Volia (political party)
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Volia (Ukrainian: Воля; meaning freedom) is a Ukrainian political party registered in 2010.[1] Its former name was "Party of Ukrainian youth" (Ukrainian: Партія української молоді).[1][2]
In June 2014 Verkhovna Rada MP Yury Derevyanko was a member of the party.[1] Derevyanko was one of the authors of the law on lustration in Ukraine.[3] In June 2014 it appeared that Viktoria Siumar would lead the party; but she joined People's Front soon after.[1][4]
The party participated in the 2014 elections to the Verkhovna Rada.[5][1] In this election candidates of Volia were included in the election list of Self Reliance (one of its members on the party list of People's Front[6]) and the party ran independent in constituencies (with a first-past-the-post electoral system in one round (candidate with the highest vote total wins)).[7][8][9][5][6] This way the party won 1 parliamentary seat when Derevyanko won single-member districts number 87 (first-past-the-post wins a parliament seat) located in Nadvirna.[10] He won a parliamentary seat by winning this constituency with 69.67% of the votes.[10] Following the election Derevyanko stated the party would starts its own parliamentary group to defend its “principles, values and political promises”; because of this other elected (into parliament) members left the party on 9 November 2014.[6] However, no such faction was created.[11][12]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 (Russian) Sobolev Syumar will lead to a new party elections, LB.ua (June 21, 2014)
- ↑ (Ukrainian) In Ukraine registered the new party - "Party of Ukrainian Youth", DA-TA
- ↑ Lustration law faces sabotage, legal hurdles, Kyiv Post (Oct. 23, 2014)
- ↑ People's Front names top ten candidates in elections, Ukrinform (15 sep. 2014)
- 1 2 Poroshenko Bloc candidates leading in 64 single-seat constituencies - CEC, Interfax-Ukraine (27 October 2014)
- 1 2 3 Young post-revolution party splits before parliament convenes, Kyiv Post (Nov. 10, 2014)
- ↑ Parliament passes law on parliamentary elections, Kyiv Post (17 November 2011)
- ↑ Draft Law on the election of members of Parliament of Ukraine, Venice Commission (28 June 2011)
- ↑ The Distorted Will of the People, The Ukrainian Week (5 November 2012)
- 1 2 Data on vote counting at precincts within single-mandate districts Extraordinary parliamentary election on 26.10.2014, Central Election Commission of Ukraine
- ↑ (Ukrainian) In Parliament created a faction, Ukrayinska Pravda (27 November 2014)
- ↑ (Ukrainian) Депутатські фракції і групи VIII скликання Deputy fractions and Groups VIII convocation, Verkhovna Rada
External links
- Official website (Ukrainian)