THE FORMATION OF A MULTI-PARTY SYSTEM IN BELARUS (LATE 20th AND EARLY 21st CENTURIES)

The article addresses one of the most important aspects of party formation, i.e. the establishment of a multiparty system in Belarus in the period of political transformations. The article shows the political and theoretical basis for the formation of the modern multiparty system in Belarus in the period of political transformations. An attempt is made to identify periods of political development of the Belarusian multi-party system. The article focuses on the establishment of a multiparty system and its chronological development and analysis of both general and specific features of the modern Belarusian multi-party system. Attention is given to the participation of political parties as a socio-political institution. After the monopoly of the Communist Party was overcome, society demonstrated rapid processes to form political pluralism, i. e. to form political parties and movements. Initially, these processes were largely initiated by society itself.

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