Feline Party
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Feline Party | |
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| Eternal Chairman* | Goldie the Cat |
| General Secretary | Cookie the Cat |
| Deputy Secretary | Twylie the Cat |
| Founded | August 1, 2021 (reestablished) December 6, 2016 (original) |
| Headquarters | Animalia City |
| Youth wing | Kitten League |
| Membership (2022) | 10 |
| Ideology | Feline Rights Feline Populism Animalian nationalism Animism-Animalism-Animalianism Social liberalism Green politics |
| Political position | Centre |
| National affiliation | Animalian Republic |
| Colours | Black and Purple |
| Slogan | "The Meow of Liberty Shall Always Be Heard" |
| Animalian National Council | 0 / 5 |
*Goldie the Cat stepped down as leader of the party days before her death in June 2017. She was posthumously awarded the honorary title of Eternal Chairman. | |
The Feline Party is a centrist feline populist and party in the Animalian Republic who's main goal is perpetuating and protecting the sovereignty of the Animalian Republic and Feline rights. It had historically been accused of perpetuating Feline supremacy after one of its leaders had made some controversial statements regarding Canines. These members have since reformed their views and the party has taken a more moderate, centrist slant.
History
The Party is based in the capital, Animalia City. Originally founded in 2016 in Shaoshan, it was the first feline rights party to develop from the greater Stuffy and animal rights revolution that occurred near the end of the Shaoshan era of 2016 and the transition into the Sonoran and Cascadian eras. The Party's armed wing, which is now part of the armed forces of the Animalian Republic, was the Kitty Army which disbanded following the September 2016 Shaoshanian election. The Party was led by Goldie the Cat up until her resignation and death in June 2017. The Party then dedicated to her the ceremonial role of "Eternal Chairman" with the President (later General Secretary) becoming the highest body of the party. The Party was led by Twylie the Cat until January 2018 when Sirsheen the Cat was elected party President in time for the January general election with party Secretary, Cookie the Cat, running for the Presidency. In November 2017, after a referendum passed on one day prior, the Feline Republic declared independence from Sonora and formed the Feline National Council. The Kitty Army was reestablished but as the republic's defense force and the ideological divide between the left and right of the party culminated in the splitting of the Feline Party into the Socialists and Nationalists, who credit themselves as the legal continuation of the Feline Party as a whole. The current incarnation of the Feline Party was revived from the end of the Smithist regime in Cascadia, which banned the Feline Nationalists. After the Great Patriotic War, old nationalists registered as the Feline Party to continue on the legal standing of the organization.
Platform
The Party is largely an Animalian civic nationalist and feline populist group, advocating for stricter defense and less regulation with more emphasis on social related issues. It advocates feline rights and green politics.
Controversy
The Feline Nationalist Party was criticized as bring Far-right, xenophobic, and Feline supremacist after statements were made in late 2018 by party leadership that canines were "stupid" and that cats are the "more dominant, civilized species". The Party was accused of being agitative and trying to push the Republic away from its Sonoran ally based on historical oppression of the country's former ruler, Titania Smith. However the party contended that it was purely nationalistic and that any statements made by party members or leadership as individuals did not reflect the views of the party as a whole. The party disavowed the members for a time until it was eventually banned outright in August 2018. After the fall of the Smithist regime in Sonora, which the Feline Republic had joined and become Animalia, the party was revived once again as the Feline Party. The disavowed members were allowed to return and were elected to leadership, having reformed their views.