As the start of the campaign period draws near on November 2016, we would like to take a look at the campaigning parties that we’ll see often next month. As a start to the “Taking A Look” series, we will show you information and who leads the parties and its history in the government and in the society.
THE PARTIES:
Social Democrats Party of Bentria
[SDP-BNA]
Current Chairman: John Fernando
Vice and Upcoming Chairman for 2017: Peter Adam Lee
Seats in the Common Divide: 196
Seats in the Supreme Divide: 34
Created on 1981, The Social Democrats Party of Bentria received widespread popularity during 1990s as they showed their core principles on serving and being for the people. Most policies that they created has cause some uproar growth on the economy and also nurturing the open-minded society that we see today. They have been the government since the 1992 and have been declining a bit during the recent years. Nevertheless, they have been creating history ever since.
Conservative Party [CON]
Chairman: Frederick Hanzler
Seats in the Common Divide: 128
Seats in the Supreme Divide: 19
The Conservative Party was created during 1970, deriving from a faction in the National Bentrian Party. The Conservatives has showed to the people that they stand for “Traditional values that mend and cope today’s society”, as stated in their website, trying to differentiate themselves from the NBP. Nevertheless, they have been the watchdogs of the government, being the loyal opposition since 1997, during when the NBP Bribing Scandal broke out and people saw the Conservatives as a better clean alternative to the NBP.
People’s Justice Party [PJP]
Party Leader: Maria Kerlenz
Seats in the Common Divide: 95
Seats in the Supreme Divide: 36
A populist, centrist People’s Justice Party, created on 1999, has been receiving growing support since the 2001 General Election, with its large presence in the local and state elections. The PJP seen its federal debut in the Legal Divides during the 2007 General Election, having at least receiving 10% of the seats in the Common Divide and 18% of the seats in the Supreme Divide, having the fastest supporter growth than the rest of the parties combined. The PJP leader, Maria Kerlenz, stated that the party stands for the satisfactory growth for the nation for the majority and minority of the people on economical and societal terms. They have never aligned with the government nor the opposition and have been the loyal crossbenchers that the government and the opposition need to convince during debates. Right now, they have one state government under their control and they are showing their capabilities of running a government for the people.
Liberal Party of Bentria [LIB]
Chairman: Thom Lee
Seats in the Common Divide: 73
Seats in the Supreme Divide: 15
The Liberal Party of Bentria, established during 1932, being the symbol for standing for a free moving economy and raising liberties of the people as it enjoyed their heydays during the 1940s, 1950s and the early 1960s. They have created many historical landmarks like the first ever nationalized train service throughout the nation or convincing other nations to invest more in Bentria for the sake of “International Progress” but have been since in decline in the 1970s as parties like the Bentrian Worker’s Party and the Green Economy Party emerged and received less support each day, but during the 1990, they renewed their reputation as standing for the guarantee to raise people’s lifestyle through social, economic, political and international progress and have been receiving steady growth of supporters since the 1992 General Election. They have always aligned with the Social Democrats, being part of the government ever since.
National Bentrian Party [NBP]
Party President: George Tan Young
Seats in the Common Divide: 67
Seats in the Supreme Divide: 8
The National Bentrian Party, established on 1912 as a successor to the Bentrian Pro-Government Party. The party stood for full authority and pure traditional values for the nation. They have reigned during the early years of the establishment of the Federal Republic, but have declined since the rise of other parties like the Liberal Party of Bentria. They had been the foundation for some political achievements like the establishment of unicameral state legislatures during the 1920s. In the 1970, they suffered an internal issue as a leadership tension rose between the Pure Traditionalists and the Coping Traditionalists. They fought for party leadership to change the party’s core values, but in the end, the CT separated and created the now so called Conservative Party. During the 1997, they have suffered a scandal that almost disbanded the party but the party still retained due to large presence in the local and state governments.
Other Known Parties:
New Worker’s Party [NWP]
Party Leader: Frank Juan
Seats in the Common Divide: 2
Bentrian Labour Party [BLP]
Party Administrator: Carl Kant
Seats in the Common Divide: 0
Freedom Party [FREE]
Seats in the Common Divide: 1
Green Economy Party [GEP]
Seats in the Common Divide: 1
New Democratic Party [NDP]
Seats in the Common Divide: 1
Now, you have seen the parties, who will you vote at this upcoming 2017 General Election? Will it be the Social Democrats? Or the People’s Justice Party? Or even the NBP? We shall know as we continue the “Taking A Look” series next month as we interview the leaders on the campaigning parties.