Moksha Party

The Moksha Party is the so-called liberal party of Mokshatiana. Although it would not be considered liberal by American definitions, the Mokshatiani definition of liberal is general social tolerance and freedom balanced with a very high degree of social freedom.

The party had its beginnings in the Freedom Movement before Mokshatiana was openly declared the state. The Freedom Movement spread rapidly around the region to protect the common man from the advances of rising city and regional government. It was also tied heavily to the Departments of Economics and Political Science in the University of Azadpur, under whose professors many policymakers were educated. It kept the same ethos when it was officially declared a national party in 1912, under the banner Liberal Party.

They took the role of a party responsive to change and growth. They fostered much of Mokshatiana's early economic growth, while keeping a general degree of stability based on personal responsibility. They also adopted a pacifistic, semi-isolationist ethos which carried on into Mokshatiana's future.

After the Scandal of 1940, the party emerged from the closed state having changed its name to the current and electing Shankar Sen prime minister for two non-consecutive blocks totalling four terms. Between them, he took the position of President, a largely ceremonial but still important role, especially that his VP was elected prime minister during that era. Being the last remnant of paleo-liberalism, the very socially and economically liberal ethos which dominated early Mokshatiana, he was voted out of office in 1972 only when his ideals began to fall out of favour.

After the loss to Sattva in the 1972 and 1976 election, the party adopted the the ethos of neo-liberalism (not to be confused with the other theory of the same name), a moderate liberal ideal. They adopted stricter interpretations of the law to criminals and wrongdoers, a greater willingness to compromise with some economic liberalism, and an open commitment to social justice. They swept the 1980 election, and although during the 80's they moved back to the economic right, neo-liberalism left a long standing mark on the party's ethos, which is still felt today in the party's frequent discussions of human rights.

The current prime minister belongs to the Moksha Party.