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The human rights record of the Cape has been subject to much international condemnation and scrutiny. Particularly, the Cape’s combination of a {{wp|dominant-party system}}, a constitutional {{wp|ideology|guiding ideology}}, and the frequent participation of the armed forces in politics has led to the country’s description as an {{wp|authoritarian democracy}} - if not an outright “authoritarian regime”. In 2020, the nation was ranked 16th out of 50 with a score of 6.73 on the [[Liberty Index]], placing it as a {{wp|hybrid regime}}. Although Capetians retain strong {{wp|personal freedoms}} and {{wp|civil liberties}}, the state has been criticized for not having enough democratic attributes and allowing few political rights to its citizens. | The human rights record of the Cape has been subject to much international condemnation and scrutiny. Particularly, the Cape’s combination of a {{wp|dominant-party system}}, a constitutional {{wp|ideology|guiding ideology}}, and the frequent participation of the armed forces in politics has led to the country’s description as an {{wp|authoritarian democracy}} - if not an outright “authoritarian regime”. In 2020, the nation was ranked 16th out of 50 with a score of 6.73 on the [[Liberty Index]], placing it as a {{wp|hybrid regime}}. Although Capetians retain strong {{wp|personal freedoms}} and {{wp|civil liberties}}, the state has been criticized for not having enough democratic attributes and allowing few political rights to its citizens. | ||
Political power remains cemented in the Republican Nationalist Party and the Republican establishment in a system of {{wp|guided democracy}} (referred to by the RNP as [[national democracy]]), best described by former Prime Executive [[Jakub Kristuv]] as a “liberal democracy kept within the boundaries of [[Restarkism|Restarkist]] republicanism”. In 2016 and 2022, Supreme Tribunal struck down and dissolved political parties that violated the Constitution’s Restarkist provisions of state {{wp|secularism}}; in 2021, the Cape Armed Forces carried out a {{wp|coup d'état}} against an unpopular attempt to use the derogatory clause; and the security services-dominated {{wp|deep state}}, colloquially referred to as the [[Republican Guard]], has continually remained active even after democratization in assistance of the RNP. | Political power remains cemented in the Republican Nationalist Party and the Republican establishment in a system of {{wp|guided democracy}} (referred to by the RNP as [[national democracy]]), best described by former Prime Executive [[Jakub Kristuv]] as a “liberal democracy kept within the boundaries of [[Restarkism|Restarkist]] republicanism”. In 2016 and 2022, the Supreme Tribunal struck down and dissolved political parties that violated the Constitution’s Restarkist provisions of state {{wp|secularism}}; in 2021, the Cape Armed Forces carried out a {{wp|coup d'état}} against an unpopular attempt to use the derogatory clause; and the security services-dominated {{wp|deep state}}, colloquially referred to as the [[Republican Guard]], has continually remained active even after democratization in assistance of the RNP. | ||
Popular support for the RNP and national democracy, admittedly, remains high - a phenomenon attributed through {{wp|populism|populist}} policies, true support for Restarkism, and intra-party democracy that allows for both popular reform and ideological continuity. | Popular support for the RNP and national democracy, admittedly, remains high - a phenomenon attributed through {{wp|populism|populist}} policies, true support for Restarkism, and intra-party democracy that allows for both popular reform and ideological continuity. | ||