The Communist Party of Workers and Peasants (, Komunistychna Partiya Robitnykiv i Selian, KPRS) was a political party in Ukraine, formed in 2001 following a split from the Communist Party of Ukraine (KPU). On 30 September 2015 the District Administrative Court in Kyiv banned the party. The court banned the two Communist parties, Ukrayinska Pravda (1 October 2015)Kyiv’s Court terminates two Communist parties, Ukrinform (1 October 2015)
History The first chairman of the party was . In the 2002 Ukrainian parliamentary election, the party won 0.41% of the popular vote and no seats. Комуністична партія робітників і селян, Since then it has not taken part in any nationwide election. In 2011, the KPRS chairman Leonid Hrach was elected as the head of the party in February 2011; at the time he was member of the Ukrainian parliament.Ziuganov: Fees for basing of Russian fleet in Crimea not high , Kyiv Post (Aug 18, 2010 )Hrach claims he has evidence of corruption in Communist Party leadership , Kyiv Post (20 April 2012) Hrach did not return to parliament after the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election after losing as an independent candidate in single-member districts number 1 (first-past-the-post wins a parliament seat) located in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. Підсумки виборів-2012: Депутати, яким доведеться скласти повноваження Підсумки виборів-2012: Депутати, яким доведеться скласти повноваження Підсумки виборів-2012: Депутати, яким доведеться скласти повноваження Results of the 2012 elections: MPs who will resign, RBC Ukraine (30 October 2012) Results of voting in single constituencies in 2012 & Nationwide list , Central Election Commission of Ukraine His party did not participate in the election.Ukraine Bars Communists From Elections, Radio Free Europe (24 July 2015) The party was again absent in the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election.Alphabetical Index of parties in 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election , Central Election Commission of Ukraine
In May 2015, decommunization in Ukraine came into effect in Ukraine, banning communist symbols, singing the Soviet national anthem or "The Internationale". Because of these laws, the Ministry of Justice stripped the party of its right to participate in elections on 24 July 2015.Ukraine's Justice Ministry outlaws Communists from elections, Kyiv Post, (24 July 2015)Justice Ministry bans three communist parties from taking part in election process as they violate Ukrainian law - minister, Interfax-Ukraine, (24 July 2015) The party did not challenge this ban and was thus on 30 September 2015 terminated by the District Administrative Court in Kyiv.
References
External links Official Communist Party of Workers and Peasants website (Russian)