Perhaps, Lithuania can teach us something.

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"In March 2002, Paksas was elected as a chairman of his newly founded Liberal Democratic Party. On January 5, 2003, he was elected President of Lithuania, after a surprise win over the incumbent Valdas Adamkus in a runoff. In the first round of elections, Paksas was the second, with 19.7% of vote but, in the runoff, he gathered 54.9%.

On February 26, 2003, his term as a President began. During his term, Rolandas Paksas had kept connections with the Russian mafia. He tried to extort some private companies, like the road construction company Žemaitijos keliai, by putting pressure on their owners. He gave Lithuanian citizenship to Russian Yuri Borisov, who is well known as a gun trader in Third World countries, and violated his oath of office by revealing state secrets to Borisov. His connections were later revealed by the Department of Security, which was run by Mečys Laurinkus. In early 2004, the Seimas started impeachment proceedings against him.

Lithuania became a full member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (on March 29, 2004) during Paksas' tenure in office.

On March 31, 2004, the Constitutional Court of Lithuania found him guilty. After the Constitutional Court's ruling, the Seimas effectively removed him from the presidency through a secret ballot on April 6, 2004.

Paksas attempted to run for the presidency again in the newly-called elections of June 13, 2004. His attempts were effectively ended on May 4, 2004, when - as per the Constitutional Court's ruling - an amendment to Lithuania's Election Law was made banning an impeached President from running again for any public office requiring an oath. This prevents Paksas from running for either President or Legislative office."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolandas_Paksas