United Citizens' Party of Belarus

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Аб'яднаная грамадзянская партыя
Объединенная гражданская партия
United Citizens' Party of Belarus
Party leader Nikolai Koslow
founding October 1, 1995
Headquarters Minsk
Alignment conservatism
Colours) Red White
House of Representatives
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Council of the Republic
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International connections International Democratic Union
European party European People's Party
Website ucpb.org

The United Civic Party of Belarus ( AGP , Belarusian Аб'яднаная грамадзянская партыя Беларусі, АГП ; Russian Объединенная гражданская партия, ОГП ) is a conservative party in Belarus . She is one of those opposition parties that criticize the administration of Aljaksandr Lukashenka . The United Citizens' Party is headed by Nikolai Koslow .

Like the liberal-conservative partyja BNF ("Belarusian National Front"), the United Citizens' Party also has observer status with the European People's Party (EPP) and is an associate member of the International Democratic Union .

Its best-known members include the opposition politicians Wiktar Hantschar and Jury Sacharanka , who have disappeared without a trace .

history

The parliamentary elections in Belarus in 2012 were boycotted by the United Citizens' Party, together with the partyja BNF. In the parliamentary elections in Belarus in 2016 , the party won a seat for the first time. She lost this again in the subsequent parliamentary election in 2019 .

Positions

The party describes itself as liberal-conservative. She is committed to human rights and the market economy . The government should therefore protect its citizens but not control them. Nationalization of companies is also rejected. The party program declares that the United Citizens' Party believe in freedom, property, social partnership and the family. Large families should be socially supported and the free economy should protect against monopolies, oligarchs and the abuse of power. The party wants to rehabilitate the areas most affected by the Chernobyl nuclear disaster and calls for the resettlement of people from these areas. In terms of foreign policy, she is striving to join the European Union , to form a free trade area with Poland , but also to maintain relations with Russia .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Руководитель ОГП . In: Объединенная гражданская партия - ОГП . October 16, 2018 ( ucpb.info [accessed August 24, 2020]).
  2. ^ Opposition boycotts parliamentary elections , in: FAZ.net , 23 September 2012.
  3. ↑ Opposition in Belarus surprisingly wins parliamentary seat
  4. ↑ http://www.ucpb.org/party/program