Progressive-Unionist Party (Sentara)

The Progressive-Unionist Party, commonly abbreviated as PUP or P-UP, is a big tent political party in the Dominion of Sentara. It is currently one of the three organized political party in Sentara. It currently holds three position in the Sentaran Council of Ministers, which are the positions of Guildmaster of Masons held by party President Snowingsphinx, Guild of the Interior held by Devon of Vukhmir, Guildmaster of Writing held by Mun.
Founded between 0 and 9 VE during the era of the 1st Dominion of Sentara, the P-UP was for most of its history the main representative of the "moderate left" in Sentaran politics since its founding, before shifting towards the center after the fall of the Zephyrite Regime. The party was founded as a coalition between progressive politicians and immigrants with the goal of assisting refugees/immigrants coming in from Eldham and Rathnir in settling in Abexilas. 
Ever since, the P-UP has dominated politics in the Sentaran province of Vukhmir, where it initially served as a vehicle to support Mountain Lord Devon's reforms before becoming the torch-bearer of the Republican cause in Sentara, during and after the civil war. 
==History==
The Progressive-Unionist Party was founded sometime prior to VE a short few years after the Federation of Sentara launched its constitutional reforms that resulted in its transition into the Dominion of Sentara. Formed out of a coalition of progressive politicians across Sentara, the P-UP quickly became the main party assisting the refugees from Eldham and Rathnir in assimilating in Abexilas, building a pretty strong base with those from Kereshin and Noskye.
While the P-UP as a whole has often failed to dominate any of the government branches in Sentara, the party has dominated local politics in the province of Vukhmir, where it is headquartered, thanks to its local chapter known as the "Republican Progressive Front of Vukhmir".
In the elections for the Citizens' Assembly held between 23-24 VE, the P-UP deployed candidates in Vukhmir and Ivoriya, running against the Xeroist Popular Front of Sentara in both elections.
==Organization==
===Party President===
At the head of the P-UP is the "President." The President oversees the national party as a whole, and holds the final say in most decision-making within the party, having the right to veto motions that contradict other ones, for example. The President is tasked with representing the platform of the party and organizing election campaigns. And they are elected through a popular vote among the membership. The President may be voted out popularly, too, thus the position is not almighty.
Throughout most of its history, the President of the P-UP has been Devon of Vukhmir, and thanks to him this position is also commonly associated with Vukhmirians.
====List of Party Presidents====
President	President	President 	Tenure 	Faction	Notes
1. 	 	Dekvjon Kerexon-Rit'zak	9 VE-56 VE 	House 	
2. 	 	Snowingsphinx 	56 VE-Present	Torch 	
===The Central Committee (The "320" Committee)===
The Central Committee of the PUP is known as the "320 Committee", named after the year "320 TE" or 0 VE, the beginning of Abexilas. The 320 Committee is made up of members from each branch of the party (local, legislative, and executive) although it may also have members appointed by a party president. The Committee inherently has the same powers as the president, having the ability to recruit or dismiss members, decide on the party platform, and generally the authority of overseeing the party, its candidates, and campaigns. 
The Committee is led by a Chairman, who is elected through a vote among PUP-affiliated representatives in the Citizens' Assembly.
====List of Chairs====
Chairperson	Chairperson	Chairperson	Tenure 	Faction	Notes
1. 	 	Nivon Note 	24 VE-40 VE	Torch 	
===Official Factions===
Following the "Formalization of Party Factions" motion proposed by Maximus of Sentara in 24 VE, the P-UP has been made up of 3 official factions representing each of its wings, similar to the three-party system of Sentara as a whole. This idea came out of opposition to the three-party system by some members of the party as a solution to allow diverse political representation within the P-UP itself, also with the goal of allowing the party to be attractive to many across the political spectrum. The factions are as follows: 
====Scepter Faction ====
The Scepter Faction, abbreviated as PUP-S or P-UP-S, is the faction representing the party's right wing. As is hinted to by its naming, the faction is the main if not only faction of the PUP that seems to represent pro-monarchist interests, yet it does not solely represent monarchism. As was once stated by Party President Devon of Vukhmir; "Those belonging to the Scepter Faction may generally support monarchism but can also represent the Republican Right, or as right-wing as liberalism can get." Thus, ideologies like National Liberalism or Liberal Conservatism could be included as part of the faction, resulting in political analysts placing the PUP-S as a centre-right to right-wing political faction.
