Radical Party (Ukraine)
| Radical Party of Oleh Lyashko Радикальна Партія Олега Ляшка | |
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| Leader | Oleh Lyashko[1] |
| Founded | 28 September 2010[1] |
| Headquarters | Kiev[1] |
| Ideology |
Radicalism Liberalism Social liberalism Social democracy (minority) |
| Political position | Radical centre to centre-right |
| International affiliation | None |
| Colours | Red |
| Verkhovna Rada |
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| Website | |
| http://rpl.kiev.ua/ | |
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The Radical Party (Ukrainian: Радикальна Партія) is a national political party in Ukraine.[2] It was registered in September 2010.[1] Its official name is Radical Party of Oleh Lyashko (Ukrainian: Радикальна Партія Олега Ляшка).[1]
The party won 1 seat in the Ukrainian parliament in the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election.[3]
History
Ukrainian Radical Democratic Party
The party was established at the founding congress in Mykolaiv on 18 August 2010 and was then names Ukrainian Radical-Democratic Party (Ukrainian: Українська демократично-радикальна партія).[4] Under this name it was registered with the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine on 28 September 2010.[1][4] At the time of the party was headed by Vladislav Telipko.[4]
Radical Party of Oleh Lyashko
Current party leader Oleh Lyashko was elected as a deputy to the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's parliament) in the 2006 and 2007 for Bloc Yulia Tymoshenko (BYuT).[5] On 18 October 2010 he was expelled from the BYuT faction "for cooperating with the majority coalition".[5] A week before a 17-year old video had been leaked to the Internet in which Lyashko talked about sexual relations with another man, a certain high-ranking official.[5] BYuT had assured that video would not be a reason for an exclusion of Lyashko from the faction.[5]
On 8 August 2011, during its third party congress, Lyashko was elected the new party leader of the Ukrainian Radical Democratic Party.[4] The same day the party changed its name to Radical Party of Oleh Lyashko.[6]
In the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election the party won 1.08% of the national votes and 1 constituency (it had competed in 28 constituencies[7]) for its leader Lyashko (and thus 1 seat of parliamentary representation).[8] Who did not join a faction in the Verkhovna Rada (Parliament).[9]
Remarks about sexual minorities by Oleh Lyashko
In an October 2012 interview, party leader Oleh Lyashko was told by a spoof interviewer that the reporter's friend believed Lyashko represented sexual minorities in parliament. Lyashko was handed a mobile phone, spoke to the supposed friend and then promised to beat his face in while being filmed on camera. Lyashko stressed he had nothing against sexual minorities [10]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 (Ukrainian) Політична партія «Радикальна Партія Олега Ляшка», DATA
- ↑ Lyashko:No sponsors, tycoons or deputies on election list of Radical Party, Kyiv Post (8 August 2012)
- ↑ Party of Regions gets 185 seats in Ukrainian parliament, Batkivschyna 101 - CEC, Interfax-Ukraine (12 November 2012)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 (Ukrainian) Радикальна партія Олега Ляшка, RBK Ukraine
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Yulia Tymoshenko bloc expels two deputies from parliament faction, Kyiv Post (19 October 2010)
(Russian) Ляшко Олег Валерьевич, Информационно-аналитический центр "ЛІГА" - ↑ (Ukrainian) Олег Ляшко офіційно перейменував свою партію, 24 News (14 december 2011)
- ↑ (Ukrainian) Candidates, RBC Ukraine
- ↑ (Ukrainian) Proportional votes & Constituency seats, Central Election Commission of Ukraine
- ↑ (Ukrainian) National deputies of Ukraine:Oleh Lyashko, Verkhovna Rada
- ↑ http://www.kyivpost.com/content/politics/fake-reporter-trolls-unsuspecting-parliament-members-316381.html
http://pynzenyk.who-el.se/fake-diaspora-reporter-trolls-unsuspecting-parliament-members/
External links
- Official website (Ukrainian)