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As economic growth slowed in the 1980s, the RNP’s grip on power became more and more unstable. Calls for the dissolving of the party-state came from an empowered democratic opposition, and Cape Town was rocked by a series of terrorist attacks committed by a rump Communist insurgency. To combat this, the party appointed the authoritarian [[Viktor Alkrix]] to the Prime Executure in 1989. His heavyhanded May Constitution, which enshrined the | As economic growth slowed in the 1980s, the RNP’s grip on power became more and more unstable. Calls for the dissolving of the party-state came from an empowered democratic opposition, and Cape Town was rocked by a series of terrorist attacks committed by a rump Communist insurgency. To combat this, the party appointed the authoritarian [[Viktor Alkrix]] to the Prime Executure in 1989. His heavyhanded May Constitution, which enshrined the party-state provisions as permanent, and the live-broadcasting of the sinking of the reformist mutineers of the [[CN Akevarin]] would lead to a series of major protests on Republic Day of 1992. The [[1992 Republic Day revolution|Republic Day revolution]], as it would be called, was initially crushed by the Cape Armed Forces - although mutineers on the ground soon carried out a coup against Alkrix in favour of the reformist wing of the RNP, restoring the old constitution and beginning democratic reforms. | ||
[[File:Holy shit capetian yeltsin?!.png|thumb|left|220px|The first [[Planoarita politics|''Planoarita'']]-era Prime Executive, Baris Yaltxin, waves the national flag on the eve of the country's first democratic transition of power.]] | [[File:Holy shit capetian yeltsin?!.png|thumb|left|220px|The first [[Planoarita politics|''Planoarita'']]-era Prime Executive, Baris Yaltxin, waves the national flag on the eve of the country's first democratic transition of power.]] | ||