Ukrainian Beer Lovers Party, UBLP (Ukrainian: Українська партія шанувальників пива (УПШП)) was a short-lived political party in Ukraine. It was registered on November 10, 1991[1] and copresided by Volodymyr Yermakov, Petro Serhiyenko and Pavlo Tarnovsky .
It should not be confused with another Russophone organization Ukrainian Beer Lovers Party, UBLP (Russian: Партия любителей пива, Ukrainian: Українська партія любителiв пива, УПЛП), which is not officially registered.
Party goals:[2]
- establishment of the rule-of-law state in accordance with the international standards
- creation of new economy, new economic relationship between people
- awakening and raise of the people's dignity through the cultural education
- expansion and improvement of the food products, including beer
In a pre-election survey, UBLP was supported by 3% of population (Voice of Ukraine newspaper, October 13, 1993). In the 1994 Parliamentary Elections of Ukraine the UBLP secured only 1806 (<0.01%) votes and got no seats.[3]
In 1996 the party claimed to enlist 1,599 members UBLP
In 1997 TBLP entered into the electional bloc "Free Democrats" (Свободные демократы), which included the Liberal Democratic Party of Ukraine and Party of Free Peasants of Ukraine (Партія вільних селян).[4]
References
- ↑ Ukrainian parties Archived 2006-07-21 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
- ↑ Ukraine in Modern Times (1986-1996) Archived 2006-05-25 at the Wayback Machine (a Kiev University publication)(in Ukrainian)
- ↑ "1994 Parliamentary Elections of Ukraine: statistics". Archived from the original on 2007-07-08. Retrieved 2006-09-05.
- ↑ History of the Liberal Democratic Party of Ukraine