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Party: Social Democratic Party
Platform: Social democratic economics; social libertarianism and progressivism; pacifism

Sta. Ana is the youngest candidate for Chancellor the Royal Commonwealth - the entire history of Palmyrion - has seen, running for Chancellor at the relatively young age of 35 - but she is wise beyond her years, brought about by single motherhood and a drive to finish her Ph.D. in Economics (majoring in Sociology) from Palmyrion's most prestigious university, the University of Palmyrion Aragon, with her membership in and subsequent rise to leadership of the Social Democratic Party repeatedly testing and refining her expertise as a public servant. While her most scathing critics criticise her past life and her being a single mother, Sta. Ana regularly brushes them off and has her credentials and achievements to speak for themselves, having led the SDP's efforts to rebuild basic public services and utilities in Palmyrion's war torn regions after the Palmyrian Troubles (2009-2018).

Party: Commonwealth Action Party
Platform: Social libertarianism and progressivism, social democratic economics, militarism

Duterte is a former general of the Palmyrian military, running for the position of Chancellor at the age of 70. Born on 1950, he has first served in the Stalinist regime's military, joining its officer corps at the age of 20 and serving the Stalinist regime before defecting to the Commonwealth Counter-Revolutionary Front on 1975. After the Counter-Revolutionary War he continued his service in the Palmyrian military, during which he rose through the ranks of the Army, landing a position as a Brigadier General on 2000 before retiring at the age of 60 as a Major General. Indeed, how he led the 101st Armour Brigade, perhaps the Army's most prestigious military unit, in counter-insurgency operations against Stalinist remnants and, later, their successors from 1990-2010 are meritable, to include his model of civil-military operations becoming the standard all across the AFP. His wife died back in 2005, but not before having reared 3 children into adulthood, all of whom are serving in the Army as commissioned officers.

Party: Communist Party of Palmyrion
Platform: Socialism, left-wing populism, social traditionalism

"Capitalism thrives on excesses and profits off moral degradation" has always been Macalintal's stance as a socialist; for him, capitalism and liberal democracy have gone hand-in-hand to profit off society's moral collapse and economic inequality in service of only for the few. Having fought in the side of the Stalinists and miraculously survived to obtain a pardon from the Stalinist regime's successor, Macalintal's resolve to bring Palmyrion back to its Stalinist glory and free it from capitalism has only hardened - and the various accusations of conspiracy with rebellion (a form of high treason according to Palmyrion) have only strengthened it further.

Party: Synarchist Party of Palmyrion
Platform: Fourth-Position Politics, Neo-Fascism, Right-Wing Populist Nationalism, Synarchist economics

Romy Perez was never a fan of liberal democracy from the start. He believed that liberal democracy only led to moral downfall and eventual societal collapse - and Palmyrion's recent troubles may provide credence to his beliefs. Born on 1968, Perez graduated from the University of Palmyrion Aragon on 1990 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy, before taking up law school at the same institution and finishing law on 1994; his experience meting out the law has led him to believe that liberal democracy is inefficient in handing out the law, feeding to the fascist underpinnings of his politics. A fan of Aleksandr Dugin, he believed that only fascism can retain societal order and progress in line and in check according to the principles of common law and natural law.

Party: Christian Democratic Party
Platform: Christian democracy, Christian traditionalism and social teaching, distributist economics

Pastor Bragancia was raised in a deeply religious Roman Catholic family and community in suburban Palmyrion, his life having revolved deeply around Catholic social teaching. Bragancia lived much of his life as a sacristan before he became an ordained priest at the age of 30 on 1998, and took an oath of chastity as part of his priestly duties - and the Troubles from 2009 to 2018 served as a watershed event that shaped his political ambitions and views of a Palmyrion ruled by a Christian democracy, with its laws and core economic policies adhering to Christian traditionalist social teaching and distributism, respectively.

Party: Commonwealth Muslim Democratic Party
Platform: Islamic democracy, Islamic traditionalism and social teaching, Islamic economic jurisprudence (fiqh al-mu'amalat)

Imam al-Hiwari was born to and raised in a Muslim family and community in the island of Sultan Osmalik, raised by a high middle-class imam of a local mosque. His educational attainment revolved mainly around primary and secondary level madrasas in his town of birth, with his tertiary education being at the local campus of the University of Palmyrion. He graduated with a BA in Sociology, majoring in Islamic Sociology; he would then see the Troubles as a watershed event when the Palmyrian Khalifati Front rebelled in the southern islands of Mindanao and Sultan Osmalik, as it shaped his ideals of an Islamic society adhering to Islamic social teaching and economic jurisprudence.

• CAP coming first at 31%, with SDP following closely at 29%
• CDP at third, CMDP at a distant fourth
• SPP and CPP at fifth and sixth, respectively

Thermodolia wrote:Thermodolia would like to know what the stances of the candidates are on the gay rights movement In Palmyrion

• MGEN Ricardo Duterte (RET) PA wants military strength boosted to 10 million
• Retired general is running for the position of Chancellor with a militarist platform
• The Armed Forces of Palmyrion currently stands at 6,400,000 personnel

The AFP currently stands at 6.4 million, but Chancellor candidate Ricardo Duterte wants to boost it to 10 million as part of his militarist policy.

MGEN Ricardo Duterte (RET) PA @RickyDuterte If I were to be the chancellor of the Royal Commonwealth, I would boost the military's strength to 10 million as part of my militarist platform.#2020PalmyrianElections SHARESFAVORITE 201K402K

Evelyn Sta. Ana @Eve_Sta.Ana While the Royal Commonwealth must maintain a strong standing military, a policy of militarism may mean neglect of socio-economic recovery programmes and initiatives in the areas torn by the Turbulent Tens Conflict.#2020PalmyrianElections SHARESFAVORITE 204K405K

New Visayan Islands wrote:"Besides the obvious 'pacifism vs. militarism' comparisons, what are other things that separate the SDP from the CAP?"
- Darlene Nubla, Visayan Television

Mokastana wrote:Stephen Izaz, Mokastana News Network! Can you clarify the difference between the candidates from the Commonwealth Action Party and the Social Democratic Party? They both seem to be strongly in favor of Social democratic economics, social libertarianism, and progressivism. The only significant difference seems to be pacifism vs militarism. Can both candidates clarify their stance on military power, and highlight any other significant differences between their goals?