Party of Free Democrats
The Party of Free Democrats (Ukrainian: Партія Вільних Демократів) is a political party in Ukraine led by Mykhaylo Brodskyy[1]. It was registered in November 1999 as Yabluko (Ukrainian: Яблуко; Apple).[2] The party has about 1,000 members.[3]
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[edit] History
Mykhaylo Brodskyy (a member of the Hromada faction) formed a 14-member "Yabluko" faction in the Ukrainian Parliament mid-September 2000.[4]
At the parliamentary elections on 30 March 2002, the party won 1.2% of the popular vote and no seats (as Yabluko).[2]
In March 2005, the party was self-liquidated and merged into Fatherland Party (Batkivschuna) led by Yulia Tymoshenko.
On 30 September 2007, elections, the party failed again to win parliamentary representation.[2]
The party nominated Brodskyy as its candidate for President of Ukraine in the 2010 Ukrainian presidential elections late October 2009.[1][5]
During the 2010 Ukrainian local elections, the party won representatives in municipalities and did particularly well in Cherkasy.[6]
In the 2010 local elections, the party won 1 representative in the regional parliaments of the Cherkasy Oblast and 14 seats in the city counsel of Cherkasy.[7]
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[edit] References
- ^ a b "Leader Of Free Democrats Party Brodskyi Applies To CEC To Register Him Candidate For President". Ukrainian News. UkraNews. http://www.ukranews.com/eng/article/228249.html. Retrieved 20 October 2009.
- ^ a b c (Ukrainian) Партія вільних демократів, Database DATA
- ^ The Sad End of the Orange Revolution, Der Spiegel (14 January 2010)
- ^ Ukrainian parliament: sketching a political portrait, Center for Policy Studies (25 September 2000)
- ^ "CEC registered two more candidates for the President UKRAINE". Central Election Commission of Ukraine. Central Election Commission of Ukraine. http://cvk.gov.ua/news/news_02112009.htm. Retrieved 2 November 2009.
- ^ (Ukrainian) Сергій Одарич формуватиме більшість у міськраді Черкас, Cherkasy city counsil website (8 November 2010)
- ^ (Ukrainian) Results of the elections, preliminary data, on interactive maps by Ukrayinska Pravda (8 November 2010)
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