Mastalian Communist Party

The Mastalian Communist Party (Catalan: Partit Comunista Mastalià, PCM) is a communist political party in Mastalia.
The PCM is the oldest existing communist political party. The PCM was founded in 1898 by Melchor Bataller, and quickly grew to become one of the largest political parties in Mastalia, alongside the Liberal Party of Mastalia. It originally followed a doctrine of hard line Marxism, though in the late 1910s and early 1920s, it began shifting slightly closer to the center. The party's current ideology is often dubbed by media watchdogs as Batallerism. Disgruntled with this shift, several members split off and formed the Mastalian Socialist Workers' Party. The PCM and the PSOM have since worked together in several coalition governments as part of the Workers' Coalition, most recently between 2011 and 2014, but the party pulled out, citing issues with the Fuel Tax.
The party is currently led by Salvador Axèr. The PCM is a member of the Comintern. The party currently has 34 seats in the Parliament as of 2023, and is the fourth-largest party overall.
==See also==
*List of political parties in Mastalia
Category:Political parties in Mastalia
Category:Political parties
Category:Mastalia
Category:Mastalian Communist Party
Category:Left-wing populism
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