Discussions have repeatedly been held on what role political parties should play in shaping civil society. In order to increase competition in this area, amendments to the regulatory act were adopted, which simplified the process of registering factions who ultimately wished to take part in legislative activity. All this led to the fact that in our country the number of the above associations, the so-called newcomers to politics, sharply increased. The Communist Party of Social Justice was also awarded this status, the abbreviation of which suggests that its creators aimed to become a serious alternative to the “left” association, which has been led by the “Kremlin opposition” Gennady Zyuganov for many years. However, it would be impractical to compare these two structures, since they have different weight categories. Nevertheless, the Communist Party of Social Justice de jure has a right to exist, and its leadership made remarkable efforts to win elections in different regions of the country.
Did you manage to complete the tasks? What ideas are promoted by the leaders of the CPSU? Let's consider these questions in more detail.
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The Communist Party of Social Justice was established at a special congress on April 8, 2012. On May 28, the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation officially registered it. But who acted as the initiator of its creation? It was Andrei Bogdanov, who was at the time heading the Democratic Party of Russia (DPR) and, at the same time, the Center for Political Technologies. But the author of the program for the created association was the head of the Union of Citizens party, Vyacheslav Smirnov. It was necessary to choose a person who will carry out the current management of the entire structure. Who will get the responsible post - First Secretary of the Central Committee? It was decided to entrust him to Yuri Morozov (a native of the Saratov region). The Communist Party of Social Justice has become his main job.
But what ideas and views were preached by the ideologists of the above association? Let us analyze this question in more detail.
Political goals
Andrei Bogdanov and his associates want to transform Russia into a country where citizens would be equal in rights. There should not be a social imbalance in it: the state will take full care of its citizens, adequately paying for labor and providing materially vulnerable groups: pensioners, disabled people and other poor people. The “Communist Party of Social Justice", whose program, in fact, largely echoed the ideas and plans of the "left" association headed by Zyuganov, puts the interests of the individual in the first place. The people are the only source of power, and the bureaucracy must express only their will, and not put their selfish interests in the first place.
Social justice
Civil society, according to the leadership of the CPSU, must live according to the laws of social justice.
The state is obliged to invest the maximum possible in human potential, since the individual is the main value and wealth of Russia. This is the only way to establish economic growth rates and increase the level of well-being in society.
Education for free
And, of course, the aforementioned Russian political party stands guard over the interests of an ordinary citizen. Everyone should have access to free education at the school, college or university. Moreover, having received a profession, a person will be obliged to work on his profile for 5 years, and only then he has the right to change his occupation.
Medical care at no cost
In addition to free education, the state must guarantee its citizens free treatment. At the same time, regardless of financial situation, each person has the right to use modern technologies that are currently available in domestic medicine.
In addition, the low-income categories of citizens should be given back the privileges for the purchase of medicines and rehabilitation funds.
Social housing at no cost
Every cell of society in Russia, especially a newly-minted family, must be provided with social housing, and absolutely free of charge.
Destruction of bribery and corruption
In the system of building a civil society, where there is no social inequality, there should be no bribery and corruption. If an official is convicted of committing the aforementioned act, then a severe punishment should be waiting for him, and the higher the rank of civil servant, the stronger the responsibility. Moreover, all property of the guilty and his relatives is subject to compulsory seizure.
friendship of Peoples
The principle of internationalism and good neighborly relations throughout the country in the CPSU program takes far from the last place.
The nationalities, communities and ethnic groups inhabiting Russia should not enter into conflicts among themselves.
Cooperation outside the Russian Federation and sovereignty
According to the ideologists of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, our country should strictly observe national interests in foreign policy, therefore tensions with other countries on this basis cannot be avoided. At the same time, Andrei Bogdanov and his associates are not opposed to the creation of an international structure, the so-called World Commonwealth of Socialist States, which subsequently transforms into a world-wide communist society, where external borders will be absent. This is the only way to resist the innate countries of the capitalist way of life.
Participation in the elections
In the fall of 2012, the political party "Communist Party of Social Justice" entered the electoral struggle, but the first pancake turned out to be lumpy, and its representatives failed to get a single mandate.
At the same time, the representative of the CPSU (Dmitry Kochergin) received support of 289 votes following the election of the mayor of Kaliningrad.
In early autumn 2013, the structure of the left, led by Yuri Morozov, took part in the regional elections in the Volgograd region. As a result, party members managed to overcome the 5 percent barrier and get one seat in the local city council.
Personnel shifts
In 2014, the Central Committee of the party was headed by the founder of the CPSU. So, Yuri Morozov lost his responsible post. But Brezhnev Andrey Yuryevich (grandson of Leonid Ilyich) took the post of first secretary. He will subsequently head the party lists in the regional elections in the Republic of Mari El, the Republic of Crimea, the KCR, the Legislative Assembly of the city of Sevastopol. Currently, Brezhnev Andrei Yurievich lives in the Crimea and has long since left the ranks of the Communist Party to join the new left. It should be noted that the latter did not confirm the rumors that the grandson of the Soviet secretary general will compete with the grandson of another communist ideologist Gennady Andreyevich Zyuganov, whose name is Leonid. He was the one who ran for the Moscow City Duma in the Sokol constituency.
In December 2015, the structure of Oleg Sidorov (Civil Power) and the association of Andrei Bogdanov (CPSU) were consolidated into the Communist Party of Social Justice. But a few days later Oleg Sidorov was removed from his post.
Left-wing ideologist Andrei Bogdanov emphasizes that the brainchild he created will most actively participate in the country's political life and will certainly compete for seats in the Russian State Duma, the election of which is just around the corner.
“At the moment, this is the main goal for us. We plan to enlist at least 3% of the vote in order to have the right to participate in regional elections without collecting signatures and to receive the possibility of budget financing. These two terms are enough for the CPSU to develop successfully, ”the party leader emphasized. He also added that “not collecting signatures” is not a priority, since the Communist Party of Social Justice has impressive experience in this area.
Scandals
A certain part of experts believes that the CPSU is a product created in opposition to the Communist Party. Many people know that the ex-leader of the new union of the left, Yuri Morozov, in the era of socialism, had a party ticket.
Some time later, he transferred to the White House in the Saratov Region, and later became the head of the public reception faction of United Russia. The Communists accused the CPSU representatives of the fact that the new party repeatedly nominated its people in single-mandate constituencies, which were the namesakes of those promoted by the Communist Party. That is how the votes were taken and the voters were misled.
Another scandal occurred in 2013. In Arkhangelsk, a woman candidate from the Communist Party of Social Justice was removed from the election for the reason that she had already died several months ago.
One way or another, but Andrei Bogdanov himself is far from a novice in big politics. He is credited with “record breaking” when it comes to party building, since he has over ten associations of federal significance. He once said that he participated in the life of such factions as United Russia, the Democratic Party of Russia, the Russian Party of Retired People, and the Party of People’s Capital of Sergei Mavrodi. Subsequently, he said that it does not matter to him which party to create: the customer determines the political orientation. At the same time, experts have no doubt that Bogdanov took the Communist Party under his wing, largely because leftist ideas are again gaining popularity among the people. In the minds of the older generation, the CPSU is perceived as a symbol of stability in society.