Yaraan Kryfon's Movement

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Yaraan Kryfon's Movement
Yaraan Kryfones Voszye
Yaran Kryfŏnes Malŏsŏm
YaraaFlag.png
Political Ideology Yaraan independence
Yaraan nationalism
Civic nationalism
Political Position Kryfona-center to Kryfona-left
Political Compass
Economic Left/Right
-6.0
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian
-4.1
Spekr
Spekr YKM.png
-3, -33
Motto
Freedom and independence for Yaraa
Yaraan: Salŭsem ne sokoszelŭ yŭ Yara
Founded Group: June 16th, 1891
Party: September 8th, 1902
Founder Qasyimene Gautrik
Party Leader Uyseila Livaqiyats
Secretary Sanŭze Kosem
Headquarters 1 Aastŏa Wy.
City Tidkae, Yaraa
Nation Kryfona Kingdom
Organizations
Labor Branch Yaraan Kryfon's Labor Movement
Youth Branch Yaraan Youth
Kryfonsparliszaiye
12 / 81
Provincial parliaments
42 / 1,154

The Yaraan Kryfon's Movement (Kryfona: Yaraan Kryfones Voszye; /ˈjɑˌræn ˈkrɪˌf.nɛs ˈvɔːsˌj/ Yaraa: Yaran Kryfŏnes Malŏsŏm; YKV or YKM) is a peaceful separatist movement and political party which advocates for Yaraan nationalism and the eventual secession and independence of Yaraa Province from the Kryfona Kingdom. The group was founded in 1891 by Qasyimene Gautrik and Eszyesmŭva Seyeles and was one of the first groups to represent Yaraans and Yaraans alone. A political wing of the party was founded in 1902.

For the first decade of its existence, the YKM was a relatively small organization, having a mostly local presence. The group's first big break came when it professed its support of the royalists at the beginning of the Kryfona Civil War, and eventually organized itself into a militia. The YKM militia–which quickly swelled in number on the back of Yaraan support–played a significant role in the second battles of Yadysim and Yarasil, and ultimately evicted Qailenid-loyalists from Yaraa by the middle of 1902. When the war ended, the group had effectively become a household name, and it was in this environment that the group established its party wing. In the 1903 Kryfonsparliszaiye elections, the newly-formed YKM party gained 7 seats, and since then it has retained at least 4 seats in every election.

The mid-1900s were a time of success and turbulence for the YKM. After four decades of being a part of the opposition, from 1945 to 1957 the YKM was a part of a coalition with the Kryfona Loyalist Party, which they used to pass several pro-Yaraan bills. It was the first time the YKM ever held any power in government (and their only time in a governing coalition until 2005). After the KLP lost their plurality of seats in the 1957 elections, the YKM once again became a part of the opposition. In mid-1963, the party was rocked by the "Purge" scandal, wherein it was revealed that many low-ranking party members and several of the party's MPs were complicit in terrorist attacks against Impurists. As a result of the scandal, then-leader Veim Faldŭ resigned. His replacement, Syinu Talga, was ordered to stand down by the incumbent-Awaseq government, and when he refused Yaraa was invaded by Kryfona troops and occupied. The YKM was also suspended from the Kryfonsparliszaiye from August 2nd to August 22nd, 1963; nonetheless, in the elections later that year the party won two additional seats in the Kryfonsparliszaiye.

Despite the controversy, which eventually was encompassed by the Yaraan Crisis between 1964 and 1967, the party continued to win additional seats until the 1975 elections, in which the party won 18. After the Telk Avenue shooting on September 14th, 1976, the YKM joined in on the Kryfonsparliszaiye boycott, which lasted 17 days. The boycott is generally seen as the party's high water mark; in 1981 they lost 4 seats and in 1987 they lost an additional 3. Since 1993, the party has hovered between 12 and 13 seats; as of 2011, the party has 12 seats in the Kryfonsparliszaiye.

