Democratic Progressive Party of Patagonia

  

Democratic Progressive Party
Leader	Fabian Dizon
Deputy Leader	Mark Dewey
Chairperson	Christina Artusi
Secretary-General	Hendrick Frödden
Federal Council Leader	Carlos Kieu
Founded	26 May 1975 (1975-05-26)
Merger of	Country Party (factions) New Democratic Party Party for Patagonian Progress
Headquarters	New Brandenburg, Huilliche
Student wing	Students for Democracy and Progress
Youth wing	Youth for Democracy and Progress
Women's wing	Women for Democracy and Progress
Ideology	Agrarianism Reformism Electoral reform Social liberalism Progressivism American unionism Factions: Conservatism Republicanism
Political position	Centre to Centre-left
International affiliation	Progressive Alliance Liberal International
American affiliation	Alliance of American Unity
Official colors	Forest Green
Federal Council	0 / 1 (TBD)
National Assembly	0 / 1 (TBD)
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The Democratic Progressive Party (Spanish: TBD), colloquially known as the Dips, Dipper or DemProgs is a centrist political party that was founded in May 1975 by Gian Carosella to form a new party as an alternative to the Conservative Unionists, Labour Democrats and National Action. The party's current leader is Deputy Prime Minister and Education Secretary Fabian Dizon, who lead the party since 2016.

The party itself is the spiritual successor of the Country Party in which Carosella confirmed on his interview in 1994. It is also merged with the New Democratic Party and Party for Patagonian Progress, the two minor progressive parties at that time. Most of the members are formers members of the Country Party that are not willing to join in the merger with the Liberals in late 1960's. DPP remained a minor party until the 1990's when the DPP created a coalition with the Conservative Union and Labour Democrats during the Hughes premiership.

DemProgs is a reformist political party whose primary concerns are electoral reform, addressing income inequality, anti-discrimination, and environmental protection. The party describes itself as big tent and it has a positive political relationship with the conservative and liberal political parties.

History

Country Party period

The Democratic Progressive Party trace back its origin to the Country Party as it was founded in 1921. The party adheres agrarianism just like the Agrarian Party, but it expanded its platform into progressivism and reformism. DemProgs maintained only few seats in the Parliament at that because it always seated in the crossbench.

Country Party had gained more seats in 1952. As a result, it joined the second Forest coalition of Ivan Macduff. It also joined in a governing coalition of Steven Douglas in 1956 together with the Liberals and Labour Democrats. The party joined the opposition for the first time during the entire premiership of Julia Rodriguez.

The Liberals signed an agreement with the Country Party in 22 August 1969 upon planning a merger between the two parties to form a stronger Liberal party. There are negotiation between the two parties on the merger plans. The Country Party dissolved one month later and the merger with the Liberals is formally established as the National Action Party. However, the remaining members of the Country Party who did not joined the merger remain independent until the formation of Democratic Progressive Party in 1975.

Platform

Economic policies

• Protect and expand unions and labor rights.
• Increase the minimum wage and salaries of all kinds of jobs.
• Reform and expand public education
• Support universal healthcare
• Increase to 25% for the tax of all major corporations and businesses.
• Support the local business in the country.
• Protect the agricultural sector and the livelihood of the farmers.
• Support the importation of Patagonian products.

Social policies

• Support same-sex marriage and LGBT rights.
• Fully legalize abortion.
• Impose tighter gun control laws.
• Support cultural preservation and indigenous education.
• Promote freedom of speech in media.
• Decrease restrictions on Patagonian immigration policies.
• Support equal opportunity for all people.

Foreign policies

• Support and expand the Conference of American States.
• Support the reforming government of other countries.
• Maintain diplomatic relations with United Commonwealth and Landonist countries.
• Establish a non-interventionist foreign policy.
• Oppose the global influence of Landonism and communist ideology.