People’s Party
People's Party Ardyn Nam 𐑭𐑮𐑓𐑦𐑯 𐑯𐑭𐑥 | |
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| Abbreviation | PP |
| Leader | Naryn Bák |
| Presidium | National Assembly |
| Party Chairman | Oczir Jargal |
| Founder | Tzorigtoj Áv |
| Founded | 1947 |
| Headquarters | 44 N Palon Str., Tanjonq Pégar, Cixato province, Catam Pon |
| Newspaper | The People's Power Paper |
| Student wing | People's Youth League |
| Membership (2026) | 604,787 |
| Ideology | National Democracy Illiberal democracy National Conservatism Civic Nationalism Secularism |
| Political position | Center-right |
| Colors | Purple |
| National Assembly | 130 / 245
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The party is sometimes described as right-wing or far-right, but voters in Catam Pon perceive the party as centrist. | |
The People's Party of Catam Pon is the largest and most dominant party in Catamese politics, having ruled consistently since 1949. During its reign, the country has seen a rapid progression towards its modern-day prestige, but also widespread repression and oftentimes anti-democratic rule. However, over the past three decades, the party and country as a whole have progressed into what is now broadly considered an illiberal democracy.
Positioned on the centre-right of Catam Pon's politics, the PP is ideologically socially conservative and economically liberal. The party generally favors free-market economic policies, having turned Catam Pon's economy into one of the world's freest and most open, but has at times engaged in state interventionism reminiscent of welfarism. The party has supported the creation of state-owned enterprises, known locally as government-linked corporations. This was done in order to jumpstart industrialization, spearhead economic development and lead to economic growth, primarily job creation, in various sectors of the Singaporean economy. Socially, the PP supports communitarianism and civic nationalism. The cohesion of the country's main ethnic groups into a single Catamese national identity forms the basis of many of its social policies. On foreign policy, it favors maintaining a strong and robust military, serving as a purportedly indispensable guarantor of the country's continued sovereignty within the context of its strategic position for international finance and trade.
History
Initially founded as a traditional center-left party in 1947, the leftist faction was soon expelled in 1950 by Prime Minister Tzorigtoj Áv in the midst of the aftermath of the "Restoratory Coup" of 1949, desiring to move the party's ideology towards the center after its first electoral victory in 1950. Beginning in the 1960s, the party began to move towards the center-right.
The entire opposition boycotted the general elections in 1950, except for the Worker's Party, which won no seats in the election. For decades thereafter, the PP exercised exclusivity over its governance of national institutions and become the largest political party in the country. From 1950 to 1982, the PP was the only political force represented in Parliament until it saw its first electoral defeat to the WP at a by-election in the constituency of Anson.
Nevertheless, the PP has not seen its hegemony threatened and has always received over 60% of the votes and 80% of the seats in every subsequent general election until the early 2010s. Having governed for over seven decades, the PP is the longest uninterrupted governing party among modern multiparty parliamentary democracies on Telrova.