Opposition Platform — For Life
Opposition Platform — For Life | |
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Ukrainian name | Опозицiйна платформа – За життя |
Russian name | Оппозиционная платформа – За жизнь |
Abbreviation | OPZZh or OPFL |
Leader | Yuriy Boyko[1] |
Chairman of the Executive Committee | Serhiy Lyovochkin |
Founders | Yuriy Boyko Vadim Rabinovich Viktor Medvedchuk Dmytro Firtash |
Founded |
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Banned | March-September 2022
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Merger of |
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Political position | Centre[5] to centre-left[6] |
Colours | Blue, green and yellow |
Website | |
zagittya.com.ua | |
The Opposition Platform – For Life (Ukrainian: Опозиційна платформа – За життя; Russian: Оппозиционная платформа – За жизнь, OPZZh) was a pro-Russian[8] and Eurosceptic political party in Ukraine.
The party was the successor of For Life (Ukrainian: За життя, Russian: За жизнь) formerly All-Ukrainian Union "Center" from 1999 to 2016, a small pro-Russian political party. It was registered in December 1999.[9] In the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election, the party won 37 seats on the nationwide party list and six constituency seats.[10] Although it espoused pro-Russian policies,[8] the party publicly denounced the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 8 March 2022.[1]
On 20 March 2022, its activities were suspended by the National Security and Defense Council for the period of martial law due to allegations of having ties to Russia made by the Council.[11][12][13] On 14 April, the party's parliamentary group was dissolved in Ukraine's parliament.[14] On 21 April, twenty-five of the party's former deputies formed a new parliamentary group called "Platform for Life and Peace" (Ukrainian: Платформа за життя та мир).[15] On 20 June, the party was banned by court.[16] On 15 September 2022, the final appeal against this ban was dismissed by the Supreme Court of Ukraine.[17]
History
All-Ukrainian Union "Center"
At the
For life
In July 2016, former members of Opposition Bloc
Foundation of Opposition Platform – For Life
According to
On 5 November 2018, one of
On 9 November 2018, Opposition Bloc chairman Yuriy Boyko and For Life signed an agreement (called Opposition Platform – For Life) for cooperation in the 2019 Ukrainian presidential election and the parliamentary election of the same year.[34][35] The same day, Opposition Bloc leading members Vadym Novynskyi and Borys Kolesnikov claimed the agreement was a "personal initiative" of Boyko and that the party had not taken any decisions on cooperation with For Life.[36]
Opposition Bloc members, Ukraine – Forward! and Party of Development of Ukraine joined the Opposition Platform – For Life alliance on 17 November 2018.[35][37] The same day, Opposition Platform – For Life nominated Boyko as its candidate in the 2019 Ukrainian presidential election.[35]
After Boyko was excluded from the parliamentary faction of the Opposition Bloc (the reason given was "because they betrayed their voters'" interests), on 20 November 2018 he announced the creation of a new parliamentary group called Opposition Platform – For Life.[38][39] According to Boyko, part of Opposition Bloc is to join this new parliamentary group and he claimed "we have several offers from MPs belonging to other groups".[39]
On 13 December 2018, it was announced that a new party, called Opposition Platform – For Life, had been formed.[40]
Boyko's official nomination was announced on 17 November. Because Opposition Platform – For Life was not yet registered as a party in January 2019, it could not nominate him as a presidential candidate.
