Our Freedom Party (Tsiba)
Our Freedom Party Tso'ibeta Patume | |
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| Abbreviation | OFP |
| Leader | Hesam Eketava |
| Founder | Salar Afshar |
| Founded | January 1, 2015 |
| Headquarters | Shuputsy, Vi'atsy |
| Political position | Right-wing |
| Religion | Islam |
| Colors | Green and Black |
| Slogan | Ve A-ma, Ve Ji-tsape |
| City Ministers | 3 / 52
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| General Assembly | 22 / 400
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| Regional Governors | 0 / 4
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The Our Freedom Party (commonly abbreviated as the OFP) is a Tsiba political party founded in 2015. They have regularly had support in the region of Vi'atsy and in rural areas. The party is a right-wing Islamist party. While many of the party's economic and welfare policies are liberal, their social policies are extremely conservative.
History[edit | edit source]
The OFP was founded in 2015 by Salar Afshar, a former member of the Shooda-Tsiba party and a veteran of the Yavotera-Tsiba War. While the party shares many beliefs with the former government of Muhammed Justsytoo, they have repeatedly distanced themselves from earlier Islamic groups. Afshar had resigned from his position as Third Minister of the City of Shuputsy in 2008, with the intentions of founding the party and entering into the 2008 elections. However, paperwork delays stalled the creation of the party for another seven years, during which time Afshar and his supporters began building a base in Shuputsy and surrounding regions.
OFP membership increased rapidly during early 2015, and, that year, the party was in control of fourteen seats in the Representative Legislature, additionally winning four seats among the City Ministers. Membership in the party has steadily increased, although the party struggles to gain support in urban areas outside of the region of Vi'atsy.
In 2018, Salar Afshar stepped down as leader of the party. Hesam Eketava was elected from within the party to fill the vacancy. In the same year Tsupe Pyvupi, brother of the late Prime Minister Beshootsu Pyvupi, split from the party to from the Alliance for the People of Tsiba.
Party Platform[edit | edit source]
The OFP's party platform was established by Afshar in 2008. The OFP's goals are to:
1) Create a society that is prosperous, secure, and stable
2) Re-instate Islam as the state religion
3) Expand the military and increase aid to muslims internationally
4) Increase economic support for farming communities
5) Enshrine conservative social values into law by re-imposing morality legislation put in place during the Islamic Republic Era
6) Increase Social Welfare