Summary
The Pirate Party of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Піратська Партія України) is a political party in Ukraine. Based on the model of the Swedish Pirate Party, it supports reform of copyright law, the abolition of patents, and respect for privacy.[2] The party was not a founding member of Pirate Parties International[3] but it joined them in April 2013.[4][5] As of August 2013 the party is not officially registered as such by the Ukrainian Ministry of Justice.[6]
Pirate Party of Ukraine Піратська Партія України | |
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| President | Sergey Yarygin |
| Founded | 27 September 2011 [1] |
| Ideology | Pirate politics Civil rights Patent reform |
| International affiliation | Pirate Parties International |
| Website | |
| pp-ua.org | |
In the 2012 parliamentary election the party supported independent candidate Tetyana Montyan in single-member district number 212 (first-past-the-post wins a parliament seat) located in Kyiv; she ended up fifth in this district with 9% of the votes.[7][8]
The party did not participate in the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election.[9]
In the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election the party had 1 candidates in constituency 95 located in Irpin, but he got only 0.15% of the votes (133 votes).[10]
References edit
- ^ "Registration order" (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 2013-06-14. Retrieved 2011-12-16.
- ^ "About us" (in Ukrainian). Pirate Party of Ukraine. Archived from the original on 2012-05-29. Retrieved 2011-07-18.
- ^ "22 Pirate Parties from all over the world officially founded the Pirate Parties International". Pirate Parties International. 2010-04-21. Archived from the original on 2010-06-20. Retrieved 2010-05-28.
- ^ "About the PPI". Pirate Parties International.
- ^ (in Ukrainian) Європейські пірати будуть об'єднуватися в Києві European pirates will join in Kyiv Archived 2013-06-13 at the Wayback Machine, Pirate Party of Ukraine
- ^ Official databases of political parties in Ukraine Archived 2012-04-25 at the Wayback Machine, Ukrainian Ministry of Justice
- ^ (in Ukrainian) Українські пірати підтримують Тетяну Монтян! Ukrainian Tetyana Montyan support pirates! Archived 2012-08-30 at the Wayback Machine, Pirate Party of Ukraine (17 August 2012)
- ^ "Округ №212 | Single-mandate constituency № 212". nbnews.com.ua (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 2013-05-25. Retrieved 2013-06-09.
- ^ Alphabetical Index of parties in 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Central Election Commission of Ukraine
- ^ "Електоральна пам'ять". ukr.vote.
External links edit
- Official website