Proposition (party)
Proposition is a Ukrainian political party founded in 2020. The party was founded by the mayors of six major cities, Borys Filatov of Dnipro, Andriy Raykovych of Kropyvnytskyi, Oleksiy Kaspruk of Chernivtsi, Oleksandr Senkevych of Mykolaiv, Andriy Dyachenko of Kakhovka and Serhii Sukhomlyn of Zhytomyr. In Ukrainian media the party has been nicknamed "Party of mayors".History
Legally the party is the successor of the party "New European Ukraine". "New European Ukraine" did not took part in the 2015 Ukrainian local elections, nor in the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election. "New European Ukraine"'s name was changed to "Proposal" in April 2020 when Andriy Pylchenko from Dnipro became its new leader. Pylchenko is a former a member of the political council of the party UKROP. In the 2015 Ukrainian local elections Borys Filatov was elected Mayor of Dnipro as a UKROP representative.
The six mayors presented the party to the public on 19 June 2020, a party congress was planned for July 2020. Not only other mayors, but also "leaders of public opinion" and other local government officials were invited to join the project. The founding mayors claimed they did not need a new party to achieve reelection. The party was created because the six mayors were unsatisfied with the level of cooperation with the Presidential Office, President Volodymyr Zelensky and Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal. The first task of the party is victories in the October 2020 Ukrainian local elections. The founders stated on 19 June 2020 that the party also intends to take part in the 2023 Ukrainian parliamentary election.
