Technocratic schism

The Technocratic schism was the progressive dissolution of the Custodian's Technocrats which ultimately led to the formation of the Federalist faction in 2121. Ultimately it resulted in the Federalist-Technocratic Coalition which has persisted over centuries as one of the primary political forces within the Terran Republic. 
Divisions had begun to appear as early as 2081 when the Custodian first announced his intentions to form a government run primarily by bureaucrats. Whilst widely supported by his followers, some were in favour of making the proposed bureaucracy be parallel to a democratic system, rather than control the entire state apparatus. This was distinct from the Radicals who wished a suppression of the bureaucratic proposal and from the Democrats who wished it to be subordinate to elected officials. Nonetheless, a majority of politicians remained in favour of the bureaucracy being dominant during the Custodian's reign. 
When the Custodian began introducing the technocrats in the early 2090s, the politicians which once backed this proposal saw their power decrease as they were replaced by the technocrats educated in the first FACs. The ones which maintained the position of technocratic dominance became known as hardliners. The others became the moderates. In the immediate aftermath of the Custodian's retirement, the two sides were kept in line underthe tenure of Chancellor van Rijsewijk, who served as a major unifying figure. However under his successors, the split worsened and it reached its zenith during the 2120s recession, when the moderates left to found the Federalist faction.