2019 parliamentary election and 2020 local elections
In the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election the party won 37 seats (13.05% of the total votes) on the nationwide party list and 6 constituency seats.[10] 11.4% of the party's elected deputies were women.[46]
In the October
Grenade attack and call for impeachment
On 3 July 2020, a grenade was thrown into the party's office in Poltava, and one person was injured as a result of the explosion.[55][56]
Following the enactment of Ukrainian sanctions imposed on fellow party member
2022 Russian invasion and banning
As of early 2022, its leadership consisted of Rabinovich and Boyko (co-chairs), Medvedchuk (head of Political Council, chair of Strategic Council) and
On 24 February 2022, Russia launched a
On 7 March 2022, the party deprived Medvedchuk, who was charged with high treason in May 2021, of the post of co-chairman of the party; making Yuriy Boyko the sole chairman.[63][1] Medvedchuk had escaped his house arrest on 28 February 2022.[65] On 14 April, he was apprehended once again.[66]
On 7 March 2022, the party also demanded "from the leadership of the Russian Federation to stop the aggression against Ukraine and calls on the participants of the negotiation process to immediately decide on a ceasefire and withdrawal of all Russian troops from Ukraine."[1] The party also decided to support the participation of members of the Territorial Defense Forces to protect critical infrastructure, housing and looting and to support humanitarian corridors for the withdrawal of civilians.[1][63]
Opposition Platform – For Life was one of several political parties suspended by the
At the 24 March 2022 parliamentary sitting five MPs announced their resignation from the Opposition Platform – For Life faction.[68] Meanwhile parliament itself was consulting with the Ministry of Justice on actions against the party's remaining deputies, as Ukrainian law did not provide for a single mechanism for suspending the activities of the party represented in parliament.[68]
On 26 March 2022, the faction Opposition Platform – For Life in the Odesa Oblast Council ceased to exist.[69] 18 deputies joined the newly formed deputy group Our Home is Ukraine.[69]
On 14 April 2022, the party's parliamentary group was dissolved in Ukraine's parliament.[14]
On 21 April 2022, the Opposition Platform – For Life deputies in Ukraine's national parliament formed a new parliamentary group.[15] The group was named "Platform for Life and Peace" (Ukrainian: Платформа за життя та мир) and headed by Boyko and consisted of 25 MPs.[15] On 11 May 2022 The Opposition Platform – For Life faction in Kharkiv City Council ceased to exist.[70] 16 of the parties 18 deputies created the parliamentary group "Restoration of Ukraine".[70]
On 20 June 2022, the Eighth Administrative Court of Appeal banned the party.[16] The property of the party and all its branches were transferred to the state.[16] The decision was open to appeal at the Supreme Court of Ukraine within 20 days.[16] At the time Opposition Platform – For Life was one of two of the 20 March 2022 suspended parties that was subject to an attempt of getting banned in court, Opposition Platform – For Life was the only party to defend and participate in the case.[16] (The other party was the Progressive Socialist Party of Ukraine.[71]) On 15 September 2022, the final appeal against the party's ban was dismissed by the Supreme Court of Ukraine, meaning that the party was fully banned in Ukraine.[17]
Policies
In the party election program for the
At a conciliation council among leaders of parliamentary factions on 17 February 2020,
During hostile relations between Russia and Ukraine, the parliamentary deputy group of Opposition Platform – For Life sent its delegation as official parliamentary delegation of Ukraine to Russia's State Duma on 10 March 2020.[78][79] The OPFL delegation was met with a standing ovation in the State Duma. Soon after information about the trip appeared, the press service office of the Verkhovna Rada denied that the parliament had commissioned the delegation to conduct any negotiations with Duma representatives and no official documents had been issued for the foreign visit of the delegation.[80][81]
After
Election results
Verkhovna Rada
- All-Ukrainian Union Center
Year | Popular vote | % of popular vote | Overall seats won | Seat change | Government |
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2006 | Opposition Bloc "Ne Tak"
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0 / 450
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0 | Extra-parliamentary | |
2007 | KUCHMA Electoral Bloc of Political Parties | 0 / 450
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0 | Extra-parliamentary | |
2014 | Opposition Bloc | 29 / 450
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29 | Opposition |
- Opposition Platform – For Life
Year | Popular vote | % of popular vote | Overall seats won | Seat change | Government |
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2019 | 1,908,087 | 13.05 | 43 / 450
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43 | Opposition |
Presidential elections
Year | Candidate | First round | Second round | Won/Loss | |||
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Votes | % | Rank | Votes | % | |||
2019 | Yuriy Boyko | 2,206,216 | 11.7% | 4th | Eliminated | Loss |
Local councils
Election | Performance | Rank | |||
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% | ± pp | Seats | +/– | ||
2020 | 9.90 | New | 4,209 / 42,501
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New | 4rd |
International cooperation
The party had international cooperation agreements with the following parties:
Notes
- Opposition Bloc - Party for Development and Peace (the recently renamed Industrial Party of Ukraine).[42] According to Liga.net Rinat Akhmetov had renamed Industrial Party of Ukraine to Opposition Bloc - Party for Development and Peace solely to circumvent the courts injunction of 20 December 2018 (which prohibited any changes to the statute of the (party) Opposition Bloc, this lawsuit was filed by People's Deputy of Ukraine for Opposition Bloc Serhiy Larin[43]).[42]
- ^ Supporters of Dmytro Firtash's and Yuriy Boyko's factions
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External links
- Media related to Opposition Platform — For Life at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website