Abwehran Constitutional Party

Founded in AF 130 after breaking away from the Abwehran Progressive Party, the Constitutional party was originally comprised of the more conservative members of the Abwehran Progressive Party at the time.

During the period that was 120s After Freedom, the Reformation of Abwehran Society was in full swing. The Abwehran Progressive Party was the dominant force in Parliament in comparison to the Abwehran Conservative Party. However, during this time, changes were happening rapidly. In fact, some changes were happening just for the sake of change, which was draining the treasury quite quickly. More conservative members of Abwehran Progressive Party were outraged by the blatant squandering of credits. To make matters worse, there were some in both the Abwehran Progressive Party and the Abwehran Conservative Party who were actually ignoring the very constitution their Mothers and Fathers had formed over a hundred Abwehran Years before. Instead of defecting over to the Abwehran Conservative Party, these individuals began to form their own power base.

It would take years of campaigning and painting themselves as champions of the Imperial Constitution of the Abwehran Star Empire, but they were eventually able to gain some measure of influence within Parliament to challenge the wasteful spending policies.

Today, the Constitutional Party is still a champion of the Imperial Constitution of the Abwehran Star Empire. However, their interpretation of it is now much stricter. Often, the Constitutional Party is seen as fanatically driven or even as “zealots of the holy piece of paper”.

The Constitutional Party, while seen as extremeists when it comes to how strictly they adhere to the Constitution, are actually quite moderate in their platform in comparison to the liberal Abwehran Progressive Party that wants quick changes and the indomitable Abwehran Conservative Party that try to hinder change whenever possible.

The Constitutional Party stance on current issues:

• Civilian Gun Ownership: It was the Constitutional Party that forced Parliament to create an Amendment rather than a law for civilians in the Frontier to own weapons. However, they also wanted the requirements and the laws to be more strict. This has led to them being at odds with the Abwehran Progressive Party stance on Gun Ownership.
• Dual Citizenship: Dual Citizenship, while now a part of the Constitution, is a policy the Constitutional Party dislikes and hopes to repeal. This is mainly due to the fact that they believe you can only be a citizen of the Abwehran Star Empire and no where else.
• Immigration: The Constitutional Party is in favor of cultural isolationism, which means that they want to protect the cultural heritage of the Abwehran people by denying entry of other species trying to immigrate.

The Constitutional Party stance on current issues:

• Trade: While they believe in cultural isolationism, the Constitutional Party knows the value of trade to the Imperial Coffers. Therefore, they believe in placing light tarriffs in industries that need protection.
• Khorsovarolor: They are currently satisfied with Khorsovarolor being an independent nation in Abwehran Territory.
• NMX-Yamatai War: The Constitutional Party is one of the major proponents of neutrality for the NMX-Yamatai War¹⁾.