VILNIUS, May 11 (Xinhua) -- Lithuania's ousted president Rolandas Paksas confirmed that he does not exclude possibility of creating a new public movement aimed at "uniting people" and implementing goals of "civil society", local media reported Friday.
"I don't exclude this possibility. I already stated about half a year ago that an institution or civil society organization should be created in order to unite people who care and to ensure nation's survival," Paksas was quoted as saying in an interview with local website 15min.lt.
According to the website, the new movement would carry the name I Call the Nation, following the phrase from the song of deceased popular Lithuanian singer Vytautas Kernagis, which was correspondingly based on poetry of famous Lithuanian author Bernardas Brazdzionis.
Paksas did not deny the idea in the interview with the website.
Petras Grazulis, member of Lithuanian parliament from the Order and Justice party, confirmed he would join Paksas' movement. Paksas is a former leader of the Order and Justice party.
According to Remigijus Zemaitaitis, current chairman of the party, creation of the new movement would lead to divisions within the party.
In a separate interview with broadcaster Ziniu Radijas, Zemaitaitis noted that Paksas' move could also indicate an attempt to avoid responsibility as the Order and Justice party is involved into a criminal case.
The party is suspected of having spent around 346,000 euros in funds allegedly obtained as bribes or through other illegal means on publicity, law-enforcement officials said earlier in May after completing their pre-trial investigation.
"If the movement is being created to become a political party in the future, then it is one of the dirtiest things," Zemaitaitis emphasized.
Paksas in 2004 became the first European leader to be removed from the office after the Constitutional Court of Lithuania found him guilty of violating the constitution and his oath of office.
Paksas was elected to European Parliament in 2009. In Lithuania, he is banned from holding any public office that required an oath. However, the lifetime ban from the parliament was ruled to be disproportionate measure by the European Court of Human Rights in 2011.
