Narodovlastie
Narodovlastie Народовластие | |
|---|---|
| Leader | Nikolay Ryzhkov |
| Dissolved | 1999 |
| Ideology | Patriotism, hard opposition to president Boris Yeltsin |
| Seats in the State Duma | 37 / 450
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Narodovlastie (Russian: Народовластие, "Power of the people", i.e. democracy) was a national-patriotic parliamentary faction operating in the Second State Duma of the Russian Federation from 1996 to 1999.
The political orientation of Narodovlastie was patriotism, opposition to the President and the Government of Russia, support for state property, and territorial integrity of Russia. Former Soviet prime minister Nikolay Ryzhkov was the leader of the faction.[1]
Formation
Narodovlastie sided with the Communist Party and Agroindustrial Group of Deputies, which made up the Duma's left bloc. The core of the group was made up of deputies elected from the electoral blocs of the Communist Party, "Power to the People!" (Russian: Власть народу!, won less than 2% of the votes), and the Congress of Russian Communities (earned about 4%). The basis of "Power to the People!" was the Russian All-People's Union of Sergey Baburin and the Movement of Mothers "For Social Justice".
In early January 1996, shortly after the elections, Baburin took part in consultations with Artur Chilingarov on the creation of a centrist faction. The union did not take place due to deep differences in views on centrism: there were too many supporters of the President and the Cabinet and former Gaidarites in Chilingarov's group, with whom the opposition did not want to unite. Baburin and Ryzhkov decided to create their own faction "Narodovlastie". All nine deputies from the "Power to the People!" bloc joined the group, as well as some members and supporters of the Communist Party (including six deputies officially elected from the CPRF), representatives of the moderate opposition — Congress of Russian Communities, Stanislav Govorukhin, Svyatoslav Fyodorov.
On 16 January 1996, the group was registered with 37 deputies, headed by Ryzhkov and his seven deputies: Glotov, Baburin, Karelova, Mashinsky, Govorukhin, Dzasokhov, Fyodorov. When electing the Chairman of the Duma, Narodovlastie supported Communist Gennady Seleznyov in both rounds of the vote. In accordance with the agreements, Narodovlastie received the posts of one deputy chairman of the Duma, three chairmen of committees (of which one was given up by the Communist Party) and seven deputy chairmen of the committees.
Belovezha issue
On 14 March 1996, the Council of the State Duma introduced a draft resolution prepared by the Communist Party, the Agrarian Group and Narodovlastie, “On the deepening of the integration of nations united in the USSR, and the abolition of the Decree of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR of 12 December 1991 on the establishment of the Commonwealth of Independent States”. On March 15, the State Duma adopted a resolution “On the legal force of the results of the 1991 Soviet referendum for the Russian Federation”[2]
"Confirm that the Agreement on the Creation of the Commonwealth of Independent States of December 8, 1991, signed by the President of the RSFSR B.N. Yeltsin and the State Secretary of the RSFSR G.E.Burbulis and not approved by the Congress of People's Deputies — the highest governmental body of the RSFSR — did not and does not have legal force in the part relating to the termination of the existence of the USSR"
Sergey Baburin had disagreements with the majority of Narodovlastie, and he submitted his own draft resolution to the Duma, which was considered as an alternative to the three-faction draft. Baburin's resolution was adopted in addition to the first resolution. Both decisions were supported by 25 of the 37 members of Narodovlastie. Svyatoslav Fyodorov signed a tripartite statement with Alexander Lebed and Grigory Yavlinsky, in which Narodovlastie was ranked among the "number of communist factions", and the alleged proposal to denounce the Belovezha Accords was called "adventurous."
Notable members
- Nikolay Ryzhkov
- Sergey Baburin
- Stanislav Govorukhin
- Svyatoslav Fyodorov
- Aleksey Lebed
- Nina Ostanina
- Stepan Sulakshin
- Pyotr Sumin
References
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