Out of the three factions, the PUP-S is the 2nd largest as of the late 20s.
=====List of PUP-S Faction Chairs=====
Leader	Leader	Leader 	Took office	Left office	Notes
1. 	 	Lynx Fei	24 VE 	Incumbent 	
====House Faction ====
The House Faction, abbreviated as PUP-H or P-UP-H, is the faction representing the party's moderate wing and the one which has led the party since its founding. The PUP-H lies in the political centre, as it very conservatively follows the ideology that Devon of Vukhmir laid out for the party. Members of the faction tend to support the Council Republican system as it's made up of former Anti-Imperial Revolutionaries. The PUP-H may be associated with Liberalism and Centrism, although it is possible for other ideologies left or right of centre to be included, and thus political analysts have placed the PUP-H in the political centre.
Although the ruling faction for years now, the PUP-H is the smallest of the party's factions.
=====List of PUP-H Faction Chairs=====
Leader	Leader	Leader 	Took office	Left office	Notes
1. 	 	Devon of Vukhmir	24 VE 	Incumbent 	
====Torch Faction====
The Torch Faction, abbreviated as PUP-T or P-UP-T, is the faction representing the left wing of the party. While, like the other factions, the PUP-T still does not entirely agree on a single platform, its members tend to be the ones most supportive of reforming the political system of Sentara, especially advocating for the abolishment of the Council Republic and opposition to monarchism. Thus, the PUP-T is the main "Republican" wing of the party. The PUP-T in recent years has grown to support Parliamentary Democracy, with some of its members calling the Council Republic an "oligarchy." The PUP-T also advocates for strengthening the Judiciary and its independence, alongside weakening the requirements for the creation of political parties in order to allow for greater political diversity in Sentara. Political analysts have put the PUP-T along the centre-left to left-wing of the political spectrum.
The PUP-T is the largest of the factions in the party as of the late 20s.
===== List of PUP-T Faction Chairs=====
Chairs of the Torch Faction
Leader	Leader	Leader 	Took office	Left office	Notes
1. 	 	Maximus of Sentara	24 VE 	40 VE 	Self-described Radicalist. Served as CA Representative for the PUP for 4 years between 24 and 28 VE before resigning as he began to focus on Vukhmirian politics. Authored and proposed the formalization of the P-UP's factions.
2. 	 	Snowingsphinx 	40 VE 	- 	
==Platform==
The P-UP is a big tent party generally described as centre to centre-left, although more recently some political analysts have begun considering the party to also belong to the centre-right. It is also described as a progressive, liberal, and/or moderate party. 
==Electoral History==
Elections for the Council of Ministers
Election	Candidate(s) 	Votes	Ministries 	Resulting Government
20 VE 	Devon of Vukhmir 	N/A 	Ministry of Culture ✔ 	Hung Cabinet
28 VE 	Devon of VukhmirLynx FeiSimster	34 	Ministry of Culture ✔Ministry of Justice ✔Ministry of Information ✔	P-UP Plurality
===Citizens' Assembly===
Election 	Leader 	Votes 	Seats 	Position 	Resulting Government
23-24 VE 	Devon of Vukhmir	7 	Nivon Note (Ivoriya) ✔Maximus of Sentara (Vukhmir)✔	2nd 	United Front Majority
28-29 VE (Vukhmir Seat)	 	11 	 	2nd 	United Front Supermajority
Reform of the CA 	Reform of the CA	Reform of the CA	Reform of the CA 	Reform of the CA	Reform of the CA
 	 	 	 	 	
===Vukhmirian Parliament===
Election 	Leader 	Votes	Seats 	Position	Resulting Government
27-28 VE 	Devon of Vukhmir	42 	Devon of Vukhmir ✔Oli ✔Nivon Note ✔	1st 	P-UP Majority
29-30 VE (By-election)	Devon of Vukhmir	TBA 	TBA 	TBA 	TBA
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