People's Freedom and Justice Party

The People's Freedom and Justice Party is a Sordish political party. Its views are fairly liberal, with many of its major campaign promises linked to reform, democracy, and free market economics. As the second most powerful party in the Assembly, behind the USP, it is a significant threat to USP dominance.

Assembly Seats
The PFJP, as of the 1953 elections, holds 70 seats out of the 250 in the Assembly. The party is led by Frens Ricter.

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Views
The PFJP is largely liberal, but not extreme. While advocating for a push towards democracy and emphasizes the need for a free market economy, the main goal of the party is to reform the flawed Constitution currently at the heart of the Republic of Sordland. It is not tied to any extremist groups, and is primarily opposed by the National Front Party.

History
The People's Freedom and Justice Party, or PFJP, was founded in 1932 by a group of Unions in Lachaven in opposition to Colonel Soll's Government. The PFJP is generally regarded as a center-left political party with many ties to middle and upper-middle class families as well as left-leaning grassroots organizations. It promotes  liberalism, social democracy, and a free market economy as its three main goals, alongside constant protest against the current Sordish Constitution of '29.

Leadership in the party fell to Frens Ricter in 1949, who has been a member ever since the Party was born, and almost won the 1949 elections against the USP. While technically a loss, some regard the PFJP as the real winner of the 1949 elections, since it resulted in major internal changes within the USP towards reformation and the resignation of effective-dictator Soll from politics. As a result, the PFJP has continued to campaign for change in Sordland's constitution, to criticize the USP as a puppet of Soll, and to educate the population on the importance of democratic values.

As of 1953, the PFJP is the main opposition party in the Assembly, with 70 of the 250 seats. While having a decisive majority has traditionally not been difficult for the USP, the growing reformist wing within the party threatens to not only split the USP, but potentially give the PFJP a ruling majority.

The next few years are crucial, as they will determine the ultimate fate of the PFJP. Will the PFJP rise to sweep the USP out for the first time in the Republic's brief history? Will it lose its uphill battle against the dominant party? Or will it always remain a marginal force, relegated to the sidelines and becoming just another defunct Sordish party that promised great change and failed to deliver?

Whatever the future holds, the PFJP has never been stronger nor closer to completing its grand mission. And, in any case, its fate is directly linked with -- as all things political are during these turbulent times -- President Rayne.