People's Council of the Donetsk People's Republic

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People's Council of the Donetsk People's Republic

Народный Совет Донецкой Народной Республики

Narodnyj Soviet Donietskoj Narodnoj Respubliki
Coat of arms or logo
Type
Type
Unicameral
Term limits
5 years
Leadership
Chairman of the People's Soviet
Volodymyr Bidyovka
since 19 November 2018
Structure
Seats100
Structure of the People's Council of the Donetsk People's Republic
Political groups
  •   Donetsk Republic (74)
  •   Free Donbas (26)
Elections
Party-list proportional representation
Last election
2 November 2014
Meeting place
Donetsk
Website
dnrsovet.su/ru/

The People's Council[1] (Russian: Народный Совет, romanized: Narodnyj Soviet), formerly the Supreme Council (Russian: Высший Совет), is the legislature of the unrecognised Donetsk People's Republic.[2][3][4]

History[]

The first legislative body of the Donetsk People's Republic was the Supreme Council (Russian: Верховный Совет), which was established by pro-Russian protesters in early April 2014.[4] It is not clear as to what the composition of this body was. That body adopted a constitution on 14 May 2014, after having held a referendum on independence from Ukraine. This constitution provided for the establishment of a new body, to replace the Supreme Council, called the People's Council (Russian: Народный Совет).[4] Elections to the People's Council were held on 2 November 2014. The political party Donetsk Republic, which includes the Communist Party of the Donetsk People's Republic, gained a majority of the seats in the Council with the 68,53% and 68 seats. Free Donbas, which includes the Russian-nationalist New Russia Party, gained the 31.65% and 32 seats.

The body is presided over by the Chairman of the People's Council. The position was first held by Andrei Purgin but he was stripped of his position and detained under charges of disrupting and attempting to destabilize a meeting.[5] Denis Pushilin succeeded Purgin on 4 September 2015 and stayed in office until 14 December 2018 when he was replaced by Olga Makeeva.[6][7][8] Soon after she was succeeded by Volodymyr Bidyovka on 20 November.[9]

References[]

  1. ^ "Official Donetsk People's Republic legislature website".
  2. ^ [dead link] "Battle lines drawn in Donetsk on the eve of rebel elections". The Daily Telegraph. 1 November 2014. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
  3. ^ "Rebel-Backed Elections to Cement Status Quo in Ukraine". The New York Times. 2 November 2014. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
  4. ^ a b c [dead link]"Constitution of the Donetsk People's Republic". Donetsk People's Republic. 14 May 2014. Archived from the original on 28 October 2014. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  5. ^ "Speaker of the People's Council of the DPR Andrei Purgin dismissed". Interfax. 4 September 2015.
  6. ^ "Pushilin headed the DPR parliament". Interfax. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  7. ^ "Пушилин возглавил парламент ДНР". Interfax. 4 September 2015.
  8. ^ "Денис Пушилин сложил депутатские полномочия | Официальный сайт Народного Совета ДНР". dnrsovet.su. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  9. ^ "Vladimir Bidyovka: It is important not to make hollow promises". People's Council of the Donetsk People's Republic Official website. 21 December 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
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