Socialist Republic Party (Gapla)

Socialist Republic Party
Chairperson	Connor Hetner
Ideology	Anti-capitalism Anti-monarchism Democratic socialism Libertarian communism Left-wing populism
Political position	Far-left
European affiliation	The Left in the European Parliament (unofficial)
International affiliation	International Workers Congress
Council of Ministers	0 / 6

The Socialist Republic Party (SRP) is a democratic socialist, libertarian communist, and far-left political party in the Federated States of Gapla. The result of a split with the then-People's New Socialist Party (now the People's Liberal Party), the founders of the SRP considered the party to be social democratic rather than socialist, and did not consider the dominant left-wing party to be sufficiently on the left of the political spectrum.

The party seeks to make Gapla a republic through the abolition the royal title service, make Gapla a non-profit (in contrast to its not-for-profit status), and adopt democratic socialist and libertarian communist principles for Gapla.

The party's views depart strongly from the two major parties, the Free Rightist Party and the People's Liberal Party, who support the monarchy and Gapla's current not-for-profit status. It was founded by Nicolas Caiazzo, the party's sole member of the National Assembly, considered a figure of the Gaplan far-left. A major theme in the party is the opposition to the development of the cryptocurrency GaplaCoin, free-market capitalism, and monarchism, which are all currently dominant ideologies within Gapla.

History

After considering a split from the People's Liberal Party due to his dissatisfaction with the party, Nicolas Caiazzo founded the Socialist Republic Party. In the party's first election, it won a seat in Parliament for one of Elemental's districts. After Gapla's legislature was reformed as the National Assembly, the party won one seat in the National Assembly through proportional representation but failed to win the presidency.

Nicolas has called for a right-libertarian split from the Free Rightist Party, but Wyatt Baek, the current leader of the Free Rightist Party's right-libertarian faction, has stated that this is possible but will likely not be happening in the near future.

Attempted dissolution

On 7 September 2023, Nicolas Caiazzo stated his intent to dissolve the SRP following his retirement from micronationalism.

However, he later decided to transfer leadership of the party to Connor Hetner instead of dissolving the party, and has stated that he would leave the party to become an independent, although he has not formally done so yet and is still technically a member of the party.