Citizens' Party (Finland)

Citizens' Party
Finnish name Kansalaispuolue
Swedish name Medborgarpartiet
Abbreviation KP
Chairman Sami Kilpeläinen
Founded 2016 (2016)
Ideology Centrism
Euroscepticism
Political position Centre
Parliament of Finland
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Website
www.kansalaispuolue.fi

Citizens' Party (Finnish: Kansalaispuolue, Swedish: Medborgarpartiet) is a Finnish political party, founded in 2016.[1] It was founded by the long-time Centre Party politician and MEP Paavo Väyrynen, who left Centre in early 2016.[2] Väyrynen acted as the first chairman of the party until July 2017, when he was succeeded by Sami Kilpeläinen.[3]

The party did not take part in the 2017 municipal elections, although Väyrynen was elected to the City Council of Helsinki as an independent candidate.[4] Väyrynen also participated the 2018 presidential election as an independent candidate, finishing fourth with 6.2 percent of the votes.[5]

In March 2018, Citizens' Party expelled Väyrynen from the party, due to his alleged misdeeds with the campaign funding during the presidential elections.[6] Väyrynen denied the allegations and instead started a court case against the activities of the board of the party.[7] While the court case was still ongoing, Väyrynen founded a Citizens' Party's parliamentary group, with an intention to represent the party within the parliament.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Paavo Väyrysen kansalaispuolue puoluerekisteriin". Iltalehti (in Finnish). 15 December 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  2. ↑ "Paavo Väyrynen perustaa uuden puolueen" (in Finnish). Ilta-sanomat. 4 February 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  3. ↑ "Kansalaispuolueessa on vain noin 30 päätösvaltaista jäsentä – tuore puheenjohtaja Sami Kilpeläinen aikoo jättää keskustan luottamustehtävät" (in Finnish). Suomenmaa. 17 July 2017. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  4. ↑ "Valitut: Helsinki". Ministry of Justice. 13 April 2017. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  5. ↑ "Väyrynen "äärimmäisen tyytyväinen" omaan tulokseensa – "Keväällä tulen ilahduttamaan Suomen kansaa sillä, että palaan eduskuntaan"" (in Finnish). Yle. 28 January 2018. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  6. ↑ "Kansalaispuolue ilmoittaa erottaneensa Paavo Väyrysen puolueesta" (in Finnish). Helsingin Sanoamt. 3 March 2018. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
  7. ↑ "Itseluottamusta uhkuva Väyrynen jättää kansalaispuolueen, tähtää yhä Sipilän tilalle – "Olen ollut kaksi kertaa nostamassa keskustaa kuilun partaalta"" (in Finnish). MTV3. 12 April 2018. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
  8. ↑ "Väyrysen tilanteesta päänvaivaa eduskunnassa: "Emme voi tässä vaiheessa oikein evätäkään"" (in Finnish). Uusi Suomi. 19 June 2018. Retrieved 20 June 2018.


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