Our Ukraine (political party)

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Our Ukraine
Наша Україна
53 / 3,056
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The Our Ukraine (

centre-right political party of Ukraine formed in 2005.[10] The party supported former president Viktor Yushchenko. It has lost much of its support nationwide, yet still has some regional representation in Western Ukraine. Our Ukraine has not participated in national elections since the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election.[11]

On 2 March 2013, there was an attempt to dissolve the party by Serhii Bondarchuk at one of the party congresses in Kyiv.[12] However, the same day other sections of the party claimed this congress was illegal and the real party congress would be held on 18 May 2013.[13] While never was officially listed under any status People's Union "Our Ukraine" was delisted as an observer in the European People's Party, according to press release of Batkivshchyna political party.[14] Youth Union Our Ukraine is the youth wing of the party.[15]

History

As part of Our Ukraine Bloc

The party is the continuation of the electoral alliance of the Viktor Yushchenko Bloc known as "Our Ukraine". The NSNU was formally launched on March 5, 2005 by the group of politicians appointed by the incumbent President Viktor Yushchenko, but it failed to attract most constituent parties that had been members of the previous bloc, which refused to be absorbed into the newly formed party.

The constituent congress, held in the capital Kyiv and attended by 6,000 delegates from all the regions of Ukraine, elected Yushchenko as honorary chairman (who received membership card No.1). Former deputy Prime Minister Roman Bezsmertnyi was elected head of the party's Presidium and Yuriy Yekhanurov as head of the party's Central Executive Committee.

During the parliamentary elections on March 26, 2006, the party took part in the newly formed Our Ukraine bloc.[10] In the snap parliamentary elections conducted on September 30, 2007, the party was part of the Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc alliance,[10] that won 72 (14,15% of the national vote) out of 450 seats in the Verkhovna Rada.[10]

In December 2008, the

United Centre parties were to carry out a unifying congress on 17 January 2009. UNIAN also reported that the People's Democratic party may join the move.[16] However, neither of the events happened. In October 2008, the presidium of People’s Union Our Ukraine party had already decided not to team up with any other party for the proposed snap parliamentary poll then the Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc and had called the idea of teaming up with United Centre "impossible".[17][18]

The Kyiv branch of the party decided not to take part in the party congress of June 2009 because they found the party "destructive".[19][20]

In October 2009, the party stated it intended to take part in the

Victor Yushchenko's support rating had already slumped to 3.8%[23][24] and during the 2010 Ukrainian Presidential Election he won 5.5% of the votes[25]
).

Independently (since 2010)

During the

political blocs were not permitted to compete in the election[26][27]) met with total failure[28] when it took only 2.3% of the national vote[29] The party did quite well in the historical regions Volhynia and Galicia receiving minimal 5% of the votes up through 13,2%, but outside these regions it met with complete failure only managing to win 1,7% in Poltava Oblast, 0,9% in Zhytomyr Oblast and 0,7% in Kyiv Oblast.[30]

A merging with other parties was discussed in September 2011 but was blocked by the party's council.[31]

Results in the 2012 elections

In a December 2011, poll by

Rating the party scored 1%.[32] Since then, the rating in various polls of the party stayed around 1%.[33][34][35]

The party announced that the

constituencies and thus failed to win parliamentary representation.[40] In this election Yushchenko headed the election list of Our Ukraine.[1] The party itself had competed in 25 constituencies and lost in all.[41][42]

The Ukrainian People's Party merged with People's Movement of Ukraine in May 2013.[43]

March 2013 attempted dissolution and further history

On 9 February 2013, the

Viktor Yuschenko from the party.[45] The same day the political council of the party canceled this decision.[45]

On 2 March 2013, a party congress in Kyiv dissolved Our Ukraine.

right wing extra-parliamentary parties and the creation of a single right-wing party.[44] Bondarchuk tried unsuccessfully to remove the registration of Our Ukraine at the Ministry of Justice; they did not accept his documents.[46][47] The remains of Our Ukraine re-registered its party members.[47][nb 1]
On 6 September 2013, the party was deprived of its "observer status" in the European People's Party[14] because "it did no more comply with the principles that the party declared when it joined the European People's Party".[49][nb 2]

The party did not participate in the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election, it had intended to have a candidate in one single-seat constituency, but his registration was cancelled.[11][50]

In October 2017, the Committee of Voters of Ukraine prepared an appeal to the National Agency on Corruption Prevention with a request to check the activities of 21 parties including the Movement of New Forces and Our Ukraine because of the presence of signs of shadow financing. The reason for initiating the verification of Our Ukraine was the lack of reporting on the Agency's website for the second quarter of 2017.[51][52]

Our Ukraine did not participate in the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election.[11]

Election results

Parliamentary since 1994
(year links to election page)
Year Bloc Votes % Mandates
2006
Our Ukraine
3,539,140
13.95
81 (0)
2007
Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc
3,301,282
14.15
72 (0)
2012
226,482
1.11
0 (0)

Notes

  1. ^ Bondarchuk started (in March 2013) an initiative group to discuss the idea of creating a new political party.[48]
  2. UDAR was granted "observer status" in the European People's Party.[14]

