Nationalist Party of West Phoenicia
Nationalist Party of West Phoenicia Nationalist Party | |
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| Abbreviation | NP |
| Leader | Thomas Dunedin |
| Secretary | Octavian Ngyuen |
| Deputy Leader | Natasha Whyte |
| Party President | Ryan Langhorne |
| Deputy Party President | Lateesha Grant |
| Founded | March 20, 2000 |
| Headquarters | Magnolia Way, Savannah Grove; West Phoenicia |
| Newspaper | 'Nationalist Times' |
| Youth wing | Young Nationalists |
| Women's wing | United Natinalist Women's Council |
| Membership (2020) | 300,000 |
| Political position | Right Wing to Far Right |
| Colors | Aqua |
| Slogan | West Phoenicians first |
| House of Representatives | 80 / 1,590 |
| Senate | 5 / 106 |
| Administrative Governors | 3 / 53 |
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The Nationalist Party of West Phoenicia was founded on March 20, 2000. It is considered a minor party that sits on the Cross bench.
The Nationalists promote themselves as right wing who support West Phoenician Nationalism and keeping West Phoenicia a great Empire.
While the West Phoenician Empire First Party promoted themselves as the party that supports West Phoenicia. The Nationalists gave more than lip service.
History
The Nationalist Party was registered on March 20, 2000.
Edmund Dunedin was elected as the first party leader.
The party started during the reign of Queen Jezebel Bush. While many parties who were vocal in opposition to the new Monarch were punished with exile or imprisonment for being outspoken, as the Nationalist Party was Queen Jezebel Bush as pro-West Phoenician in her weekly televised speeches, they praised her leadership.
By 2005 the corruption and wickedness of Queen Jezebel Bush could no longer be hidden.
Elections had been rigged to allow those loyal to the monarch to be elected to the seats. Those Members of Parliament and the Senate who spoke out or were loyal to those the Queen saw as enemies were removed from positions of power.
Nationalist Party Leader Edmund Dunedin started to speaking out, calling out the monarchs corruption and crimes in parliament and in the city-state he toured.
Edmund Dunedin was arrested in 2005 on charges of treason, he was found guilty and executed.
Melissa Salsburg, the parties deputy leader was elected as the new party leader. She was less outspoken during the reign of the Queen.
Other party members fled to the Kingdom of Gryphon where Thaddeus Gryphon, former Emperor of West Phoenicia before he was deposed was residing.
The majority of Nationalist Party members choose to oppose the Queen during the 5th West Phoenicia Civil War (2008-2010).
Once Emperor Glenton Gryphon-Bush II ascended to the throne, elections became free and democratic again.
The Nationalists polled very well from 2010, their West Phoenicia First policies were supported and seen as more relevant than parties like the West Phoenicia Empire First Party that had always advocated for West Phoenicians first but had let the citizens down.
Issues like immigration, education and military drew citizens to vote for them.
Leftist and opposition parties labelled them racist and discriminatory for their strict immigration and conservative views.
In 2013 Paulina Queens became the first member of the Nationalist Party to win a governor spot. By 2019, that would jump up to three spots.
In 2017 a possible merger with the Coalition fell flat when the media wrote articles citing the Coalition was looking to merge with a party that had far right tendicies.
The merger idea was rejected by the Coalition for fear their centrist base would abandon them for the West Phoenicia Empire First Party that while tough on immigration had more flexibility and seen as a softer more agreeable form of nationalism.
By 2019 the party was on an upward trend with 80 members sitting in the House of Representatives and 5 in the Senate.
They were successful in flipping seats from The West Phoenicia Empire First and Justice Party, luring voters who supported the right wing ideals of those parties.
Their membership has grown to 300,000.
Thomas Dunedin has been the leader since 2016; the son of party founder Edmund Dunedin.
While a merger with the Coalition was rejected for the moment, they tend to side with the bulk of the Coalitions bills that are introduced 90% of the time.
In addition to bills the party has supported every Coalition confirmation.
The loose alliance has granted them concessions in areas of immigration, the military budget, and jobs for West Phoenicians first in exchange for their support on bills that are overwhelmingly opposed by the opposition and left win groups.
Ideology
- National conservatism
- West Phoenician Nationalism
- Social conservatism
- Right-wing populism
List of leaders
- Thomas Dunedin: 2016-Present
- Gillian Xu: 2014-2016
- Benjamin Huntingdale: 2011-2014
- Sharma Singh: 2009-2011
- Melissa Salsburg: 2005-2009
- Edmund Dunedin: 2000-2005
Policies:
- Stricter immigration policies.
- Illegal asylum seekers to be sent home.
- Jobs for West Phoenicians first
- National anthem played in every school and work place.
- Increased tariff for foreign imports.
- 20% Increase to pensions for those over 60
- Increased in military personnel, equipment and budget.
- Pull out of the World Assembly
- Job training for the unemployed.
- Continued National Service.
- Slash unnecessary services and government departments.
- Right to bear arms.
- Tougher sentences for crimes.
- 5000 more police on the streets.
- Interest free loans to new small businesses.
- Flat tax rate of 15%.
- Additional crimes added to the Capital Punishment Act.
- Increase the minimum wage.
- Increased funding to fight terrorism.
- Additional manpower to The West Phoenician Security and Intelligence Organisation.
- $25,000 first home payment deposit for low income workers.
- Increase in industries, raising the export quota.
- Increased public transport systems.
- Better access to hospitals and transport in country and rural areas.
- Farmer subsidies
- Funding for Flood and Drought relief
Governors 2020
| Governor | Portrait | City-State | Time in Office | % Carried City-state | Notes |
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| Paulina Queens | 
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Savannah Grove | 2nd November 2013 | 60.1% | |
| Augustus Onoch | 
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Titania | 2nd November 2017 | 50.2% | Won a special election than was reelected. |
| Major Trey Winterbourne | 
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Oceania District | 2nd November 2019 | 54.7% |
Election Results
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| Election | Leader | Seats won | +/− | Government | Notes | |||
| 2019 | Thomas Dunedin | 80 / 1,590
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