Order, Law and Justice ( bg, Ред, законност и справедливост, Red, zakonnost i spravedlivost, abbreviated as ''RZS'') was a
conservative
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political party
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in
Bulgaria
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. Its main focus is on fighting crime and corruption.
It won the minimum ten seats in the
National Assembly
In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the rep ...
at the
2009 election, making it the smallest of the six parties in the legislature.
Later some of the deputies left the parliamentary group and it broke the minimum of ten, which inevitably made all parliamentary representatives of the party independent deputies.
It is led by
Yane Yanev
Yane Yanev ( bg, Яне Янев, born 22 April 1971) is a Bulgarian politician, leader of the center-right opposition party Order, Law and Justice and a member of the Bulgarian National Assembly. Known as an "anti-corruption hawk" that has broug ...
, who has frequently revealed classified documents backing up his claims of corruption.
The party is close to the British
Conservative Party
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Political parties called The Conservative P ...
.
The logo of Order, Law and Justice is a blue and orange checkerboard pattern.
History
The party was founded by renaming and reforming the
National Association - Bulgarian Agrarian People's Union
Order, Law and Justice ( bg, Ред, законност и справедливост, Red, zakonnost i spravedlivost, abbreviated as ''RZS'') was a conservative political party in Bulgaria. Its main focus is on fighting crime and corruption. It ...
(NS-BZNS), which had been part of the
United Democratic Forces
The United Democratic Forces ( bg, Обединени Демократични Сили, ОДС/ODS) were a center-right electoral alliance in Bulgaria, led by the Union of Democratic Forces.
Members of the coalition
1997
* Union of Democrati ...
, decided on the fourth congress of the NS-BZNS in the end of 2005. Its main goal is fighting corruption.
In the
2007 European election, RZS won only 0.5% of the vote. By the time of the
2009 election, this had increased to 4.7%, with RZS claiming that only
electoral fraud had prevented it from receiving 10%, which would have given it two seats.
A month later, RZS took part in
elections to the
National Assembly
In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the rep ...
. Its parliamentary ticket was headed by
Atanas Semov
Atanas is a name. Its most common use is a masculine given name in Bulgarian and Macedonian, derived from Greek Athanasios, "immortal". It can also be a surname.
List
People with the name Atanas include: Given name
* Atanas Andonov (born 1955), B ...
, a law professor at the
University of Sofia
Sofia University, "St. Kliment Ohridski" at the University of Sofia, ( bg, Софийски университет „Св. Климент Охридски“, ''Sofijski universitet „Sv. Kliment Ohridski“'') is the oldest higher education i ...
. Its platform called for the formation of a stable center-right coalition that would exclude the
Bulgarian Socialist Party, a proactive campaign against political corruption, compulsory education until age 16, greater efforts to fight illiteracy, and the rejection of
ethnic nationalism
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in politics.
The election saw RZS win 4.13% of the vote: just clearing the 4%
threshold and entitling it to ten seats. The party supported the new centre-right government under
Boyko Borisov, but refused to sign an official declaration of support, after pressure from the
European Conservatives and Reformists over the involvement of
Attack.
One of RZS's MPs,
Mario Tagarinski, left the party on 9 December 2009, pushing the party below the minimum of ten MPs required to form an official
parliamentary group
A parliamentary group, parliamentary party, or parliamentary caucus is a group consisting of some members of the same political party or electoral fusion of parties in a legislative assembly such as a parliament or a city council.
Parliamenta ...
.
Another MP,
Dimitar Choukarski, left on 11 March 2010, reducing it further to eight MPs.
The party nominated
Atanas Semov
Atanas is a name. Its most common use is a masculine given name in Bulgarian and Macedonian, derived from Greek Athanasios, "immortal". It can also be a surname.
List
People with the name Atanas include: Given name
* Atanas Andonov (born 1955), B ...
for president during the
2011 presidential election. He finished seventh with only 1.84% of the popular vote.
In the
2013
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parliamentary election the party won only 1.67% of the popular vote and failed to win a seat.
Footnotes
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