World IN BRIEF : LITHUANIA : Ex-Communists Poised for Victory
The first republic to break away from the Soviet Union appeared to be on the verge of returning former Communists to power in parliamentary runoffs. Lithuanian voters angered by hard times said as they left the polls that they were ready to give the former Communists--now called the Democratic Labor Party--a chance to restore economic order. The big loser could be Sajudis, the anti-Communist party that led Lithuania to independence in 1990. Many Lithuanians blame Sajudis and its leader, Vytautas Landsbergis, for the failing economy.
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