New Jerusalem Reform Party

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New Jerusalem Reform Party
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Established 1958
Economic ideology Social Democracy
Social ideology Progressive
Leader in the Council of Ministers Gregorios Yannipoulos
President Aindreas Drakos

The New Jerusalem Reform Party is the principal opposition party in the New Jerusalem Council of Ministers, in which it holds thirty-four seats, including more district ministers than any other party. It is a progressive party with an agenda for municipal development and services whose powerbase is the city of New Jerusalem itself.

Policy Platform

The New Jerusalem Reform Party is committed to:

  • Government-owned and subsidised public transport
  • Reintroducing, at a provincial level, the subsidy for Church schools removed in 2004 by the Drapeur Imperial Government
  • Government ownership of essential infrastructure (e.g. roads, telecommunications, electricity, water) in the Exarchate of New Jerusalem
  • Compulsory Aboriginal Pantocratorian language and heritage classes throughout primary school and early secondary school
  • Ending government subsidy for agriculture in the Exarchate
  • Affordable public housing
  • Tort reform
  • Changing the method of appointment of Church Ministers in the New Jerusalem Council of Ministers to a proportional representation ballot in which all Catholic parishioners in the Exarchate may participate