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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 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 [[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 incorporated 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]]. Political scientists often classify the RNP as a "{{wp|party of power}}" and as a "{{wp|Particracy|state party}}" - as, from even its name, ideology, and symbolism, the party has always been intrinsically linked to the very concept of the Capetian republic. | ||
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 | 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 representatives to the [[National Stanera]]. However, the [[Republican National Congress]] remains the highest body of the RNP. It is elected by the party's official members, chooses the first secretary, and approves candidates to compete for the Prime Executure. | ||
The party's guiding ideology is [[Restarkism]], described as {{wp|Social democracy|welfarist}}, {{wp|reformism|reformist}}, {{wp|civic nationalism|civic nationalist}}, and {{wp|Secularism|secularist}}. A primarily {{wp|social liberalism|social liberal}} party, a majority of RNP politicians have voiced support for the {{wp|feminist}} movement, {{wp|LGBT rights}}, and {{wp|racial equality}}. Although the RNP has no international affiliation, it maintains connections with a wide variety of parties and groups; from the [[Kiravia]]n right-wing [[Coscivian National Congress]] to the parties of the [[Pelaxia]]n left. | The party's guiding ideology is [[Restarkism]], described as {{wp|Social democracy|welfarist}}, {{wp|reformism|reformist}}, {{wp|civic nationalism|civic nationalist}}, and {{wp|Secularism|secularist}}. A primarily {{wp|social liberalism|social liberal}} party, a majority of RNP politicians have voiced support for the {{wp|feminist}} movement, {{wp|LGBT rights}}, and {{wp|racial equality}}. Although the RNP has no international affiliation, it maintains connections with a wide variety of parties and groups; from the [[Kiravia]]n right-wing [[Coscivian National Congress]] to the parties of the [[Pelaxia]]n left. | ||
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==See also== | |||
[[Category:IXWB]] | [[Category:IXWB]] |
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