“At the request of the Seimas, the Government or individual Ministers must give an account of their activities to the Seimas. When more than half of the Ministers are replaced, the Government must once again receive its powers from the Seimas. Otherwise, the Government must resign. The Government must also resign in the following cases: 1) when the Seimas twice in succession does not give its assent to the programme of the newly formed Government; 2) when the Seimas, by a majority vote of all the Members of the Seimas and by secret ballot, expresses no confidence in the Government or in the Prime Minister; 3) when the Prime Minister resigns or dies; 4) after the election to the Seimas, when a new Government is formed. A Minister must resign when more than half of all the Members of the Seimas, by secret ballot, express no confidence in him. The President of the Republic shall accept the resignation of the Government or a Minister.”
This article sets out the Government's accountability to the Seimas and the cases in which it must resign. At the request of the Seimas, the Government or Ministers must give an account of their activities. When more than half of the Ministers are replaced, the Government must receive its powers from the Seimas again, and it must resign after a vote of no confidence, the Prime Minister's resignation or a new Seimas election.
If the Prime Minister resigns, the whole Government resigns with them and the President must propose a new candidate to the Seimas; if more than half of the Ministers are replaced, the Government returns to the Seimas for a fresh mandate.
Memorise: "more than half of the Ministers", programme rejected "twice in succession", and no confidence by a majority of all Seimas members in a secret ballot. The President accepts the resignation.
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