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In contrast to the previous elections in 2012, the opposition did not boycott the elections, instead forming an alliance under the name Prava Vybaru (Belarusian: Права Выбару, Russian: Право выбора, 'The Right to Choose') consisting of the BPF Party, the Belarusian Christian Democracy, the Belarusian Social Democratic ...
United Democratic Party of Belarus Аб'яднаная дэмакратычная партыя Беларусі Объединённая демократическая партия Беларуси: UDPB АДПБ ОДПБ: Stanislaŭ Bahdankievič: Liberal conservatism: Centre-right: 1990-1995 (merged into UCP) Belarusian Peasant Party
The United Democratic Party of Belarus was founded in November 1990 and was the first political party in independent Belarus other than the communist party. Its membership is composed of technical intelligentsia, professionals, workers, and peasants. It seeks an independent Belarus, democracy, freedom of ethnic expression, and a market economy.
The 14 May 1995 Belarus Referendum required the population of Belarus to vote on four issues: The state status of the Russian language; Economic integration with Russia; The introduction of new national symbols; The President's right to dismiss the Parliament, if the latter violates the Constitution.
A former Communist Party functionary, Lukashenko came to power in 1994, promising improved living standards and a crackdown on corruption. Those promises were made, and broken, all over Eastern ...
The Belarusian Independence Bloc (Belarusian: Беларускі Незалежніцкі Блок, romanized: Biełaruski Nezaležnicki Błok) is one of three major opposition coalitions in Belarus. [1] The coalition was formed in 2009 as an alternative to the United Democratic Forces of Belarus (UDF). [2]
Belarusians are voting in a closely-managed presidential election that is all but certain to extend the one-man rule of Alexander Lukashenko, in power since 1994 and Europe’s longest-serving leader.
Only 21 of the 110 elected deputies were members of political parties, with all belonging to pro-government parties; the Communist Party of Belarus emerged as the largest party in the House of Representatives with 11 MPs, the Republican Party of Labour and Justice came second with six seats, the Belarusian Patriotic Party won two and the Agrarian Party and Liberal Democratic Party won a seat each.