The Republican Party of Labour and Justice[a] (RPTS; Russian: Республиканская партия труда и справедливости; РПТС, romanized: Respublikanskaya partiya truda i spravedlivosti; RPTS; Belarusian: Рэспубліканская партыя працы і справядлівасьці; РППС, romanized: Respublikanskaja partyja pracy i spraviadlivaści; RPPS) is a political party in Belarus founded by Ivan Antonovich in 1993.[7] The chairman is Vasil Zadnyaprany. The party is considered to be supportive of the government of president Alexander Lukashenko.[8]
Republican Party of Labour and Justice Республиканская партия труда и справедливости Рэспубліканская партыя працы і справядлівасьці | |
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| Abbreviation | RPTS (English) РПТС (Russian) |
| Leader | Alexander Khizhnyak |
| Founders | Anatol Niatylkin Ihar Lučanok Ivan Antanovich Vladimir Gostyukhin Jauhien Babosau |
| Founded | 26 June 1993 |
| Registered | 18 August 1994 |
| Headquarters | 23th Building, Victors Avenue, Minsk, Belarus. 220004[1] |
| Membership (2013) | 8,000[2] |
| Ideology | Democratic socialism[3] Social democracy[4] Pro-Lukashenko |
| Political position | Centre-left[5] |
| National affiliation | RKSKPPGA |
| Continental affiliation | Forum of Socialists of the CIS Countries |
| Colours | Red, Green (official) Pink (customary) |
| Slogan | «Labor. Justice. Responsibility.» (Russian: «Труд. Справедливость. Ответственность.») |
| House of Representatives | 8 / 110 |
| Council of the Republic | 0 / 64 |
| Local seats | 127 / 18,110 |
| Website | |
| rpts.by | |
Activities
editPolitispolkom, of the Republican Party of Labor and Justice, unanimously declared the results of the referendum on 16 March 2014 in the Crimea legitimate and supported the will of the inhabitants of Sevastopol.[9][10] The party has also called for the president Lukashenko to accept the results of the referendum.[10]
At the extraordinary XIII Congress of the Republican Party of Labor and Justice, held on 12 December 2020, Vasily Zadnepryany, who had headed the RPTS since 2006, was expelled from its members. Alexander Alexandrovich Stepanov became the acting chairman of the RPTS.[11][12]
Electoral performance
editAt the Belarusian parliamentary election in 1995, the party obtained 1 out of 198 seats. At the legislative election in 2000, it gained 2 out of 110 seats in the House of Representatives.[13] The following elections in 2004 and 2008 were not successful for the party; however, in 2012, it won one seat.
As a result of elections to the local Councils of Deputies of the Republic of Belarus (2014), 36 people were elected. Two members of the party are members of the Minsk City Council of Deputies.
In the 2019 Belarusian parliamentary election, it won a total of 6 seats to Belarus' House of Representatives.
Presidential elections
edit| Election | Candidate | First round | Second round | Result | ||
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| Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
| 1994 | Endorsed Alexander Lukashenko | 2,646,140 | 44.82% | 4,241,026 | 80.34% | Elected  |
| 2001 | Endorsed Alexander Lukashenko | 4,666,680 | 75.65% | Elected | ||
| 2006 | Endorsed Alexander Lukashenko | 5,501,249 | 82.97% | Elected | ||
| 2010 | Endorsed Alexander Lukashenko | 5,130,557 | 79.65% | Elected | ||
| 2015 | Endorsed Alexander Lukashenko | 5,102,478 | 83.47% | Elected | ||
| 2020 | Endorsed Alexander Lukashenko | 4,661,075 | 80.10% | Elected | ||
Legislative elections
edit| Election | Party leader | Performance | Rank | Government | ||||
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| Votes | % | ± pp | Seats | +/– | ||||
| 1995 | Anatol Niatylkin | No data | 1 / 260 | New | 13th | Support | ||
| 2000 | 2 / 110 |  1 | 3rd | Support | ||||
| 2004 | Viktar Sakaloŭ | 0 / 110 |  2 | 10th | Extra-parliamentary | |||
| 2008 | Vasil Zadnyaprany | 22,763 | 0.42% | New | 0 / 110 |  0 | 7th | Extra-parliamentary |
| 2012 | 79,078 | 1.51% | 1.09 | 1 / 110 | 1 | 4th | Support | |
| 2016 | 147,378 | 2.87% | 1.36 | 3 / 110 | 2 | 3rd | Support | |
| 2019 | 355,971 | 6.75% | 3.88 | 6 / 110 | 3 | 2nd | Support | |
| 2024 | Alexander Khizhnyak | 8 / 110 | 2 | 2nd | Support | |||
Notes
editReferences
editExternal links
edit- Official website
(in Russian)
