Lithuania celebrates the 30th anniversary of the Constitution: a traditional exam and a conference will be held
The exam for the year of the State Constitution consists of 20 closed tests and one open question.
It will take place on the website www.konstitucijosegzaminas.lt.
“The commission tried to make the exam not only a test of factual knowledge. I hope that we succeeded in the stories and the exam was enjoyable, to learn or understand this and that new thing,” said teacher Antanas Jonušas, a member of the exam commission.
According to Ewelina Dobrowolska of the Ministry of Justice, the Constitution exam will have the greatest meaning this year, as one of the most significant anniversaries for Lithuania will be celebrated on this day – the thirtieth anniversary of the current Constitution of Lithuania, which has been in force for a long time and was adopted by a referendum.
This year, the students with the best knowledge of the Constitution (by class), the person with the best knowledge of it, the oldest participant, the Lithuanian with the best knowledge of the Constitution, the person studying law or legal education with the best knowledge of the Constitution, and the most active school will be awarded.
According to the Ministry, the participants with the best answers to the exam will receive exclusive gifts: 50-euro collectible gold coins dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the State Constitution, tablets, electronic book readers, wireless headphones, and smart watches.
During the 15 years of existence of the Constitution exam, about 420,000 people have tested their constitutional knowledge. people – approximately every seventh citizen of Lithuania.
On Tuesday, the Constitutional Court (CT) and the Venice Commission are also holding an international conference “From the National Constitution to Transnational Constitutionalism”.
Its purpose is to discuss the Constitution as the best law for resolving constitutional challenges that cross national borders with representatives of constitutional justice institutions of other countries and the Lithuanian legal community.
“In 1992 The Constitution took over in 1922. The basic constitutional values - state independence, democracy, republic – are enshrined in the Constitution. The continuity of preserved traditions, which determined the development of our constitutional thought, allows us to hope that the Constitution celebrating its mature anniversary this year has a solid value base that will allow it to be valid for many years”, said the Chairperson of the Constitutional Court, Danutė Jočienė.
President of the Constitutional Court of Latvia Aldis Lavinšis, retired judge of the Supreme Court of Lithuania and the Court of Justice of the European Union Egidijus Jarašiūnas, former president of the Supreme Court, judge of the European Court of Human Rights Egidijus Kūris, former Supreme Court judge Toma Birmontienė, president of the Court of Justice of the European Union Koen Lenaerts of Germany will read at the conference. Chairman of the Constitutional Court Stephanas Harbarth, Chairman of the Constitutional Court D. Jočienė, Judge Gintaras Goda.
The president of the Supreme Court of Estonia, representatives of the constitutional courts of Belgium, Moldova, Austria, Portugal, Albania, the Czech Republic, Poland, Slovenia, Slovakia, Armenia, Romania, Sakartvel, temporary judges of the Supreme Court of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine, creators of the Constitution of Lithuania, former
This year, Lithuania celebrates the 100th anniversary of the State Constitution and the 30th anniversary of the Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania.
On August 1, 1922, the Constituent Seimas adopted the first permanent state institution of Lithuania. In it, Lithuania is declared a democratic republic, in which the sovereign power of the state belongs to the People of Lithuania.
The currently valid Constitution of Lithuania was adopted in a referendum held on October 25, 1992.
For the first time in the history of Lithuania, this document was approved by the nation. In 1992, human rights were declared natural in the Constitution, supremacy was established, the foundations and goals of the political, economic, and social order of an independent democratic state were established, the government’s authorizations for the direction of legal regulation and guideline laws in various areas of social life were established, guarantees for the protection of constitutional institutes were drawn, and political implementation boundaries were drawn.