Justice Ministry of Belarus Denied Registration to Union of Left Parties :: Charter'97 :: News

Justice Ministry of Belarus has denied state registration to the Union of political parties “Union of Left Parties”. As informed by a press-release at the official site of the ministry, the current legislation gives grounds on which the registering authority makes a decision to deny state registration to a union. In particular, a union of political parties is denied registration in case an established order of a union creation has been violated.

In January this year Justice Ministry received documents for registration of the Union of political parties “Union of Left Parties”. The of the union The Party of Communists of Belarus, the Belarusian Social- Democratic Party (Hramada) and “Nadzeya” Belarusian Party of women were founder members of the Union of Left parties, the press-release notes. The documents for registration have been studied, and it has been found out that the organizing conference of the Union of Left parties of Belarus had been held in Chernihiv (Ukraine) in 2006, which contradicts with the legislation of Belarus and statutes of political parties.

According to the legislation, activities of political parties registered in Belarus can take place only on the territory of Belarus. Political parties do not have a right to organize events outside Belarus. “It means that founders of the Union have intentionally violated the law and their statutes,” Justice Ministry believes.

Besides, numerous violations of the order of planning and holding an organizing conference have been found. The documents received by Justice Ministry show that in fact delegates had been appointed, and not elected for the conference according electoral quotient. Persons absent in the list of the conference participants were elected to working organs of the conference, in accordance with the protocol, the press-release reports.