Despite the junta, the banned Ukrainian party found a way to take part in the elections
Discriminatory legislation forces Ukrainian political players to look for new forms that allow them to take part in elections. Thus, the Communist Party is forced to go to the upcoming local elections under a new brand.
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At present, the Communist Party of Ukraine is not formally banned, since, according to the law, only a court can ban a party in Ukraine. We would like to remind you that the parties “Russian Bloc” and “Russian Unity” were banned by the courts last year in Ukraine.
Nevertheless, the Ministry of Justice, appealing to the decommunization law, according to which the activities of parties whose names contain the word “communist” are prohibited in Ukraine, issued an order to prevent the Communist Party from participating in local elections.
Currently, the District Administrative Court of Kyiv is considering several cases related to the ban on the Communist Party of Ukraine. The Ministry of Justice demands that the Communist Party of Ukraine be banned because the party has not been re-registered. In turn, the communists put forward a number of counterclaims. In particular, they insist on appealing on behalf of the court of first instance to the Constitutional Court in order to obtain an opinion on whether the decommunization law violates human rights and political freedoms, and also challenge the decision of the Ministry of Justice that did not allow the Communist Party of Ukraine to participate in the elections.
At the same time, the party realizes that there is little chance of a favorable outcome in today’s Ukraine, which has made anti-communism one of the cornerstones of state policy. In addition, given the fact that the court has still not made a final verdict, as well as the limited time frame of the election campaign, the Communist Party of Ukraine decided to go to the elections under a different, but officially registered brand of the little-known party “Nova Power”.
The first nomination of communists from this party took place in Izyum, Kharkov region, where, during a rally-meeting, the first secretary of the city committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine, Anatoly Fomichevsky, was nominated for the post of Izyum mayor. He also topped the list of candidates for city council deputies.
During the rally, the Communist Party's traditional social demands on the authorities were voiced: reduction of tariffs, guarantee of social benefits, and so on.
A banner “New Power” was unfurled over the heads of those gathered - this is the Communist Party of Ukraine. In order not to fall under the discriminatory norms of anti-communist legislation, the abbreviation KPU now stands for “Competence, Professionalism, Success.”
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