Justice (parliamentary group)

Not to be confused with Justice Party (Ukraine).

Justice (Ukrainian: Депутатське об’єднання «Справедливість») is a parliamentary faction in the Verkhovna Rada (the national parliament of Ukraine), founded by 11^[1] deputies of the Holos party who disagree with the actions of the party leadership.^[2][3]

"Justice" Deputy Association Депутатське об’єднання «Справедливість»
Chairperson	Oleksandra Ustinova
Deputy chairperson	Yulia Klymenko
Founded	7 September 2021 (2021-09-07)
Split from	Holos
Headquarters	Kyiv
Ideology	Liberalism Anti-corruption Pro-Europeanism
Political position	Centre to centre-right
Verkhovna Rada affiliation	Holos
Colours	Blue
Verkhovna Rada	11 / 450
Website
spravedlyvist.org.ua
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History

The political party Holos, which was established in May 2019,^[4] won 20 seats in the July 2019 parliamentary election.^[5]

In January 2021, Kira Rudyk, Yaroslav Zheleznyak and Oleksandra Ustinova began negotiations, moderated by Rustem Umierov, to prevent a split in Holos's parliamentary faction.^[6] These talks failed and in June 2021 the faction in the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's national parliament) finally split.^[6] 11 out of 20 Holos MPs, led by Ustinova, separated into the parliamentary association Justice.^[6]

In the 2019 parliamentary election, several Ukrainian Galician Party members were elected to parliament as part of an alliance with Holos.^[7][8][9] All Ukrainian Galician Party members became member of the breakaway group.^[10][6]

On 17 December 2021, the leader^[6] of Justice, Ustinova officially became the head of the Holos faction, instead of Yaroslav Zheleznyak, who represents the party establishment.^[11] Zheleznyak did not recognise this official announcement by First Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Oleksandr Kornienko.^[11]

Unification talks between Rudyk and Ustinova restarted in January 2022.^[6]

References

1. "Ще один нардеп перейшов з фракції "Голосу" до групи "Справедливість" – тепер вона в більшості". www.unian.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2024-03-27.
2. ""Справедливость" в "Голосе": 11 нардепов отделились в свое объединение, не выходя из фракции". Слово и Дело (in Russian). 2024-03-27. Retrieved 2024-03-27.
3. "Половина "Голосу" у Раді створила окреме об'єднання "Справедливість" та висловила недовіру голові фракції". hromadske.ua (in Ukrainian). 2021-06-16. Retrieved 2024-03-27.
4. Вакарчук заявив про створення партії і похід у Раду. Ukrayinska Pravda (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 16 May 2019.
5. CEC counts 100 percent of vote in Ukraine's parliamentary elections, Ukrinform (26 July 2019)
   (in Russian) Results of the extraordinary elections of the People's Deputies of Ukraine 2019, Ukrayinska Pravda (21 July 2019)
6. (in Ukrainian) A choir of soloists. How Voice is preparing to reunify in the Verkhovna Rada, Ukrayinska Pravda (7 February 2022)
7. Small biography on Ukrainian Galician Party, Civil movement "Chesno" (in Ukrainian)
8. (in Ukrainian) Representatives of the Ukrainian Galician Party will run for the vote in seven constituencies of Lviv region, OPORA Lviv (7 June 2020)
9. "Люди УГП йдуть на вибори до Верховної Ради з "Голосом"". uhp.org.ua (Ukrainian Galician Party official website) (in Ukrainian). 6 June 2019. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
10. "Ще один нардеп перейшов з фракції "Голосу" до групи "Справедливість" – тепер вона в більшості". www.unian.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2021-09-08.
11. ""Голос" змінив главу фракції". Українська правда (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2024-03-27.