Dovira (Ukrainian: Довіра), translated as Trust or Сredence,[2] is a parliamentary group in the Verkhovna Rada and political party in Ukraine, consisting of 20 previously non-partisan representatives.[2][3] It was formed in the 9th Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada on 6 December 2019.[2] On 12 June 2020, a political party of the same name was registered on the basis of the parliamentary group.

Trust
Довіра
LeaderOleh Kulinich
ChairpersonOlena Kyivets
Parliamentary chairmanOleh Kulinich[1]
Parliamentary deputy chairmanValerii Lunchenko
Founded6 December 2019 (2019-12-06) (parliamentary group)
12 June 2020 (2020-06-12) (party)
HeadquartersKyiv, Ukraine
IdeologyRegionalism
Big tent
Member parties (in Verkhovna Rada)Our Land
Self Reliance
Bila Tserkva Together
Andriy Baloha's Team
Colours  Blue
Slogan"We unite the best"
(Ukrainian: «Ми об'єднуємо найкращих»)
Verkhovna Rada
18 / 450
Regions
459 / 43,122
Website
dovira.org.ua

History edit

Dovira was registered as a parliamentary group of pro-government deputies on 6 December 2019.[4] The deputies who entered Dovira were former members of the Petro Poroshenko Bloc, the People's Front, representatives of the Our Land party, ex-regionals and a deputy from Self Reliance.[5]

Although originally created to function solely as a parliamentary group at the national level rather than a political party,[6] in the 2020 Ukrainian local elections, candidates representing the organization contested regional council seats and municipal positions across the country.

Twenty three of the group's mayoral candidates were elected, garnering about 3.14 percent of the total mayoral vote in Ukraine.[7] Trust saw some success in Ternopil Oblast, where it gained six seats on the Ternopil Oblast Council.[8] The organization saw its best result in Poltava Oblast, winning a plurality of sixteen seats on the Poltava Oblast Council.[9][10] Nationally, Dovira candidates secured 459 seats on regional and municipal councils across Ukraine, out of a total of 43,122 up for election. The party obtained 1.08% of the total votes cast in the 2020 local election, putting it in thirteenth place overall.[11] According to Ukrainian NGO Chesno and Ukrainian investigation platform Bihus.Info [uk] four Dovira faction members (Vasyl Petiovka, Valerii Lunchenko, Robert Horvat and Vladislav Poliak[12]) developed the local Zakarpattia Oblast party Native Zakarpattia.[13] This part won 12 of the 64 seats in the Zakarpattia Oblast Council.[14]

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  1. ^ "Олег Кулініч: "ДОВІРА" об'єднує найкращих". Ноивини Полтавщини (in Ukrainian). 6 August 2020. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "Deputy Factions and Groups of IX convocation". Верховна Рада України via Wayback Machine. Archived from the original on 24 January 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Склад депутатської групи IX скликання". Верховна Рада України (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  4. ^ "У Раді створили нову групу "Довіра" на чолі з Кулінічем (оновлено)". LB.ua. Retrieved 2022-08-15.
  5. ^ "Цьогоріч створено 12 нових партій. 50 змінили свої назви | Громадський рух ЧЕСНО". 2021-11-09. Archived from the original on 2021-11-09. Retrieved 2022-08-15.
  6. ^ "Нова депутатська група "Довіра" у Верховній Раді: повний перелік, хто увійшов". Рубрика (in Ukrainian). 7 December 2019. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  7. ^ "Вибори міських та сільських голів: ЦВК показала рейтинг партій-переможниць". Україньска Правда (in Ukrainian). 18 November 2020. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  8. ^ "Україна, Тернопільська обласна рада". cvk.gov.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  9. ^ "СПИСОК ДЕПУТАТІВ, ОБРАНИХ ДО ПОЛТАВСЬКОЇ ОБЛАСНОЇ РАДИ 8-ГО СКЛИКАННЯ". Poltava.to (in Ukrainian). 5 November 2020. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  10. ^ (in Ukrainian) The Dovira party won the most votes in the Poltava regional council elections, Ukrinform (6 November 2020)
  11. ^ "Обрані депутати місцевих рад". Центральна Виборча Комісія (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  12. ^ Advertising on social networks, stories on television and an office in Mukachevo – about which I forgot to report the party "Native Zakarpattia", Bihus.Info [uk] (27 December 2021) (in Ukrainian)
  13. ^ This year, 12 new parties were created. 50 changed their names, Chesno (13 October 2020) (in Ukrainian)
  14. ^ "Zakarpattia Oblast Council results". cvk.gov.ua (in Ukrainian). Central Election Commission. 25 October 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  15. ^ "У Києві з вогнепальним пораненням у голову знайшли нардепа Давиденка" (in Ukrainian). Espreso. 23 May 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2021.