The Communist Party of Ukraine (renewed) (Ukrainian: Комуністична партія України (оновлена), romanized: Komunistychna Partiia Ukrainy (onovlena), KPU(o)) was a political party in Ukraine, formed in November 2000[1] following a split from the Communist Party of Ukraine (KPU). KPU(o) was led by Mykhaylo Savenko, previously a member of Parliament of the pro-president Kuchma[2] Labour Ukraine.[3] On 30 September 2015, the District Administrative Court in Kyiv banned the party.[4]
Communist Party of Ukraine (renewed) | |
|---|---|
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| Founded | November 2000 |
| Banned | 30 September 2015 |
| Split from | Communist Party of Ukraine |
| Ideology | Communism Marxism-Leninism |
| Political position | Far-left |
History
editThe party was formed in November 2000[1] as a split from the Communist Party of Ukraine (KPU). The first party leader was Mykhaylo Savenko. Savenko had been a Member of Parliament supporting President Leonid Kuchma[5] in Labour Ukraine.[6]
The KPU claimed that the formation of the KPU(o) was instigated by the political establishment to take votes from the KPU.[7] In the 2002 Ukrainian parliamentary election, the party won 1.4% of the popular vote and no seats although only six other parties had spent more on their election campaign.[8] In the 2007 Ukrainian parliamentary election, the party garnered only 0.29% of the popular vote.[1] The party did not participate to the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election[9][10] and the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election.[10][11]
In May 2015, decommunization in Ukraine came into effect in Ukraine, banning communist symbols, singing the Soviet national anthem or "The Internationale".[12] Because of these laws, the Ukrainian Interior Ministry stripped the party of its right to participate in elections on 24 July 2015.[13] The party did not challenge this ban and was thus on 30 September 2015 terminated by the District Administrative Court in Kyiv.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b c (in Ukrainian) Комуністична партія України (оновлена), sd.net
- ^ The European Union and Democratization: Reluctant States (Europe and the Nation State) by Paul Kubicek, Routledge, ISBN 978-0-415-31136-6, page 171
- ^ Ukraine Political Parties, GlobalSecurity.org
- ^ a b (in Ukrainian) The court banned the two Communist parties, Ukrayinska Pravda (1 October 2015)
Kyiv’s Court terminates two Communist parties, Ukrinform (1 October 2015) - ^ The European Union and Democratization: Reluctant States (Europe and the Nation State) by Paul Kubicek, Routledge, ISBN 978-0-415-31136-6, page 171
- ^ Ukraine Political Parties, GlobalSecurity.org
- ^ [1] Archived April 15, 2005, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Virtual Politics - Faking Democracy in the Post-Soviet World, Andrew Wilson, Yale University Press, 2005, ISBN 0-300-09545-7 page 256
- ^ (in Ukrainian) Results of voting in single constituencies in 2012 Archived November 27, 2012, at the Wayback Machine & Nation-wide list Archived 2012-12-22 at archive.today, Central Election Commission of Ukraine
- ^ a b Ukraine Bars Communists From Elections, Radio Free Europe (24 July 2015)
- ^ Alphabetical Index of parties in 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election Archived 2014-12-18 at the Wayback Machine, Central Election Commission of Ukraine
- ^ "Ukraine bans Soviet symbols and criminalises sympathy for communism". The Guardian. May 21, 2015. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
- ^ Ukraine's Justice Ministry outlaws Communists from elections, Kyiv Post, (24 July 2015)
Justice Ministry bans three communist parties from taking part in election process as they violate Ukrainian law - minister, Interfax-Ukraine, (24 July 2015)