The current leader of the party is Uyseila Livaqiyats, a half-Yaraan half-Kryfona. He has been the party's leader since 1999, when Mainu Aargo resigned. The party has been a member of the Secessionist bloc in the Kryfonsparliszaiye since 1975, when it formed the bloc with the Pažem Tuszkeya. The party led the bloc until 2011, when it relinquished the role to the Pažem, who subsequently appointed MP Zabaň Kalra to the position of Secessionist leader in the body.

History

Background

The roots of the Yaraan Kryfon's Movement sprouted in the late 1880s, a period of significant social and political turmoil in the Kryfona Kingdom. Despite growing appreciation for Yaraans and the Yaraan minority of the Kryfona Kingdom in the later half of the 1800s, Yaraan representation in government and society at large remained on the whole insignificant. Yaraan rights had not been fully codified in those days, and it was still unlawful for Yaraans to do many of the things that Standard Kryfona could take for granted. Yaraans could not lawfully practice their traditions, nor was it legal to speak the Yaraan language as a first language and be employed federally. Laws such as this, which were copied by many provinces and became common practice with hiring throughout the Kingdom, effectively disenfranchised all Yaraans–essentially all Yaraans in the Kingdom at this point spoke Yaraan as a first language–and subsequently there was an almost total lack of representation in many jobs.

There were a number of Yaraan rights groups which had been established well before the 1880s, but few of them had any acceptance beyond their pocket of the Yaraan community. Many of them were narrowly focused, and those who were not tended to be small and extremely locally centered–yaraan politics and political activism were still only in their beginning stages at the time, and the Yaraan Political Revolution would not begin until the late 1890s and early 1900s. Thus, although there was a general feeling in Yaraa that there needed to be change going into the 1890s, there was essentially no framework in which that could take place–that is, until the establishment of the Yaraan Kryfon's Movement and other organizations like it.

Pre-party years: 1891-1902

Founding

The Yaraan Kryfon's Movement, like the later United Kryfona Party, was the brainchild of someone who was not necessarily impacted by the Yaraan struggle for rights, but rather had sympathies to it. Qasyimene Gautrik, a 36-year-old left-leaning half-Yaraan, migrated to Yaraa Province in January of 1890, having become deeply moved by the "pure bred" Yaraan struggle for rights. He had previously lived in the adjacent province of Fyranasaa, where there lived a significant Yaraan minority that was in effect disenfranchised by the government. Gautrik deeply detested this state of affairs, and wanted to change it from the ground up, starting in Yaraa and eventually expanding outwards to the rest of the Kingdom. After moving to Yaraa, he befriended the 33-year-old Eszyesmŭva Seyeles, a pure Yaraan and then-activist in the relatively small Tidkae Yaraan Political Association (TYPA), approaching him with the proposition of creating a movement which would "liberate" Yaraans and enfranchise them throughout the entire Kingdom, and not just Yaraa. While Seyeles was skeptical of the matter, and originally refused to go along with Gautrik's plan, the two at some point late in 1890 agreed on the matter and began to organize with the TYPA.

The paperwork for the establishment of the organization was completed in April of 1891, by which point the two had settled on the name Yaraan Kryfon's Movement. When exactly they came to this decision is unclear, but likely it came late in the paperwork filing. In any case, the organization had effectively been set up and declared in all but name by May. Nonetheless, the official announcement of the organization's establishment–and thus, its creation–did not occur until June 16th, 1891, nearly a year after it had originally begun to be organized. Although Seyeles helped, Gautrik is officially considered to be the founder of the party and, incidentally, it was not until the early 1920s that Seyeles was credited by the party organ with helping Gautrik.

Early actions: 1891-1900

In its early history, which is generally considered to span the period between the organization's founding and the outbreak of the Kryfona Civil War in August, 1900, the Yaraan Kryfon's Movement did not do a great deal. This was for a number of reasons, the largest of which was that the organization was localized almost exclusively to Tidkae for the period. Additionally, the organization had few resources to call upon in its early days, and this greatly complicated and limited the ability of the organization to project its power beyond a small part of the Yaraan region. Funding was less of an issue for the organization than it was with other, similar groups, owing to the generosity of several donors from the Tidkae area, but it remained a limiting factor for the organization until it became a party in 1902.

