Christian Liberal Party of Ukraine
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Christian Liberal party of Ukraine is a political party
Political party
A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...

 in Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

. The party says that it is guided by the values of Christianity
Christianity
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 and the principles of Western Europe
Western Europe
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an democracy
Democracy
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: parliamentarism, the market economy
Market economy
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, free labour and powerful social programs. The party is led by the Mayor of Kiev
Mayor of Kiev
Mayor of Kiev is the elected mayor of the municipality of Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, who is also normally automatically appointed as Head of the City's State Administration and Chair of the City Council....

, Leonid Chernovetskyi
Leonid Chernovetskyi
Leonid Mykhaylovych Chernovetskyi is the incumbent Mayor of Kiev, the capital of Ukraine. Before his political career, he was a successful businessman, founder and controlling stakeholder of the Pravex Group and Pravex Bank, one of the largest banks in Ukraine.-Biography:Chernovetskyi quit school...

.

At the Kiev City Council election, 2008
Kiev local election, 2008
Early mayoral and city council elections were contested in the Ukrainian capital Kiev on May 25, 2008. The snap election was called by the Ukrainian parliament, the Verkhovna Rada by a 246-5 vote on March 18 amid corruption allegations involving the incumbent Mayor Leonid Chernovetskyi...

 the party was part of the Leonid Chernovetskyi Bloc
Leonid Chernovetskyi Bloc
Leonid Chernovetskyi Bloc was a regional political alliance supporting the Mayor of Kiev Leonid Chernovetskyi based in the city of Kiev. At the 2008 combined Kiev Mayoral election and Kiev City Council election the party won the most seats in the Kiev City Council...

 alliance; it will compete in the Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2012 also as a member of the Leonid Chernovetskyi Bloc.. It has never competed in national elections.
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