Ukrainian Beer Lovers Party
Ukrainian Beer Lovers Party, UBLP (Ukrainian: Українська Партія Шанувальників Пива (УПШП)) was a short-lived political party in Ukraine. It was established on November 10th, 1991[1] by Volodymyr Yermakov, Petro Serhiyenko, and Pavlo Tarnovsky. The inauguration was on April 4th, 1992, and the party was registered on August 8th, 1992.[2]
It is not associated with another Russophone organization, Ukrainian Beer Lovers Party, UBLP (Russian: Партия любителей пива, Ukrainian: Українська партія любителiв пива, УПЛП), which was not officially registered.[2]
The party broadly aligned itself with liberal-democratic positions, and advocated for a cosmopolitan society on with foundational values of respect for private property, free market economics, and universal human rights. The party advocated for the formation of a civilized, respectable, gentlemanly elite class of beer drinker.[2]
The party participated in the 1994 Parliamentary Election. In a pre-election survey, UBLP was supported by 3% of population.[3] In the election, the UBLP secured only 1806 (<0.01%) votes and was awarded no parliamentary seats.[4]
In 1996, the party claimed to enlist 1,599 members.[5]
In 1997, UBLP joined the bloc "Free Democrats" (Свободные демократы), which included the Liberal Democratic Party of Ukraine and Party of Free Peasants of Ukraine (Партія вільних селян).[6]
In 2000, the UBLP changed its name from Ukrainian Beer Lovers Party to Party for Support of the Domestic Goods Producer (Партія Підтримки Вітчизняного Товаровиробника), adopting a more conventional platform and de facto ceasing its existence as a frivolous political party. On January 21st, 2001, the party was merged into the democratic union Ukrainian Righteousness (Українська Правиця), headed by the Ukrainian People's Party.
Party goals
[edit]The party platform advocated for:
- Establishment of a rule-of-law state in accordance with international standards
- Creation of a new economy and new economic relationship between people with free market standards
- Awakening and development of the people's dignity through cultural education; establishment of a cosmopolitan, gentlemanly class of beer drinker
- Expansion and improvement of the agrarian sector and the production of food products, including beer
References
[edit]- ^ Ukrainian parties Archived 2006-07-21 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
- ^ a b c "Historical Reference of Ukraine (Довідник з Історії України)". history.franko.lviv.ua (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 19 September 2016.
- ^ "Партія Шанувальників Пива". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 13 October 1993.
- ^ "1994 Parliamentary Elections of Ukraine: statistics". Archived from the original on 2007-07-08. Retrieved 2006-09-05.
- ^ "Людина — Громада — Регіон". westukr.itgo.com. Retrieved 2024-03-02.
- ^ History of the Liberal Democratic Party of Ukraine