The People's Coalition 5 Plus (''Narodnaja Kaalicyja Piaciorka Plus'') was a
political alliance in
Belarus
Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by ...
, that opposed the regime of president
Alexander Lukashenko
Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko (as transliterated from Russian; also transliterated from Belarusian as Alyaksand(a)r Ryhoravich Lukashenka;, ; rus, Александр Григорьевич Лукашенко, Aleksandr Grigoryevich Luk ...
.
At the
legislative
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Laws enacted by legislatures are usually known ...
elections
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Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative ...
, 13–17 October 2004, the alliance won no seats.
The coalition is formed by the following parties:
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Belarusian Labour Party
The Belarusian Labour Party ( be, Беларуская партыя працы, ''Biełaruskaja Partyja Pracy'') is a social-democratic political party in Belarus, that opposes the government of president Alexander Lukashenko. The leader of the ...
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Belarusian People's Front
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Belarusian Social Democratic Party-Assembly
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Party of Communists of Belarus
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United Civil Party of Belarus
These elections fell according to the
OSCE
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/ODIHR Election Observation Missio
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. According to this mission principles of an inclusive democratic process, whereby citizens have the right to seek political office without discrimination, candidates to present their views without obstruction, and voters to learn about them and discuss them freely, were largely ignored.
This 5 Plus Coalition became the core of the wider
United Democratic Forces of Belarus
The United Democratic Forces of Belarus ( be, Аб'яднаныя дэмакратычныя сілы Беларусі; russian: Объединённые демократические силы) is a coalition of political parties that oppose t ...
which in October 2005 elected
Alaksandar Milinkievič as their candidate for the 2006 Presidential Election
Belarusian opposition
Defunct political party alliances in Belarus
Pro-European political parties in Belarus
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