Vilnius, in 2011.[2]

History

The founder of the party, Artūras Zuokas, served as the chairman of the Liberal and Centre Union from 2003 to 2010, but subsequently resigned from the party prior to the 2011 Lithuanian municipal elections.[3] The objective of the founders of the party was to "shake up the country's political party system", however, this was met with scepticism by some political analysts, who described the initiative as demagoguery.[4] In its 2012 programme, the party proposed a reduction in the number of MPs in Seimas from 141 to 101, the limitation of parliamentary terms to two, the exemption of housing and land from taxation, and a slight increase in the minimum wage.[5]

In the 2011 Vilnius City Municipal Elections, the independent candidates of "YES" emerged victorious, securing the largest faction in the Vilnius City Municipal Council with 13 members, including Rūta Vanagaitė, Darius Maskoliūnas, Žydrūnas Savickas and others.

In 2014, "YES" re-merged with the Liberals and Centre Union to form the Freedom Union of Lithuania (Liberals), and in 2020 the party merged with the Order and Justice and the political movement "Forward, Lithuania", resulting in the establishment of a new political party named Freedom and Justice.[6]

References

1. "Partija "Sąjunga Taip"". rekvizitai.lt. Rekvizitai.lt / UAB „Verslo žinios“. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
2. "Zuokas to establish a new political party". Lithuania Tribune. 30 June 2011. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
3. ELTA. "Šiandien steigiama A. Zuoko partija – sąjunga TAIP". tv3.lt. All Media Lithuania. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
4. Balsytė, Lina. "A.Zuokas palieka liberalcentristus". 15min.lt. 15min. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
5. "Danutė Budreikaitė: atgimus Lietuva – ne svajonė, o realybė". siluteszinios.lt. Šilutės Žinios. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
6. "Partija „Laisvė ir teisingumas"". vle.lt. LNB Mokslo ir enciklopedijų leidybos centras. Retrieved 20 December 2024.