The Conservative Christian Party of the Belarusian People's Front (; ) is a former political party in

Belarus Belarus, officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east and northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Belarus spans an a ...

that opposes the government of president

Alexander Lukashenko Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko (also transliterated as Alyaksandr Ryhoravich Lukashenka; born 30 August 1954) is a Belarusian politician who has been the first and only president of Belarus since the office's establishment in 1994, making hi ...

. It was ''de facto'' formed after the split of the Belarusian People's Front in 1999.

History

The October 2004 legislative elections were boycotted by the party, led by Zianon Pazniak. These elections fell according to the

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/ODIHR Election Observation Mission significantly short of OSCE commitments. Universal principles and constitutionally guaranteed rights of expression, association and assembly were seriously challenged, calling into question the Belarusian authorities' willingness to respect the concept of political competition on a basis of equal treatment. Principles of an inclusive democratic process—whereby citizens have the right to seek political office without discrimination, candidates can present their views without obstruction, and voters can learn the views and discuss them freely—were largely ignored. The Conservative Christian Party refused to join the oppositional coalition led by

Alaksandar Milinkievič Alaksandar Uładzimieravič Milinkievič (, , born 25 July 1947) is a Belarusian politician. He was nominated by the leading opposition parties in Belarus to run against incumbent Alexander Lukashenko in the 2006 presidential election. Biography ...

in 2006, as they cited the inability to ensure ethical behaviour in Lukashenko's administration, in the voting process, and the calculation of votes. The election ended cycle ended with voting falsifications and was not acknowledged by either the EU or the United States. The party opposed the Russian language having the status of an official language in Belarus, which is a status it was given in the 1995 Belarusian referendum. The party boycotted all parliamentary elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016) since Lukashenko's consolidation of power in 1996. On 20 July 2023, the Supreme Court of Belarus decided to liquidate the party.Вярхоўны суд Беларусі, выглядае, ліквідаваў Кансэрватыўна-хрысьціянскую партыю — БНФ
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