Social Democratic Party of Popular Accord

The Social Democratic Party of Popular Accord ("Sacyjal-Demakratyčnaja Partyja Narodnaj Zhody") is a political party in Belarus, that opposes the government of president Alexander Lukashenko. It was created in 1997. Leader of the party is Sergey Yermak.At the last legislative elections, 13-17 october 2004, the party didn't secure any seat. These elections fell according to the OSCE/ODIHR Election Observation Mission [http://www.osce.org/documents/odihr/2004/12/3951_en.pdf] significantly short of OSCE commitments. Universal principles and constitutionally guaranteed rights of expression, association andassembly were seriously challenged, calling into question the Belarusian authorities’ willingness torespect 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 topresent their views without obstruction, and voters to learn about them and discuss them freely, werelargely ignored.