{{Infobox political party |country=Ukraine |name = Reforms for the Future |native_name = Реформи заради майбутнього |logo = Reforms for the Future.jpg |leader = Ihor Rybakov |foundation =16 February 2011<ref name="Reforms for the Future KP1"/> |dissolution = 15 December 2012<ref name=VR7starts151212UW>[http://ukrainianweek.com/Politics/60928 You Scratch My Back, and I’ll Scratch Yours], The Ukrainian Week (26 September 2012)</ref> |ideology = |international = |colours = |colorcode = #008080 |headquarters = |website = | seats1_title = Verkhovna Rada | seats1 = }} '''Reforms for the Future''' ({{langx|uk|Реформи заради майбутнього|Reformy zarady maibutnoho}}) was a Ukrainian deputy group turned faction in its national parliament Verkhovna Rada created on February 16, 2011.<ref name="Reforms for the Future KP1">[http://www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/97297/ Individual deputies create Reforms for the Sake of Future group in parliament], Kyiv Post (February 16, 2011)</ref><ref name="Reforms for the Future UN1"/> Deputy Ihor Rybakov (earlier elected on the election list of the Bloc of Yulia Tymoshenko), is the group's faction leader.<ref name="Reforms for the Future KP1"/> The faction supported the Azarov Government.<ref name="Azarovsuporters"/> All members of the group had individually already entered into the parliamentary coalition which supported this government.<ref name="Azarovsuporters"/> At its peak the group contained 21 deputies (in January 2012).<ref name=RftFMPMnumber>{{in lang|uk}} [https://archive.today/20120326081732/http://gska2.rada.gov.ua/pls/site/p_fraction_list?pidid=2326 Група "Реформи заради майбутнього" у Верховній Раді України], Verkhovna Rada</ref><ref name=contains21>[http://portal.rada.gov.ua/rada/control/en/publish/article/info_left?art_id=296255&cat_id=105997 Plenary meetings on January 10, 2012], Verkhovna Rada (10 January 2012)</ref> In the parliament elected on 28 October 2012 that started its tasks on 15 December 2012 the faction was not re-created.<ref name="kyivpost.com">[http://www.kyivpost.com/content/politics/parliament-of-sixth-convocation-ends-its-work-317221.html Parliament of sixth convocation ends its work], Kyiv Post (6 December 2012)</ref><ref name="ukrainianweek.com">[http://ukrainianweek.com/Politics/60928 You Scratch My Back, and I’ll Scratch Yours], The Ukrainian Week (26 September 2012)<br />[http://w1.c1.rada.gov.ua/pls/radan_gs09/ns_golos?g_id=30844 Voting for the Verkhovna Rada regulations amendment]<br />[http://iportal.rada.gov.ua/meeting/stenogr/show/4094.html Stenogram of November 6, 2012 session]<br />[http://blogs.pravda.com.ua/authors/leschenko/50ae3e29a9cd7/ Політичний цирк: кнопкодави попалися на своїх звичках (Political circus: the "button-pushers" got caught on its habits)]. Ukrayinska Pravda.</ref><ref name="seatsVR121212KPUW"/><ref name=ithaschanged>{{in lang|uk}} [http://gska2.rada.gov.ua/pls/site/p_fractions Депутатські фракції] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101015205536/http://gska2.rada.gov.ua/pls/site/p_fractions |date=2010-10-15 }}, Verkhovna Rada</ref>
==History== Reforms for the Future started as a new deputy group in the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's parliament) on August 31, 2010.<ref>{{in lang|uk}} [http://gazeta.ua/post/352397 Депутати - перебіжчики об'єдналися в групу "Реформи заради майбутнього"], Gazeta.ua (August 31, 2010)</ref> The Reforms for the Future deputy group stated in September 2010 that it intended to seek the rights of a parliamentary faction.<ref name="Reforms for the Future UN1">{{in lang|uk}} [http://un.ua/ukr/article/312878.html Завтра в Раді може з'явитися нова фракція], Ukrainian News Agency (February 15, 2011)</ref> After the cancellation of the ''Imperative Mandate'' on October 1, 2010 it became possible for 15 or more deputies to form a parliamentary faction (a lawmaker can join only one faction; the chairman and his two assistants cannot head factions of deputies).<ref name=FINANCIAL>[http://www.finchannel.com/Main_News/Ukraine/72720_Rada_Approves_Cancellation_Of_Rule_That_Bans_Deputies_From_Switching_Factions_/ Rada Approves Cancellation Of Rule That Bans Deputies From Switching Factions] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101009194535/http://www.finchannel.com/Main_News/Ukraine/72720_Rada_Approves_Cancellation_Of_Rule_That_Bans_Deputies_From_Switching_Factions_/ |date=2010-10-09 }}, The Financial (October 8, 2010)</ref><ref>[http://www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/84619/ Update: Return to 1996 Constitution strengthens president, raises legal questions], Kyiv Post (October 1, 2010)</ref><ref name=PACEcrt>[http://www.kyivpost.com/news/opinion/op_ed/detail/85146/ Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe: The functioning of democratic institutions in Ukraine], Kyiv Post (October 5, 2010)</ref><ref>{{Cite Ukrainian law|type=Verkhovna Rada decree|number=2222-IV|law=2222-15|name=About the amendments to the Constitution of Ukraine|date=2004-12-08}}</ref><ref name=1996rulesagain>[http://www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/85569/ Rada amends regulations of its activities], Kyiv Post (October 8, 2010)</ref> At that time, the deputy group consisted of 17 deputies expelled from the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc–Batkivschyna faction (BYuT) and two deputies from the Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc faction.