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The '''Republican Nationalist Party''' ([[Cape Coscivian]]: ''Parduv Restarka Nationalista'') is the founding and ruling political party of the [[the Cape|Federacy of the Cape]]. The RNP currently holds 377 out of 503 (or 74.9%) seats in the [[National Stanera]] and has been the {{wp|dominant-party system|dominant-party}} of the republic since the re-establishment of democracy in 1951. | The '''Republican Nationalist Party''' ([[Cape Coscivian]]: ''Parduv Restarka Nationalista'') is the founding and ruling political party of the [[the Cape|Federacy of the Cape]]. The RNP currently holds 377 out of 503 (or 74.9%) seats in the [[National Stanera]] and has been the {{wp|dominant-party system|dominant-party}} of the republic since the re-establishment of democracy in 1951. | ||
Founded in 1869 as a resistance party by [[Melvyn Kalma]], the RNP grew to represent the Cape people as a united front during the [[Cape War of Independence]]. In 1871 the party declared itself a political organization, and became the founding party of the Federacy of the Cape. It led a period of {{wp|one-party state|single-party rule}} until 1931, when it narrowly won its first free elections against the [[Socialist Party of the Cape]]. Following the military coup that established the [[National Reclamation Government]] in 1933 and the failed [[ADPR]]-supported communist putsch which sparked it, the RNP was dissolved as with every other political organization. Since the re-establishment of democracy and the party's refounding in 1951, it has won a ruling majority in every single parliamentary election. It competes today against the opposition [[ | Founded in 1869 as a resistance party by [[Melvyn Kalma]], the RNP grew to represent the Cape people as a united front during the [[Cape War of Independence]]. In 1871 the party declared itself a political organization, and became the founding party of the Federacy of the Cape. It led a period of {{wp|one-party state|single-party rule}} until 1931, when it narrowly won its first free elections against the [[Socialist Party of the Cape]]. Following the military coup that established the [[National Reclamation Government]] in 1933 and the failed [[ADPR]]-supported communist putsch which sparked it, the RNP was dissolved as with every other political organization. Since the re-establishment of democracy and the party's refounding in 1951, it has won a ruling majority in every single parliamentary election. It competes today against the opposition [[Humanists - Social Democrats]] and the [[Liberal Democratic Party]]. | ||
The RNP is the only Cape party that practices intra-party democracy, with over 40% of Cape citizens voting in its quadrennial open {{wp|primary election}}s, choosing candidates for both the [[Prime Executive of the Cape|Prime Executure]] and local parliamentary representatives. The [[Republican National Congress]], however, remains the highest body of the RNP. It is elected by the party's official members and chooses the first secretary and approves candidates to compete for the Prime Executure. | The RNP is the only Cape party that practices intra-party democracy, with over 40% of Cape citizens voting in its quadrennial open {{wp|primary election}}s, choosing candidates for both the [[Prime Executive of the Cape|Prime Executure]] and local parliamentary representatives. The [[Republican National Congress]], however, remains the highest body of the RNP. It is elected by the party's official members and chooses the first secretary and approves candidates to compete for the Prime Executure. | ||