Early party years: 1902-1939

Boom and trouble years: 1940-1969

Although it was not immediately obvious at the tine, the 1939 elections marked a second turning point for the party after its terrible performance in the 1933 elections. In the 1933 elections, the party had been reduced to 4 seats (which remains its worst performance in its Kryfonsparliszaiye history) and was reeling from a similarly bad performance in the Yaraan House, where it only narrowly retained its already small majority‒both numbers were improved upon, slightly, in the 1939 election cycle.

Political positions

The Yaraan Kryfon's Movement has a relatively centrist platform, although it is slightly left-of-center and is typically considered to be either centrist or slightly left-of-center by politicos. It should be kept in mind that the party's general platform does not generally reflect their secessionist-supporting ideology, and that when this is considered the party is probably further left than its platform indicates. Although it not usually a part of their electoral platform, a summary of the YKM's secessionist ideals is also presented here.

Economic

  • The means of production, generally speaking, should be owned privately, not publicly.
  • Radio and television should be socialized where and when possible.
    • However, government should remain hands off with control of mediums of communication, and should only act to facilitate the socialization of such mediums. It should not control the distribution (or lack thereof) of mediums of communication.
    • Supportive of the the Radio and Television Socialization Act of 2000, and portions of the Communication Socialization Act of 2002
  • Fire, police, education, and other essential services should remain socialized and controlled by the government for the greater good of the people.
  • The power grid and power supply of the Kryfona Kingdom is too important to be controlled by the free market and for-profit incentives, and therefore must be regulated by the government exclusively.
  • Healthcare should be socialized and not dependent on the free market.[note 1]
    • An individual should ultimately have the right to determine his or her degree of health insurance.
    • Health insurance should be regulated by the government.
  • It is necessary for the government to provide welfare and combat poverty.
    • Government should not necessarily direct charity activity, although where possible it ought to help.
  • The party supports bailouts and subsidies for industries.

Social

  • Civil rights should be recognized and accepted by the government.
    • Civil rights are inalienable, even in times of war.
    • Support the protection of civil rights in the Kryfona Kingdom
      • Protection of Kryfona General Rights Acts (1930, 1977); Tuszkean Acts (1927, 1930, 1942); Yaraan Acts (1808, 1904, 1968); Abolition of Impurism Act of 1976, and other civil rights legislation.
    • Support of the expansion of civil rights and civil protections in the Kryfona Kingdom, particularly for left-behind groups such as transgender individuals.
  • Support for the continued existence of private property in the Kryfona Kingdom
    • Support of the rights of private landowners to set the rules and regulations of their property within the confines of the law
    • However, the government must be able to regulate land ownership to aid in environmental protection, and the government should be allowed to make use of eminent domain and civil asset forfeiture.
  • Generally against unions, and their existence in the Kingdom.
    • Union membership should not be a requirement for employment.
    • Bargaining between employers and employees should not have to take place through a union.
  • Pro-due process and pro-civil protection
    • Juries should be allowed to determine not just the guilt of persons, but the justice of laws
  • Anti-hate speech and anti-hateful expression
    • Laws against hate speech and hateful expression should be more comprehensive.
      • Supportive of an amendment to the Kryfona Constitution to limit hateful speech within reason–that is, speech which advocates for genocide of a race or species, encouragement to attack or discriminate against races or species, etc.
    • General support for the Abolition of Oszej Act of 2009, as well as the proposed Abolition of Neyuoszej Act
    • Pro-Impurist ban; support of the Abolition of Impurism Act of 1976
  • Slavery as a practice is a violation of civil rights
  • Government should recognize relationships, but nothing more. A relationship should not require a license and government control over its definition to be recognized.
  • Supportive of secular government in the Kingdom
    • The government should not favor any religion over any other religion, or a lack of religion over religion.
    • The government should not instate or support any blasphemy laws.
    • Support for religious expression in the Kingdom, except when it infringes on the rights of others or calls for unacceptable behaviors such as murder.
    • Support of continued taxation of religious entities in the Kryfona Kingdom.
  • Abortion should remain legal, and should not rely on government sponsorship to be available to the public.
  • Military service should not be mandatory in times of peace, but otherwise compulsory service is acceptable.
  • Kryfona citizens should be allowed to own weapons, but the government should be able to regulate what arms are available to the general public as it sees necessary.
    • Party is split on registration of weaponry

