Communist Party of Ukraine (renewed)

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Communist Party of Ukraine
FoundedNovember 2000
Split fromCommunist Party of Ukraine
IdeologyCommunism
Marxism-Leninism
KPU(o) election poster

The Communist Party of Ukraine (renewed) (Ukrainian: Комуністична партія України (оновлена); Komunistyčna Partija Ukraïny (onovlena)) is a banned political party in Ukraine, formed in November 2000[1] following a split from the Communist Party of Ukraine (KPU). KPU(o) is led by , 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]

History[]

The party was formed in November 2000[1] as a split from the Communist Party of Ukraine (KPU). The first party leader was . Savenko previously was a member of Parliament of the pro-president Leonid Kuchma[5] Labour Ukraine.[6]

The KPU claimed that the formation of KPU(o) was instigated by the political establishment, in order to steal votes from KPU.[7] In the 2002 Ukrainian parliamentary election, the party won 1.4% of the popular vote and no seats. despite the fact that only six other parties 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 and it stated it was continuing the court actions that started in July 2014 to end the registration of Ukraine’s communist parties.[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[]

  1. ^ a b c (in Ukrainian) Комуністична партія України (оновлена), sd.net
  2. ^ The European Union and Democratization: Reluctant States (Europe and the Nation State) by Paul Kubicek, Routledge, ISBN 978-0-415-31136-6, page 171
  3. ^ Ukraine Political Parties, GlobalSecurity.org
  4. ^ 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)
  5. ^ The European Union and Democratization: Reluctant States (Europe and the Nation State) by Paul Kubicek, Routledge, ISBN 978-0-415-31136-6, page 171
  6. ^ Ukraine Political Parties, GlobalSecurity.org
  7. ^ [1] Archived April 15, 2005, at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ Virtual Politics - Faking Democracy in the Post-Soviet World, Andrew Wilson, Yale University Press, 2005, ISBN 0-300-09545-7 page 256
  9. ^ (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
  10. ^ a b Ukraine Bars Communists From Elections, Radio Free Europe (24 July 2015)
  11. ^ Alphabetical Index of parties in 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election Archived 2014-12-18 at the Wayback Machine, Central Election Commission of Ukraine
  12. ^ "Ukraine bans Soviet symbols and criminalises sympathy for communism". The Guardian. May 21, 2015. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
  13. ^ 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)
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