Patriotic Union (Tengaria)
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Tengarian National Rally Тенгария Национално Рали | |
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| Leader | Teodora Kovacheva |
| Deputy | Ivan Petrov |
| Founded | 1956, 69 years ago |
| Preceded by | Restoration Party |
| Headquarters | Unity Complex Lenovo, Tengaria |
| Ideology | Nonpartisanism Civic virtue Cultural nationalism Social Conservatism |
| Political position | Right |
| Mizparl group | Tengarian National Rally |
| Colours | Yellow |
| National Assembly of Tengaria | 330 / 380
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| Mizparl | 60 / 450
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The Tengarian National Rally of Tengaria (Tengarian: Тенгария Национално Рали), usually referred to as just the National Rally (Национално Рали) is a de jure nonpartisan cultural-nationalist Political movement in the Republic of Tengaria. It does not consider itself a Political party, but rather a movement for national unity and strength which trascends party or ideological boundaries. It is the largest political movement in Tengaria, holding 330 seats out of 380 in the National Assembly of Tengaria, nearly 87% of all the seats. It has dominated Tengarian politics since 1958, under the leadership of three generations of the Kovachev family. Its current head is Teodora Kovacheva, the incumbent President of Tengaria. In addition to being part of Tengarian politics, the National Rally also controls all 60 seats that Tengaria has in the Mizparl of Samorspi.
The movement was founded during the second half of the Tengarian Civil War by Simeon Kovachev, a national hero of Tengaria from the Great War and who had been provisional head of government since 1956. After the assasination of second Restoration Party president, Simeon Radez, the National Army of Tengaria, led by Kovachev, took control of the pro-government forces. With the support of the remaining members of the Restoration Party, Simeon founded the National Rally as a movement beyond political parties, instead pursuing the political good as defined by Xenagoras. The populace of Tengaria, disgusted by years of political squabbling and eventually war, joined the movement en masse, eventually leading to Kovachev's victory in the Civil War and the collapse of the other political parties. Membership increased dramatically, and Simeon Kovachev's new constitution and election to the Presidency in 1958 solidified the death knell for the political parties, as they were quickly made illegal. Ever since 1958, the National Rally has controlled a supermajority in the National Assembly of Tengaria. In addition, although Senate members are all considered indepedents, the majority have connections with the National Rally. The Presidency has also been controlled by three members of the National Rally, who have also been its head.
The Rally claims to not follow or be bound to any ideology, but is often considered by outside political analysts to possess it de facto. Kovachev's idea for the Rally was one which embraced a kind of Cultural nationalism, seeking to unite all of Tengaria to work for the common political good through common prudence, and to explicitly avoid the political chaos and division which partisanship creates. Kovachev, himself a disciple of the Znaniya School, based itself on the principles of Teology and Episemialist Sotirianity. The Rally seeks to foster Civic virtue in all citizens, and to support the values and traditions which have shaped Tengaria, especially its strong Episemialist faith, making it both religious and effectively promoting Social Conservatism. The values of the National Rally are actively taught to youth in the Tengarian education system. Although Dimitri Kovachev tried to modernize the Rally somewhat during his Presidency his daughter Teodora Kovachev has moved the Rally back towards the ideals of her grandfather.
The National Rally has been called by some outside sources as undemocratic, authoritarian as well as corrupt for its stranglehold on Tengarian politics over the past sixty years, especially through its control of only a single family. The Rally was especially known for tis corruption under Dimitri Kovachev, but this has improved during Teodora's Presidency. Its stress on national unity and de facto support of conservative values or archaic philosophy have drawn criticism from left-wing groups across the world. However, the National Rally has also drawn praise from other political authors, who cite its change of focus away from idealogy to pursuit of the common good and its concern with developing virtuous citizens as noble.