Please post your vote, to avoid rigging.
Cast your vote to decide the composition of the next parliament in al-Faisal, known as the Arab National Council. Once elected a councilman serves a two-year term. The ANC is the primary voice of the people.
Questions are welcome, as well as governmental or individual pledges of support.
Arab Ba'ath Party
Ideologies: Secular government, Arab nationalism, equality of minorities, mixed economics
The Ba'ath Party has been the ruling party for the last 70 years, winning more elections than any other. It has advanced policies of secularism in government, civil rights for ethnic minorities, and the protection and promoting of private business with some regulation. The vast oil industry it has maintained a national interest in, using the revenues to improve infrastructure for the entire Republic. The goodwill it has fostered with ethnic minorities has resulted in their usually joining a coalition government.
United Islamic Alliance
Ideologies: Theocratic, Islamic revolutionary, socialist
A rising rival, the UIA pushes for an Islamic revolution and an end to secularism. They wish the establishment of Islamic law over the whole of the Republic, and have suggested King Faisal be named Caliph. They also take an interest in the affairs of other Islamic states, or nations with an oppressed Islamic minority. Recent growth has been a reaction to anti-Islamic sentiments throughout the world. Most of their leaders are from the Shia minority.
Faisali National List
Ideologies: Sunni but secular, desires an end to sectarianism and cooperation with Shias, free-market capitalist
The National List is typically styled as the loyal opposition to the Ba'ath Party. Though formally secular it acts as a voice for Sunni concerns in government. It also acts as a bridge to the Shia minority and stresses an end to sectarian rivalries. Economically it calls for an expansion of private businesses, especially in the oil trade.
Social Nationalist Party
Ideologies: Far-right nationalist, secularist, anti-immigrant, laissez-faire capitalism
As the oldest of the Big Five parties, the SNP has always had a significant following. Its power has waned in the Ba'athist-era, but it survives. The SNP is extremely nationalistic, bordering on xenophobic. They do not trust non-Arab minorities, especially many Jews who they view as a Zionist fifth column. But they also oppose the Islamification of government. Economically they desire a totally and unrestrained capitalist plan.
Popular Unity Party (Communist)
Ideologies: Far-left, secular, adopts Western views on civil rights, communist economics
Formerly known as the Communist Party of al-Faisal, the the Popular Unity Party has traditionally been the smallest of the major parties. In recent decades it suffered from the poor opinion held by citizens on international communism, to the point where they changed their name to avoid extinction. Communism has faced near-bans in the past. The PUP is considered by some to be the most "progressive" party, espousing such newer ideals as full marriage rights for LGB peoples.
The minor parties will win few seats, due to the small size of their ethnic bases of power. But they are still allowed on tickets across the Republic and their voices are heard. In the past they have typicall joined the Ba'athist government.
Here are the three primary minority parties:
Edah
This party represents the majority of Jews in the Republic. It is conservative and peaceful, preferring the status quo. It condemns Zionism as racist and heretical.
Assyrian Democratic Movement
A voice for the Assyrian population, the ADM typically joins in the coalition government under the Ba'ath Party. When any issue threatens the interests of the Assyrian people, it typically threatens to withdraw. It has done so only twice.
Democratic Kurdish Alliance
The DKA is a centrist party that keeps many of the Ba'athist ideologies but stands guard for the protection of the rights of the Kurdish minority. It is actually an umbrella front for the multitude of Kurdish parties.
