Gungmintong
Gungmintong 公明黨 | |
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| Other name | Gungmin Party Fair Rule party |
| Abbreviation | GMT |
| Chairman | Lieu Kien Phin |
| Vice Chairman | Eu Kong-An |
| Founder | Ludvig Chung |
| Founded | January 30, 1966 |
| Headquarters | 3 Taoyang Road, Cantonment, Swanlit |
| Newspaper | Voice of Koja |
| Think tank | Ludvig Chung Institute |
| Youth wing | Gungmin Youth League |
| Membership (2024) | 450,000 |
| Ideology | Corporatism Conservativsm |
| Political position | Centre-Right |
| Colors | Red |
| Slogan | 人民優先 ('People First') |
| Senators | 51 / 75
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| Governorate assembly members | 108 / 207
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| Governors | 5 / 9
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The Gungmintong (GMT), also referred to as the Gungmin Party (GMP) or the Fair Rule Party (FRP), is centre to centre-right conservative party in Koja, officially the Federated Kongsis of Koja (FKoK). It is currently the major ruling party of Koja, controlling both the presidency and the legislative branch of the government.
The party was originally formed in the aftermath of the Orchid Revolution of 1966 as a loose coalition of like-minded lawmakers generally associated with the previous Legislative Council and Kongsi Democracy regime. The party's formation was a result of the Democratic Reform Act that ended the practice of appointing bureaucrats to power. Despite their old roots the party won an upset victory, cementing itself as a viable political party in a new democratic environment, as well as giving birth to the current two party system extant in Koja against the Progressives.
As of today the party has produced two Presidents and a continuous majority in Senate since 1968 while Lieu Kien Phin has been the chairman since March 2nd, 1980.
History
Formation and First Electoral Success
to the old Legislative Council (行政院) that ruled the country through an asitocracy based on the consensus of the Kongsis' leaders. The Federal Council was replaced with an elected senate and executive amidst calls for democratisation and reform during the Orchid Revolution of 1966. With their ensured stranglehold on Kojoan politics over the aristocracy and bureaucrats formed the Gungmintong as a political vehicle for the 1968 election. The party won an upset victory in the election, cementing itself as a legitimate democratic political force and ensuring the old aristocracy's survival in Koja despite the liberalisation. Currently lead by chairman Lieu
The council was chaired by appointed or elected members based on the kongsis they were representing, and ruled through the consensus of the council members. A largely stable and unchanging government was built from the foundations of the system with trade and development as its main goal.
The party originated from the Kongsi Democracy system, officialised as the Legislative Council (行政院), established during the early days of the Federation. However the system received criticism during the latter part of its existence due to its perceived aristocratic and anti-democratic elements, culminating in the Orchid Revolution of 1966 that called for reforms. Then President Chung Kok Lien heeded the proposals and passed the Democratic Reform Act of 1966 in preparation of a transition period into democracy. The act dissolved the Legislative Council and called for elections to be held no later than 1969, with a new elected Senate instated