References

  1. ^
    BBC Ukrainian
    (31 July 2012)
  2. ^ Our Ukraine's congress adopts amendments in party's statute, Ukrinform (27 December 2008)
  3. ^ a b c Taras Kuzio (2008), "Ukraine", Nations and Nationalism: A Global Historical Overview, ABC-CLIO, p. 1629
  4. ^ Taras Kuzio (2005), "Ukraine's 2004 Presidential Election: The Orange Revolution", Elections Today, 12 (4): 10
  5. ^ Anders Åslund (2009), How Ukraine Became a Market Economy and Democracy, Peterson Institute for International Economics, p. 180
  6. ^ Madalena Resende; Hendrik Kraetzschmar (2005), "Parties of Power as Roadblocks to Democracy: The Cases of Ukraine and Egypt", Democratisation in the European Neighbourhood, Centre for European Policy Studies, p. 160
  7. ^ Natalia Shapovalova (2010), "Ukraine: A New Partnership", The European Union and Democracy Promotion, The Johns Hopkins University Press, p. 60
  8. ^ (in Ukrainian) Results of elections, Central Election Commission
  9. ^ Our Ukraine officially changes its name Archived May 31, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, Interfax-Ukraine (14 July 2009)
  10. ^ a b c d (in Ukrainian) Політична партія «Наша Україна» Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, Database DATA
  11. ^ a b c "Електоральна пам'ять". ukr.vote.
  12. ^ a b "Yushchenko's 'Our Ukraine' Dissolves Itself". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. March 4, 2016. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016./www.kyivpost.com/content/politics/our-ukraine-partys-congress-legitimate-bondarchuk-321207.html
  13. ^
    Ukrayinska Pravda
    (2 March 2013)
  14. ^
    Ukrayinska Pravda (6 September 2013)
    Member Parties Archived May 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, European People's Party
  15. UNIAN
    (2 March 2013)
  16. UNIAN
    (24 December 2008)
  17. UNIAN
    . 21 October 2008.
  18. ^ "Our Ukraine Board defined the formatting of participation in elections". Our Ukraine official website (in Ukrainian). 21 October 2008.[permanent dead link]
  19. Ukrayinska Pravda
    (26 June 2009)
  20. ^ Council of Our Ukraine's branch in Kyiv quits party Archived May 31, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, Interfax-Ukraine (2 July 2009)
  21. ^ Our Ukraine to participate in next parliamentary elections Archived May 31, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, Interfax-Ukraine (28 October 2009)
  22. ^ Party Of Regions, Tymoshenko bloc, Strong Ukraine, Front for Change and Communist Party would get into parliament Archived July 13, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, Kyiv Post (12 April 2010
  23. ^ (in English) Socis center for social and political studies Archived August 19, 2009, at the Wayback Machine, UkrNews (17 August 2009)
  24. ^ "With or without Baloha, Yushchenko's unelectable". Kyiv Post. 28 May 2009. Retrieved 28 May 2009.[dead link]
  25. Wall Street Journal
    . Retrieved 18 January 2010.
  26. ^ Ukraine changes election rules before key vote Archived February 7, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, Kyiv Post (28 July 2010)
  27. ^ Law: All parties registered in Ukraine would be able to participate in local elections Archived February 5, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, Kyiv Post (30 August 2010)
  28. ^ Local government elections in Ukraine: last stage in the Party of Regions’ takeover of power Archived August 13, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, Centre for Eastern Studies (4 October 2010)
  29. ^ UKRAINIAN APPEALS TO ANTI-SEMITISM IN ELECTION WIN Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
  30. ^ "РЕЗУЛЬТАТИ МІСЦЕВИХ ВИБОРІВ. ПОПЕРЕДНІ ДАНІ". Українська правда. Archived from the original on March 16, 2016.
  31. Ukrayinska Pravda
    (27 September 2011)
  32. Rating
    (20 December 2011)
  33. ^ If parliamentary elections were held next Sunday how would you vote? (recurrent poll, 2010-2011) Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine by Razumkov Centre
  34. ^ Poll: Party of Regions of Ukraine losing support Archived January 28, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, Kyiv Post (28 April 2011)
    Party Of Regions, Tymoshenko bloc, Strong Ukraine, Front for Change and Communist Party would get into parliament Archived July 13, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, Kyiv Post (12 April 2010)
  35. Sociological group "RATING"
    (5 March 2012)
  36. ^
    Ukrayinska Pravda
    (18 December 2011)
  37. ^ "УНП висунула кандидата до Полтавської обласної ради". Poltava.info. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016.
  38. ^ "НУ, УНП и КУН объединились в "Союз патриотических сил" для участия в выборах". 31 July 2012. Archived from the original on 2014-04-29. Retrieved 2012-12-05.
  39. ^ Our Ukraine party dissolves, Interfax-Ukraine (2 March 2013)
  40. Central Election Commission of Ukraine
  41. RBC Ukraine
  42. ^ Party of Regions gets 185 seats in Ukrainian parliament, Batkivschyna 101 - CEC Archived October 31, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, Interfax-Ukraine (12 November 2012)
  43. ^ Ukrainian People's Party, People's Movement Of Ukraine Decide Unite Into Rukh, Elect Kuibida Its Leader Archived January 21, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, Ukrainian News Agency (19 May 2013)
  44. ^
    Ukrayinska Pravda
    (2 March 2013)
  45. ^
    Ukrayinska Pravda
    (11 February 2013)
  46. UNIAN
    ()
  47. ^
    Ukrayinska Pravda
    (16 May 2013)
  48. ^ (in Russian) Выходцы из «Нашей Украины» основывают новую партию Natives of the "Our Ukraine" set up a new party
  49. UNIAN
    (6 September 2013)
  50. Central Election Commission of Ukraine
  51. ^ "KIU calls on Nazka to check the activities of the 21st party-VOU "Voter Committee of Ukraine"". www.cvu.org.ua.
  52. ^ "NAPC is asked to check "shadow revenues" 21 lots" (in Ukrainian).

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