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| founder = [[Melvyn Kalma]] | | founder = [[Melvyn Kalma]] | ||
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* {{start date| | * {{start date|1897|3|12|df=y}}<br />(as a resistance organisation) | ||
* {{start date| | * {{start date|1901|10|8|df=y}}<br />(as a political party) | ||
* {{start date|1951|10|8|df=y}}<br />(re-establishment)}} | * {{start date|1951|10|8|df=y}}<br />(re-establishment)}} | ||
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| headquarters = 12 Republic Ave, [[Cape Town]], [[Cape Province]] | | headquarters = 12 Republic Ave, [[Cape Town]], [[Cape Province]] | ||
| newspaper = ''[[Restarka (newspaper)|Restarka]]''<br><small>Republic</small> | | newspaper = ''[[Restarka (newspaper)|Restarka]]''<br><small>the Republic</small> | ||
| think_tank = [[National Policy Institute]] | | think_tank = [[National Policy Institute]] | ||
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| colors = {{color box|#082a3f}} Blue | | colors = {{color box|#082a3f}} Blue | ||
| slogan = ''"The | | slogan = ''"The Movement for the Cape"'' | ||
| anthem = "National Chief March"<ref group=note>The National Chief March remains the official anthem of the RNP, although it has been rarely played since the end of the one-party period. It is now considered as a broadly patriotic song commemorating [[Melvyn Kalma]] rather than a song associated with the party.</ref><br>[[File:Media Player.png|150px|link= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbSvHgobm4k]] | | anthem = "National Chief March"<ref group=note>The National Chief March remains the official anthem of the RNP, although it has been rarely played since the end of the one-party period. It is now considered as a broadly patriotic song commemorating [[Melvyn Kalma]] rather than a song associated with the party.</ref><br>[[File:Media Player.png|150px|link= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbSvHgobm4k]] | ||
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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 | The RNP was founded as the [[Political Office of the National Revolutionary Army|Political Office]] of the [[National Revolutionary Army]] in 1896 during the [[Capetian War of Independence]]. Under [[Melvyn Kalma]], the party was declared a political organization in 1897 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 as 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. 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 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 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. | ||
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The ideology of the Republican Nationalist Party is [[Restarkism]]; a series of four principles - {{wp|nationalism}}, {{wp|republicanism}}, {{wp|statism|judicialism}}, and {{wp|reformism}} - developed by [[Melvyn Kalma]]. Though originally an ideology based on Occidentization and {{wp|modernization}}, Restarkism has changed much throughout the 20th century, and today manifests as a {{wp|civic nationalism|civic nationalist}}, {{wp|statism|statist}} and {{wp|Secularism|secularist}} ideology. | The ideology of the Republican Nationalist Party is [[Restarkism]]; a series of four principles - {{wp|nationalism}}, {{wp|republicanism}}, {{wp|statism|judicialism}}, and {{wp|reformism}} - developed by [[Melvyn Kalma]]. Though originally an ideology based on Occidentization and {{wp|modernization}}, Restarkism has changed much throughout the 20th century, and today manifests as a {{wp|civic nationalism|civic nationalist}}, {{wp|statism|statist}} and {{wp|Secularism|secularist}} ideology. | ||
Reformism in the Restarkist tradition has allowed the RNP to adopt a {{wp|big tent|wide variety of ideologies}} from left, right, and centre - sometimes all at the same time. It has therefore been argued that the party has no ideology and is interested in what is {{wp|pragmatic}} and what works. The relationship between ideology and policy in the party's governance is inductive in nature, with decision-making justifying ideology and not the other way around. Each generation of leadership since the [[ | Reformism in the Restarkist tradition has allowed the RNP to adopt a {{wp|big tent|wide variety of ideologies}} from left, right, and centre - sometimes all at the same time. It has therefore been argued that the party has no ideology and is interested in what is {{wp|pragmatic}} and what works. The relationship between ideology and policy in the party's governance is inductive in nature, with decision-making justifying ideology and not the other way around. Each generation of leadership since the [[1992 Republic Day revolution]], which led to the end of the party’s legal {{wp|one party state|single party rule}}, has believed that the ideology of the pre-1992 RNP was “rigid, unimaginative, out-of-touch, disillusioning, and deserved of hate and overthrow by the people”. Therefore, they believe that party ideology must remain fluid and responsive to popular opinion. | ||
Although the party has cycled through a variety of ideologies since its foundation, the ones that follow are the ones currently in use. | Although the party has cycled through a variety of ideologies since its foundation, the ones that follow are the ones currently in use. | ||