Republican Nationalist Party (the Cape)

Republican Nationalist Party Parduv Restarka Nationalista
Abbreviation	RNP, PNR
Leader	Kil Furey
First Secretary	Saoirse Kairtus
Founder	Melvyn Kalma
Founded	12 March 1869 (1869-03-12) (as a resistance organisation) 8 October 1871 (1871-10-08) (as a political party) 8 October 1951 (1951-10-08) (re-establishment)
Preceded by	Organization for the Rights of the Peoples of the Cape
Headquarters	12 Republic Ave, Cape Town, Cape Province
Newspaper	National Central News
Think tank	Institute of National Policy
Youth wing	League of Republican Youth
Overseas wing	League of Republicans Abroad
Education wing	Institute of Revolutionary Practice
Armed wing	Revolutionary National Army (1869-1872)
Labour wing	Association of Republican Labour
Membership (2021)	23,981,211
Ideology	Restarkism Social centralism Populism Cape nationalism Factions: Conservative liberalism Conservatism Progressivism Democratic socialism
Political position	Big tent
Colors	Blue
Slogan	"The Party of the Cape" "The Party of the Working Class"
Anthem	Song of the United Front
National Stanera	377 / 503
Procuracy Council of the Federacy	22 / 28
Party flag
Website
www.rnp.rk

The Republican Nationalist Party (Cape Coscivian: Parduv Restarka Nationalista) is the founding and ruling political party of the Federacy of the Cape. The RNP currently holds 377 out of 503 (or 74.9%) seats in the National Stanera and has been the 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 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 Civic Democratic Party and the United Conservative Party.

The RNP is the only Cape party that practices intra-party democracy, with over 40% of Cape citizens voting in its quadrennial open primary elections, choosing candidates for both the 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 party's guiding ideology is Restarkism, and is seen today as social centralist, reformist, civic nationalist, and secularist. A primarily social liberal party, a majority of RNP politicians have voiced support for the feminist movement, LGBT rights, and racial equality. Although the RNP has no international affiliation, it maintains connections with a wide variety of parties and groups; from the Kiravian right-wing Coscivian National Congress to the parties of the Pelaxian left.