# Reforms for the Future
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{{Infobox political party
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|name = Reforms for the Future
|native_name = Реформи заради майбутнього
|logo = Reforms for the Future.jpg
|leader = [Ihor Rybakov](/source/Ihor_Rybakov)
|foundation =16 February 2011[[http://ukrainianweek.com/Politics/60928 You Scratch My Back, and I’ll Scratch Yours], [The Ukrainian Week](/source/The_Ukrainian_Week) (26 September 2012)]
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| seats1_title = [Verkhovna Rada](/source/Verkhovna_Rada)
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'''Reforms for the Future''' ({{langx|uk|Реформи заради майбутнього|Reformy zarady maibutnoho}}) was a [Ukrainian](/source/Ukraine) deputy group turned faction in its national parliament [Verkhovna Rada](/source/Verkhovna_Rada) created on February 16, 2011.[[http://www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/97297/ Individual deputies create Reforms for the Sake of Future group in parliament], [Kyiv Post](/source/Kyiv_Post) (February 16, 2011)][{{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](/source/Verkhovna_Rada)][[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](/source/Verkhovna_Rada) (10 January 2012)] In the parliament [elected on 28 October 2012](/source/2012_Ukrainian_parliamentary_election) that started its tasks on 15 December 2012 the faction was not re-created.[[http://www.kyivpost.com/content/politics/parliament-of-sixth-convocation-ends-its-work-317221.html Parliament of sixth convocation ends its work], [Kyiv Post](/source/Kyiv_Post) (6 December 2012)][[http://ukrainianweek.com/Politics/60928 You Scratch My Back, and I’ll Scratch Yours], [The Ukrainian Week](/source/The_Ukrainian_Week) (26 September 2012)]
[http://w1.c1.rada.gov.ua/pls/radan_gs09/ns_golos?g_id=30844 Voting for the Verkhovna Rada regulations amendment]
[http://iportal.rada.gov.ua/meeting/stenogr/show/4094.html Stenogram of November 6, 2012 session]
[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](/source/Ukrayinska_Pravda).[{{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](/source/Verkhovna_Rada)]
==History==
Reforms for the Future started as a new [deputy group](/source/deputy_group) in the [Verkhovna Rada](/source/Verkhovna_Rada) (Ukraine's parliament) on August 31, 2010.[{{in lang|uk}} [http://gazeta.ua/post/352397 Депутати - перебіжчики об'єдналися в групу "Реформи заради майбутнього"], [Gazeta.ua](/source/Gazeta.ua) (August 31, 2010)] The Reforms for the Future deputy group stated in September 2010 that it intended to seek the rights of a parliamentary faction.[{{in lang|uk}} [http://un.ua/ukr/article/312878.html Завтра в Раді може з'явитися нова фракція], [Ukrainian News Agency](/source/Ukrainian_News_Agency) (February 15, 2011)] After the cancellation of the ''[Imperative Mandate](/source/Imperative_mandate_(provision_in_the_Constitution_of_Ukraine))'' 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).[[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](/source/The_Financial) (October 8, 2010)][[http://www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/84619/ Update: Return to 1996 Constitution strengthens president, raises legal questions], [Kyiv Post](/source/Kyiv_Post) (October 1, 2010)][[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](/source/Kyiv_Post) (October 5, 2010)][{{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}}][[http://www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/85569/ Rada amends regulations of its activities], [Kyiv Post](/source/Kyiv_Post) (October 8, 2010)] At that time, the deputy group consisted of 17 deputies expelled from the [Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc–Batkivschyna](/source/Yulia_Tymoshenko_Bloc%E2%80%93Batkivschyna) faction (BYuT) and two deputies from the [Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc](/source/Our_Ukraine%E2%80%93People's_Self-Defense_Bloc) faction.[{{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](/source/NEWSru.ua) (February 19, 2011)] 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](/source/Party_of_Regions), [All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland"](/source/All-Ukrainian_Union_%22Fatherland%22) and [Labour Ukraine](/source/Labour_Ukraine).[[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](/source/Oleksiy_Omelyanchuk), [Central European University](/source/Central_European_University), 2001 (page 22)][[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](/source/Central_European_University) (January 4, 2002)][[https://books.google.com/books?id=Jlja1Brj8HkC&pg=PA106 State Building in Ukraine: The Ukrainian Parliament, 1990-2003] by Sarah Whitmore, [Routledge](/source/Routledge), 2004, {{ISBN|978-0-415-33195-1}}, page 106][[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](/source/Anders_Aslund) and [Michael A. McFaul](/source/Michael_A._McFaul), [Carnegie Endowment for International Peace](/source/Carnegie_Endowment_for_International_Peace), 2006, {{ISBN|978-0-87003-221-9}}]
[[File:Reforms for the Future add April 2011.jpg|thumb|Street advert for the faction in [Kyiv](/source/Kyiv) (April 2011) near [Kyiv Pechersk Lavra](/source/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.[{{in lang|uk}} [http://5.ua/newsline/229/0/73586/ Чорновіл: Створення депутатської групи «Реформи заради майбутнього» стало неприємністю для ПР], [5 Kanal](/source/5_Kanal_(Ukraine)) (February 19, 2011)] Early 2012 [Bloc Yulia Tymoshenko](/source/Bloc_Yulia_Tymoshenko) deputy [Roman Zabzalyuk](/source/Roman_Zabzalyuk) was briefly a member of the group; he claimed to investigate [political corruption](/source/Corruption_in_Ukraine).[ He stated after rejoining the Bloc Yulia Tymoshenko early February 2012 that "They offer [$](/source/United_States_dollar)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](/source/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](/source/Israel).][[http://www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/122078/ Turchynov: Batkivschyna knew why Zabzaliuk left faction], [Kyiv Post](/source/Kyiv_Post) (8 February 2012)] The day after these allegations were made (9 February 2012) Chornovil left the faction.[[http://www.interfax.com.ua/eng/main/94104/ Chornovil leaves Reforms for Future group], [Interfax Ukraine](/source/Interfax_Ukraine) (9 February 2012)] BYuT deputies claimed mid-February 2012 they had transferred the bribes Zabzalyuk had received to the [Okhmatdyt National Children's Hospital](/source/Okhmatdyt_National_Children's_Hospital).[[http://www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/122678 Batkivschyna transfers Hr 3.6 million to Okhmatdyt National Children's Hospital], [Kyiv Post](/source/Kyiv_Post) (17 February 2012)]
In the parliament [elected on 28 October 2012](/source/2012_Ukrainian_parliamentary_election) that started its tasks on 15 December 2012 the faction was not re-created.[[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](/source/Kyiv_Post) (28 November 2012 2012)]
[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](/source/Centre_for_Eastern_Studies) (31 October 2012)[ But certain former members were re-elected to parliament.][{{in lang|uk}} [http://www.pravda.com.ua/articles/2012/11/11/6977259/ Список депутатів нової Верховної Ради], [Ukrayinska Pravda](/source/Ukrayinska_Pravda) (11 November 2012)]
==Issue stances==
The group supported land reform, pension reform and raising of the retirement age.