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 "slug": "seimas-votes-99-13-delete-article-137-nuclear-weapons-foreign-bases-ban-94-vote-readings-6-october-12-january-2027",
 "title": "Seimas Votes 99 to 13 to Proceed With Deleting Article 137, Lithuania's Constitutional Ban on Nuclear Weapons and Foreign Bases",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/seimas-votes-99-13-delete-article-137-nuclear-weapons-foreign-bases-ban-94-vote-readings-6-october-12-january-2027/",
 "canonical": "https://www.grosswald.org/seimas-votes-99-13-delete-article-137-nuclear-weapons-foreign-bases-ban-94-vote-readings-6-october-12-january-2027/",
 "type": "article",
 "published": "2026-09-22T19:01:00.000+02:00",
 "updated": "2026-09-24T19:01:29.000+02:00",
 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVilnius, 22 September 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * The Seimas voted on 22 September, 99 in favour, 13 against and five abstaining, to take up the amendment deleting Article 137 of the constitution, which states that weapons of mass destruction and foreign military bases may not be stationed on Lithuanian territory\n * Speaker Juozas Olekas set the first adoption vote for 6 October and the final vote for 12 January 2027; each needs at least 94 of the 141 members, at least three months apart",
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