Maidan People's Union

All-Ukrainian Union "Maidan" Всеукраїнське об'єднання «Майдан»
Leader	Yulia Tymoshenko, Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Vitali Klitschko, Oleh Tyahnybok, Serhiy Kvit, Yuriy Lutsenko and Ruslana[1]
Founded	22 December 2013 (2013-12-22)
Ideology	Pro-Europeanism European integration Ukrainian nationalism Liberalism Factions: Anti-Russian Ultranationalism
Political position	Big tent
Members	Batkivshchyna UDAR Svoboda AutoMaidan Vidsich European Party Right Sector UNA-UNSO And others
Colours	Blue   Yellow
Party flag
Website
maidan2013.com.ua
Politics of Ukraine Political parties Elections

The Maidan People's Union (Ukrainian: Народне об'єднання "Майдан") is an alliance in Ukraine formed by several political parties and non-partisan individuals and public organizations on the fifth Sunday (22 December 2013) of the Euromaidan-protests with the aim of "building a new Ukraine and a new Ukrainian government" ^[2] by creating a new Ukrainian constitution, and removing corrupt judges and prosecutors.^[1][3] It also aims to organize opposition to the current regime and to coordinate the protest movement in all regions of the country.^[2] In practise this means broadening support for the goals of the organization in the pro-government and pro-presidential heartland East Ukraine.^[4]

The organization aims^[how?] that millions of Ukrainians will become members.^[5] According to co-head of the organization Arseniy Yatsenyuk, "it will be a little bit like the Solidarity movement in Poland".^[5]

History[]

On 30 November 2013 the opposition parties Batkivshchyna, UDAR and Svoboda set up the National Resistance Headquarters.^[6][7] At the time they controlled 168 seats of the 450 in the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's national parliament).^[8]

On 22 December 2013, the fifth ongoing week of the Euromaidan-protests (100,000 rallied in Kyiv^[9]) major opposition parties and non-partisans established a nationwide political movement called Maidan.^[1][3] "Maidan" refers to/is the nickname of Maidan Nezalezhnosti where the Euromaidan-protests are centered.^[4][10] The movement has the aim of broadening support for Euromaidan in East Ukraine were the support for the second Azarov Government and President Viktor Yanukovich is centred.^[4] (At the first day of the movement) opposition leader Arseniy Yatsenyuk stated "Every person who wants a fair and honest future must be in favour of this movement".^[4] Since 24 December 2013 the organization started to accept membership.^[11]

Agenda[]

The organization has set several goals:

• the formation of a new Constitution of Ukraine "that should make the Ukrainian people feel that they run the country"^[11]
• the formation of an action plan for Ukraine by forming groups for each policy sector, ranging from economical to foreign policy^[11]
• the formation of groups that provide legal, financial and organizational support to Euromaidan^[11] activists who are persecuted for participating in protests, particularly in Kharkiv and Odessa^[11]
• "participation and protection" of the 2014 Ukrainian presidential election^[11]
• establishing its branches in 20 regions^{[12][nb 1]}
• a strategy of Ukraine's development until 2025^[12]

Organization[]

Co-heads of the organization are Yulia Tymoshenko and Arseniy Yatsenyuk of Batkivshchyna, Vitali Klitschko of UDAR, Oleh Tyahnybok of Svoboda, University president of National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy Serhiy Kvit, leader of the organization Third Ukrainian Republic Yuriy Lutsenko and singer Ruslana^[1]

The council of the organization includes , , , Ihor Zhdanov, Andriy Illyenko, Irena Karpa, Serhiy Kvit, Vyacheslav Kyrylenko, , Vitali Klitschko, Ruslan Koshulynsky, , Ruslana Lyzhychko, Ihor Lutsenko, Yuriy Lutsenko, Maria Matios, Andriy Mokhnyk, , , , Petro Poroshenko, Vitaly Portnikov, , , Serhiy Sobolev, , Viktoria Siumar, Borys Tarasyuk, Yulia Tymoshenko, Oleksandr Turchynov, Oleh Tyahnybok, Valeriy Chaly, Refat Chubarov, , , , and Arseniy Yatsenyuk.^[1]

Notes[]

References[]

External links[]

• Official website (in Ukrainian)