Political

  • Government should be transparent about its actions, but this should not necessarily be true of all government branches
    • Against transparency for intelligence agencies, as this would impede their function unnecessarily.
  • Surveillance should not be expanded, as it is an unnecessary expenditure and in times of peace such as this is governmental overreach.
    • Against the Surveillance and Rights Reconciliation Act of 1982
  • Warrants are important, however they can impede investigations and in certain circumstances they should not be required.
    • Introduced the Warrant Exception Act of 1996.
  • Criminals should be required, in addition to their punishment, be required to offer financial or personal restitution to their victims.
  • Foreign policy should be defense based, but the Kingdom should also intervene when necessary to protect its interests from instability in a region.
  • General support of the Kingdom Amendment of 1903

Secessionism

  • Yaraa should ultimately become either an autonomous nation, free of the Kryfona Kingdom, or a nominally independent country within it rather than a simple province.
    • Yaraa should be allowed to hold a democratic vote on the matter.
    • Yaraa should have the right to self-determination in this regard.
      • Should Yaraans choose to become an autonomous nation, the Kryfona Kingdom should respect the decision of Yaraans and recognize the nation. Yaraans should be given the decision of renouncing their Kryfona citizenship or remaining a Kryfona citizen as such.
      • Should Yaraans choose to become a nominally independent country within the Kryfona Kingdom, the Kryfona Kingdom should immediately give Yaraa such status and allow its citizens a greater deal of autonomy in their affairs.
  • Self-determination of the Yaraan people in their affairs should be recognized, regardless of the status of the Yaraan entity.
  • Until Yaraa's people are liberated from the Kryfona Kingdom, Yaraans should strive to live as independently of the Kingdom as possible.
  • Yaraans should protest and boycott Kingdom goods and services, and instead support Yaraan goods and services.

Kryfonsparliszaiye history

Kryfonsparliszaiye Leader King Government
1903
7 / 81
Increase 7 Vipare Sŏgon Xeriren Awaseq Opposition member
1909
11 / 81
Increase 4
1915
8 / 81
Decrease 3
1921
7 / 81
Decrease 1 Pery Hŏzga
1927
10 / 81
Increase 3 Vezina Deŏmonta
1933
4 / 81
Decrease 6 Hŏsgi Lŭla
1939
5 / 81
Increase 1
1945
7 / 81
Increase 1 Heyonbere Lŭlynes Coalition member
1951
11 / 81
Increase 4 Zyŏn Felyoz
1957
12 / 81
Increase 1 Veim Faldŭ Tyeri Awaseq Opposition member
1963
14 / 81
Increase 2 Syinu Talga
1969
16 / 81
Increase 2
1975
18 / 81
Increase 2 Hosina Farŏn Secessionist leader
1981
14 / 81
Decrease 4
1987
11 / 81
Decrease 3 Mainu Aargo
1993
12 / 81
Increase 1 Ghrodinh Virkozsilixaniz
1999
12 / 81
Steady 0 Uyseila Livaqiyats
2005
13 / 81
Increase 1 Secessionist leader
(Coalition member)
2011
12 / 81
Decrease 1 Secessionist member
(Coalition member)

Notes

  1. Kryfona healthcare is a mixture of government provided and free market provided. Small procedures and short-term operations are generally done by non-government hospitals, while larger procedures and long-term operations are done by the government. The YKM position on this is that the system should be fully socialized.

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