Belarusian Liberal Party of Freedom and Progress
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Belarusian Liberal Party of Freedom and Progress
Партыя свабоды і прагрэсу |
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| Leader | Vladimir Novisiad |
| Founded | 22 November 2003 |
| Split from | United Civil Party of Belarus |
| Headquarters | Minsk, Belarus |
| Youth wing | Civil Forum |
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Liberalism Pro-Europeanism |
| Political position | Centre |
| European affiliation | Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party (Observer) |
| International affiliation | None |
| Colours | Blue |
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Belarusian Liberal Party of Freedom and Progress (PFP) (Belarusian: Партыя свабоды і прагрэсу (ПСП), Russian: Партия свободы и прогресса (ПСП)) is a liberal political party in Belarus. Since 2003 it keeps trying to get official registration.
Three constituent congresses took place on November 22, 2003, May 29, 2004, May 29, 2005. The decisions to create PFP, to approve its Charter [1], Program [2] and Manifesto [3] were taken by PFP founders at the congresses. The Ministry of Justice of Belarus refused to register a new political party under formal grounds in all three cases. When registered by the Ministry of Justice it is going to be the first liberal party in Belarus.
Historical background of PFP creation dates back to the middle of the 90s when small group of people organized an initiative “Civil Alliance”. In 1996 the initiative was transformed into the youth wing of the liberal-conservative “United Civil Party of Belarus” called “Civil Forum”.
In 2000 United Civil Party of Belarus decided not to participate in parliamentary elections. However, members of Civil Forum disagreed with such a decision and took part in the campaign. As a result, Civil Forum’s chairman Vladimir Novosiad became a MP. But at the same time links with the United Civil Party of Belarus were broken. Civil Forum started to elaborate its own strategy based on liberal values. As members of youth organization were getting older the necessity to create a liberal party on the basis of youth organization became more evident.
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