People's Unity Party

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People's Unity Party
AbbreviationHBP
FounderHasan Çakar
General SecretaryHasan Çakar
Founded2 May 2013[1]
IdeologyHasani nationalism
Turanism
Hasani socialism
Communitarianism
Sovereigntism
Political positionCentre-left
Regional affiliationIslamic Democrats Group
Colours     "Hasani blue" (customary)
Divan
3 / 5
Mejlis
3 / 5

The People's Unity Party (Hasani: Halk Birlik Partisi), formerly known as the Hasanistan Secessionist Party (Hasanistan Separatçı Partisi) and the Nomad Party (Göçebe Partisi), is a socialist-nationalist political party in Hasanistan. It is the oldest political party in the country, having been created to serve as the ruling party during the short-lived one-party state, and has been a part of almost all Hasani governments since the introduction of a multi-party system.

History

The party was established as the Hasanistan Secessionist Party on 2 May 2013, during the late period of the First Hasani Republic, to serve as the main political organisation for promoting international recognition of Hasanistan as well as the ruling party under a one-party system.[1] Its formation is regarded to have been an attempt to establish a party of power to centralise support for Supreme Leader Hasan Çakar's rule. However, this authority was short-lived and a multi-party democracy was established in the following month.[2] Supreme Leader Çakar remained in office, under the same title but now relegated to being the head of government rather than the head of state. The Secessionist Party stood Nico Fors as its candidate in country's first democratic election for the Presidency but was defeated by Tanju Çakar of the Progressive Party.[3] The party later achieved its first electoral success under the democratic system after its presidential candidate Fors was elected as Prime of Batyr in the 2013 Batyr election.[4]

The Secessionist Party was renamed as the Nomad Party and adopted a new logo as part of a rebranding on 27 March 2014, although committed to maintaining its "political ideology".[5] In the prelude to the 2014 presidential election, the party was rumoured to be considering standing a candidate (speculated to be either Supreme Leader Çakar or previous candidate Fors) and hoping for an electoral alliance with the Hasanistan Independence Party.[6] However, the party eventually did not contest the election and instead sought to position itself as the kingmaker between the Progressive and Independence parties.[7] Following Tanju Çakar's victory in the election, Hasan Çakar stood down as Supreme Leader.[8]

In late 2014, the party promised to achieve United Nations recognition of Hasanistan by 2016.[9]

Hasan Çakar announced his intention to stand as a candidate in the upcoming presidential election in 2016 on a platform of political decentralisation and direct democracy.[10] He expressed interest in engaging in negotiations with the Islamic Party for a coalition to support his candidacy[11] and announced plans to merge Hasanistan with the micronation MuhammedLand (ruled by the leader of the Islamic Party) under a new state known as Feneriye,[12] although the Islamic Part eventually stood its candidate Mohamet Ali against Çakar. Çakar won the election in a controversial landslide victory, achieving more than half of the votes but being accused of stripping Progressive Party supporters of their citizenship prior to the election.[13] Soon after his electoral victory, Çakar agreed to the annexation of Hasanistan into the Empire of Pavlov following an offer from Emperor İskender IV.[14]

Ideology

Electoral history

Presidential elections

Election year Candidate Votes % Result
2013
Nico Fors
1
20
Not elected
2014
Did not participate Not elected
2016
Hasan Çakar
7
58
Elected
2017
Withdrew Not elected
2018
Hasan Çakar
5
100
Elected

Gubernatorial elections

Election year State Candidate Votes % Result
2013
 Batyr Nico Fors
3
60
Elected

References