<ref name="Reforms for the Future UN1"/> MP Ivan Pliusch (at the time an independent MP) joined the group on February 15, 2011.<ref name="Reforms for the Future UN1"/> Taras Chornovil joined Reforms for the Future soon after.<ref name="Azarovsuporters">{{in lang|uk}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20110224061916/http://www.newsru.ua/ukraine/19feb2011/vsezarady.html "Реформи заради майбутнього" підтримають Януковича у всьому, але мову не здадуть], NEWSru.ua (February 19, 2011)</ref> Setting up a faction without a party is not uncommon in Ukraine's parliamentary history. Several influential parties have been founded after they had already founded a faction in the Verkhovna Rada, examples of this are the Party of Regions, All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland" and Labour Ukraine.<ref>[https://www.ualberta.ca/CIUS/stasiuk/st-pdf/Explaining%20State%20Capture.pdf Explaining State Capture and State Capture Modes] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120929204934/http://www.ualberta.ca/CIUS/stasiuk/st-pdf/Explaining%20State%20Capture.pdf |date=2012-09-29 }} by Oleksiy Omelyanchuk, Central European University, 2001 (page 22)</ref><ref>[http://pdc.ceu.hu/archive/00001231/01/6.pdf 2001 Political sketches: too early for summing up] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721104133/http://pdc.ceu.hu/archive/00001231/01/6.pdf |date=2011-07-21 }}, Central European University (January 4, 2002)</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=Jlja1Brj8HkC&pg=PA106 State Building in Ukraine: The Ukrainian Parliament, 1990-2003] by Sarah Whitmore, Routledge, 2004, {{ISBN|978-0-415-33195-1}}, page 106</ref><ref name=Motherland>[https://books.google.com/books?id=X0PAQrsx-6YC&dq=yulia+tymoshenko+Hromada&pg=PA12 Revolution in Orange: The Origins of Ukraine's Democratic Breakthrough] by Anders Aslund and Michael A. McFaul, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2006, {{ISBN|978-0-87003-221-9}}</ref> [[File:Reforms for the Future add April 2011.jpg|thumb|Street advert for the faction in Kyiv (April 2011) near Kyiv Pechersk Lavra.]] Rumours that the group was formed by businessmen who allegedly "fled" from BYuT "for fear of political persecution" have been denied by the group.<ref>{{in lang|uk}} [http://5.ua/newsline/229/0/73586/ Чорновіл: Створення депутатської групи «Реформи заради майбутнього» стало неприємністю для ПР], 5 Kanal (February 19, 2011)</ref> Early 2012 Bloc Yulia Tymoshenko deputy Roman Zabzalyuk was briefly a member of the group; he claimed to investigate political corruption.<ref name=contains21/><ref name=Zabzalyuk/> He stated after rejoining the Bloc Yulia Tymoshenko early February 2012 that "They offer $500,000 for a transfer [to the parliamentary group], and then they pay a monthly salary of $20,000-25,000". In contrast, according to the deputy leader of the Reforms for Future group, Volodymyr Kapliyenko, Zabzalyuk had claimed he was "suffering a very serious disease" and the group had raised some $100,000 for Zabzalyuk to undergo surgery in Israel.<ref name=Zabzalyuk>[http://www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/122078/ Turchynov: Batkivschyna knew why Zabzaliuk left faction], Kyiv Post (8 February 2012)</ref> The day after these allegations were made (9 February 2012) Chornovil left the faction.<ref name="Chornovil goes again">[http://www.interfax.com.ua/eng/main/94104/ Chornovil leaves Reforms for Future group], Interfax Ukraine (9 February 2012)</ref> BYuT deputies claimed mid-February 2012 they had transferred the bribes Zabzalyuk had received to the Okhmatdyt National Children's Hospital.<ref>[http://www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/122678 Batkivschyna transfers Hr 3.6 million to Okhmatdyt National Children's Hospital], Kyiv Post (17 February 2012)</ref>
In the parliament elected on 28 October 2012 that started its tasks on 15 December 2012 the faction was not re-created.<ref name="kyivpost.com"/><ref name="ukrainianweek.com"/><ref name="seatsVR121212KPUW">[http://www.kyivpost.com/content/politics/yefremov-regions-party-faction-already-has-223-members-316850.html Yefremov: Regions Party faction already has 223 members], Kyiv Post (28 November 2012 2012)<br />[http://www.osw.waw.pl/en/notatka/a-difficult-victory-party-regions A difficult victory for the Party of Regions] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130416103410/http://www.osw.waw.pl/en/notatka/a-difficult-victory-party-regions |date=2013-04-16 }}, Centre for Eastern Studies (31 October 2012)</ref><ref name=ithaschanged/> But certain former members were re-elected to parliament.<ref name="electedintoVRUK111112">{{in lang|uk}} [http://www.pravda.com.ua/articles/2012/11/11/6977259/ Список депутатів нової Верховної Ради], Ukrayinska Pravda (11 November 2012)</ref>
==Issue stances== The group supported land reform, pension reform and raising of the retirement age.<ref name="Azarovsuporters"/> The group stated it basically supports all reforms initiated by Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych "but with corrections".<ref name="Azarovsuporters"/>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.igorrybakov.com Official website of faction leader Ihor Rybakov] {{in lang|uk}} {{Ukrainian political parties}}
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