Dovira

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

History

Dovira was registered as a parliamentary group of pro-government deputies on 6 December 2019. 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.

Although originally created to function solely as a parliamentary group at the national level rather than a political party, 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. Trust saw some success in Ternopil Oblast, where it gained six seats on the Ternopil Oblast Council. The organization saw its best result in Poltava Oblast, winning a plurality of sixteen seats on the Poltava Oblast Council.

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.

Members in parliament

Leaders

* Oleh Kulinich – chairman (former Revival member)
* Valerii Lunchenko – deputy chairman (former People's Front member)

Other members

* Volodymyr Areshonkov (former European Solidarity member)
* Mykola Babenko ( Bila Tserkva Together)
* Pavlo Bakunets ( Self Reliance)
* Serhiy Velmozhnyi ( Our Land)
* Robert Horvat (former European Solidarity member)
* Maxim Efimov (former European Solidarity member)
* Andriy Ivanchuk (former People's Front member)
* Andriy Kit (independent)
* Oleksandr Kovalyov (independent)
* Mykola Lyushnyak (former European Solidarity member)
* Vasyl Petiovka ( Andriy Baloha's Team)
* Borys Prykhodko (independent)
* Oleksandr Sukhov ( Our Land)
* Serhii Shakhov ( Our Land)

Former members

* Valeriy Davydenko ( Our Land) was a member of the group until his death on May 23, 2020.

References

2019 establishments in Ukraine
Parliamentary factions in Ukraine
Parliamentary groups in Ukraine
Political parties established in 2020
Political parties in Ukraine
Regionalist parties in Ukraine

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