Proposition (political party)

Proposition (Ukrainian: Пропозиція) is a Ukrainian political party founded in 2020 by the mayors of six major cities: Borys Filatov of Dnipro, Andriy Raykovych of Kropyvnytskyi, Oleksiy Kaspruk of Chernivtsi, Oleksandr Senkevych of Mykolaiv, Andriy Dyachenko of Kakhovka, and Serhii Sukhomlyn of Zhytomyr.[2][1] The party has been nicknamed the "Party of Mayors".[4][2][1]

Proposition
Пропозиція
ChairmanAndriy Pylchenko[1]
Founded19 June 2020 (2020-06-19)[2][1]
HeadquartersDnipro[1]
IdeologyRegionalism[2]
Colours  Red
  Blue
  Grey
Verkhovna Rada
0 / 450
Regions (2020)[3]
35 / 1,780
Website
proposition.org.ua

History

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The Proposition party is the successor to the New European Ukraine political party, which was registered in December 2014.[1] The New European Ukraine party did not take part in the 2015 Ukrainian local elections, nor in the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary elections.[1] The party's name was changed to Proposition in April 2020 when Andry Pylchenko from Dnipro became its new leader.[1] Pylchenko was a former member of the political council of the party UKROP.[1] In the 2015 Ukrainian local elections, Borys Filatov was elected mayor of Dnipro as a UKROP representative.[5]

The six mayors presented Proposition to the public on 19 June 2020, and a party congress was planned for July 2020.[2] Other mayors, "leaders of public opinion", and other local government officials were invited to join the meeting.[4] The founding mayors claimed they did not need a new political party to achieve re-election and that their own new local parties was sufficient.[2] However, Proposition was created because the six Mayors were unsatisfied with the level of cooperation with the Presidential Office, president Volodymyr Zelensky, and prime minister Denys Shmyhal.[2] The first task of the new party was to win the October 2020 Ukrainian local elections.[4] The founders stated that the party also intends to take part in the 2023 Ukrainian parliamentary election.[4] According to the results published by the Central Election Commission of Ukraine in the 2020 local elections, 1.66% of local deputies elected were members of the Proposition party.[6] In Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, the party was one of the winners of the election.[7]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Party of Mayors: who did not refuse the "Offer"". Chesno (in Ukrainian). 19 June 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g ""Proposition" ("party of mayors"): "The stench itself gave birth to us!"". LB.ua (in Ukrainian). 23 June 2020.
  3. ^ Кандидати, яких обрано депутатами рад на поточну дату. Cvk.gov.ua (in Ukrainian). 26 November 2020.
  4. ^ a b c d "Party of mayors: 6 mayors presented "ProPosition"". Ukrayinska Pravda (in Ukrainian). 19 June 2020.
  5. ^ Borys Filatov becomes Dnipropetrovsk mayor – election commission, Ukrinform (18 November 2015).
  6. ^ (in Ukrainian) The CEC showed the top 10 parties that won the most seats in the election, Ukrayinska Pravda (18 November 2020).
  7. ^ (in Ukrainian) "Servant of the People" took leading positions in 16 regions of Ukraine - analysis of "Rating", Interfax-Ukraine (23 November 2020).