Transnistrian Communist Party

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Transnistrian Communist Party
Приднестровская коммунистическая партия
AbbreviationПКП, PKP (Russian)
Chairperson Nadezhda Bondarenko
(acting, since 2018) [1]
Oleg Khorzhan
(2003–2018) [2]
Founded20 April 2003 (2003-04-20)
HeadquartersGagarin Boulevard, 1B, Tiraspol
NewspaperPravda Pridnestrovya
Ideology
Political position Far-left
Regional affiliation UCP–CPSU
International affiliation IMCWP (observer)
Seats in the Supreme Council
0 / 33
Party flag
Pridnestrovie Communist Party flag.png
Website
www.kp-pmr.ru

The Transnistrian Communist Party [n 1] is a communist party in the unrecognized state of Transnistria. [3] The party was led by Oleg Khorzhan until his arrest and imprisonment in 2018. [1]

Contents

The party newspaper is the Russian-language biweekly Pravda Pridnestrovya (Правда Приднестровья). [4] It is printed in Georgia and sold locally in Transnistria; digital copies are also available online.

History

The PKP first fielded candidates in the 2005 legislative election but did not win any seats.

Nadezhda Bondarenko, an editor of the official party newspaper Pravda Pridnestrovya and a member of the party's central committee, was the PKP's candidate in the 2006 presidential election. She received 8.1% of the vote, coming second to Smirnov, who won his fourth term in office with 82.4% of the vote. [5]

Khorzhan and Bondarenko were arrested on 11 March 2007 while handing out leaflets ahead of an anti-Smirnov rally, and were sentenced to three days' detention as an administrative punishment. Two days later on 13 March, a communist demonstration took place in the capital Tiraspol against growing consumer prices and energy tariffs. Demonstrators also demanded the release of the two detained PKP leaders.[ citation needed ]

During Yevgeny Shevchuk's term as President of Transnistria from 2011 to 2016, PKP legislative members supported nearly all of his initiatives, even unpopular ones such as the reduction of government salaries and pensions by 30%. [6] Party leaders insisted however, that they were legitimate opposition to Shevchuk, and rejected accusations of being fake opposition. [7]

Transnistrian authorities arrested Khorzhan again on 6 June 2018, this time for allegedly assaulting law enforcement. [8] [9] Several other party members had been arrested by authorities prior to Khorzhan, [10] including his wife, his son, and Tiraspol city council deputy Alexander Samoniy. [11] On 3 November 2018, the Supreme Court of Transnistria found Khorzan guilty of his alleged crimes, and he was sentenced to four and a half years in prison and ordered to pay a hefty fine. [12]

Electoral results

Parliamentary

Supreme Council
Election yearSeats+/–Role in government
2010
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Opposition
2015
1 / 43
Steady2.svgOpposition
2020
0 / 43
Decrease2.svg 1Extra-parliamentary

Presidential

Election yearCandidateVotes %PositionResult
2011 Oleg Khorzhan12,6465.094thNot elected
2016 Oleg Khorzhan8,0123.17Increase2.svg 3rdNot elected

Notes

  1. ↑
    • Russian: Приднестровская коммунистическая партия, romanized: Pridnestrovskaya kommunisticheskaya partiya, ПКП, PKP
    • Romanian: Partidul Comunist din Nistrenia, Moldovan Cyrillic: Партидул Комунист дин Нистрения
    • Ukrainian: Придністровська комуністична партія, romanized: Prydnistrovs'ka komunistychna partiya

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References

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  4. ↑ "Приднестровская Коммунистическая Партия - Правда Приднестровья". www.kp-pmr.ru. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
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