Social Democratic Party of Popular Accord

Social Democratic Party of Popular Accord
Сацыял-дэмакратычная партыя Народнай Згоды
LeaderSiarhiej Jermak
Founded1997
Banned9 August 2023; 14 months ago (2023-08-09)
Split fromPeople's Accord Party
HeadquartersMinsk, st. K. Marksa, 10
Membership2,881
IdeologySocial democracy
Pro-Lukashenko
Political positionCentre-left[1][page needed]

The Social Democratic Party of Popular Accord (Belarusian: Сацыял-дэмакратычная партыя Народнай Згоды, romanizedSacyjał-demakratyčnaja partyja Narodnaj Zhody) was a political party in Belarus. It was created in 1997, and was led by Siarhiej Jermak. It supported the government of president Alexander Lukashenko.

The Social Democratic Party of Popular Accord considered itself the successor of the People's Accord Party (PAP).

The party has stated its commitment to a social market economy according to the formula: "the market - as far as possible, government regulation - as far as necessary." Such a model aims to cut off the most negative features of a market economy.

The party's only seat won in a Belarusian legislative election was in 2000.[2]

In the 2018 elections to local councils of deputies, 11 representatives were elected from the party.

In the 2019 Belarusian parliamentary election, the party did not nominate candidates on party lists, and 1 representative of the party was nominated through the collection of signatures.[citation needed]

On 9 August 2023, the Social Democratic Party of Popular Accord was liquidated by the Supreme Court of Belarus.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Aleksander Feduta; Oleg Bogutsky; Viktor Martinovich (2003). "Политические партии Беларуси – необходимая часть гражданского общества" [Political parties in Belarus: an essential part of civil society] (PDF) (in Russian). Minsk: Friedrich Ebert Foundation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 November 2019.
  2. ^ "BELARUS: parliamentary elections Palata Predstaviteley, 2000". Archived from the original on 11 June 2011. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Вярхоўны Суд Беларусі зліквідаваў яшчэ дзве партыі" (in Belarusian). Belsat. 10 August 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2023.