Party UNA-UNSO wants to participate in the local elections in Ukraine
The Ministry of justice of Ukraine registered political party UNA-UNSO, who wants to participate in local elections, informs a press-service of the organization.
"Political party UNA-UNSO will participate in the local elections in October 2015. The twentieth of August 2015 party UNA-UNSO was registered by Ministry of justice of Ukraine ", - is informed in the report of the press service.
Ukrainian national Assembly - Ukrainian national self defence (UNA-UNSO) is a Ukrainian Political party of right-wing persuasion. During the Orange revolution different the creation of the UNA-UNSO supported the candidacy of Viktor Yushchenko for the post of President of Ukraine. At the end of 2013, the UNA-UNSO joined the movement "Right sector" - the Association of radical nationalist organizations of Ukraine. The seventeenth of November, the Supreme court declared the Ukrainian right-wing radical organization Right sector and UNA-UNSO extremist and banned Their activities in the Russian Federation. In addition, recognized as extremist Ukrainian insurgent army (UPA) and " Trident behalf of Stepan Bandera ". Their activity in Russia is also prohibited.
Local elections are scheduled in Ukraine on October 25. Parliament first passed a law that defines the rules for local elections. Now the oblast, city and district councils will be elected by proportional representation with the so-called open lists, and the election of people's deputies of village and settlement councils - the majority system of relative majority. In the election will not be eligible blocks of political parties, the electoral threshold for parties increased from 3% to 5%.