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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 its re-establishment 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 its re-establishment in 1951. | ||
The RNP was founded as the [[Political Office of the National Revolutionary Army|Political Office]] of the [[National Revolutionary Army]] in 1886 during the [[Capetian War of Independence]]. Under the leadership of [[Melvyn Kalma]], the party was declared a political organization in 1891, and became the founding party of the Federacy of the Cape. It led a period of {{wp|one-party state|single-party rule}} until 1924, when it narrowly won its first free elections against the [[Communist Party of the Cape (1924)|Communist Party]]. Following the invasion of the Cape by the [[Kingdom of Palastra]] in the [[Great War]], the RNP was reformed into political wing of the resisting [[National Reclamation Government]]. Since the re-establishment of the republic and the party's refounding in 1951, it has won a ruling majority in every single parliamentary election - even post-democratization. It competes today against the opposition [[Humanists - Social Democrats]] and the [[Kadets (the Cape)|Constitutional Democrats]]. | The RNP was founded as the [[Political Office of the National Revolutionary Army|Political Office]] of the [[National Revolutionary Army]] in 1886 during the [[Capetian War of Independence]]. Under the leadership of [[Melvyn Kalma]], the party was declared a political organization in 1891, and became the founding party of the Federacy of the Cape. It led a period of {{wp|one-party state|single-party rule}} until 1924, when it narrowly won its first free elections against the [[Communist Party of the Cape (1924)|Communist Party]]. Following the invasion of the Cape by the [[Kingdom of Palastra]] in the [[Great War]], the RNP was reformed into the political wing of the resisting [[National Reclamation Government]]. Since the re-establishment of the republic and the party's refounding in 1951, it has won a ruling majority in every single parliamentary election - even post-democratization. It competes today against the opposition [[Humanists - Social Democrats]] and the [[Kadets (the Cape)|Constitutional Democrats]]. | ||
The RNP is the only Capetian 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 Republican National Congress is divided into nationalist, reformist, socialist, and conservative caucuses. | The RNP is the only Capetian 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 Republican National Congress is divided into nationalist, reformist, socialist, and conservative caucuses. | ||