Belarusian Social Democratic Party (People's Assembly)
The Belarusian Social Democratic Party (People's Assembly) (Belarusian: Беларуская сацыял-дэмакратычная партыя (Народная Грамада), romanized: Bielaruskaja Sacyjal-Demakratyčnaja Partyja (Narodnaja Hramada); Russian: Белорусская социал-демократическая партия (Народная Грамада), romanized: Belorusskaya sotsial-demokraticheskaya partiya (Narodnaya Gramada)) is an unregistered social-democratic[3] political party in Belarus that opposes the administration of President Alexander Lukashenko.
Belarusian Social Democratic Party (People's Assembly) Беларуская сацыял-дэмакратычная партыя (Народная Грамада) Белорусская социал-демократическая партия (Народная Громада) | |
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| Abbreviation | BSDP (PA) (English) BSDP (NH) (Belarusian) BSDP (NG) (Russian) |
| Leader | Mikola Statkevich |
| Founded | 29 June 1996 |
| Banned | 19 February 2005 (officially deregistered)[1] |
| Merger of | BSDH PNZ |
| Merged into | BSDP (Hramada) (factions) |
| Membership (2002) | 4,076 |
| Ideology | Social democracy Sustainable development Non-interventionism |
| Political position | Centre-left[2] |
| International affiliation | Socialist International |
| Colours | red and white |
| Website | |
| hramada.org | |
The party is a full member of the Socialist International.[4]
History
The BSDP (People's Assembly) was established in March 1991. It calls itself the successor of the Belarusian Socialist Hramada, which was founded in 1903.[5]
The party was left unregistered in 2004, when the government claimed that the reelection of party leader Mikalay Statkevich had been conducted illegally. Some party members then formed the Belarusian Social Democratic Party (Assembly), which was registered.
In legislative elections held between October 13–17, 2004, the party did not secure any seats.
On May 31, 2020, the party's leader Mikola Statkevich was arrested on his way to a rally where signatures for Svetlana Tikhanovskaya were being gathered. He was sentenced to 15 days for participating in an unsanctioned protest.[6] This sentence was extended two more times, and he was tried again on June 29 for organizing unrest.[7] Viasna Human Rights Centre called the accusations politically motivated and demanded the immediate release of Statkevich.[8]
On December 14, 2021, Statkevich was sentenced to 14 years in prison. Along with him, Ihar Losik, Sergei Tikhanovsky and three other political prisoners were also sentenced. Throughout the 565 days he has spent in detention, Statkevich was not allowed to get access to legal representation or defence and he has been denied all contact with his family.[9]
Electoral results
Legislative elections
| Election | Leader | Performance | Rank | Government | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– | ||||
| 1995 | Mikola Statkevich | Created after elections | 17 / 260 |
New | 3rd | Opposition | ||
| 2000 | 0 / 110 |
 17 |
8th |
Extra-parliamentary | ||||
| 2004 | 173,129 | 2.83% |
New | 0 / 110 |
 0 |
 4th |
Extra-parliamentary | |
See also
References
- https://news.tut.by/politics/54866.html Минюст Беларуси зарегистрировал БСДП (Народная Громада) Читать полностью: https://news.tut.by/politics/54866.html?c
- Korosteleva, Elena (2005). "The Emergence of a Party System". Postcommunist Belarus. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 38. ISBN 0-7425-3555-X.
- Nordsieck, Wolfram. "Belarus". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 2004-10-10.
- List of Socialist International parties in Europe Archived August 7, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
- European Forum for Democracy and Solidarity
- "Белорусского оппозиционера Статкевича арестовали на 15 суток".
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2020-08-30. Retrieved 2022-01-03.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - "Viasna condemns persecution of opposition leader Statkevich as politically motivated". Viasna Human Rights Centre. 30 June 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2021.