Liberal Coalition

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Logo of the Liberal Coalition

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The Liberal Coalition is a major social-liberal party in Salva. It advocates for the rights of individuals and civil liberties, but it is not without its own agenda. The Liberal Coalition (commonly referred to as **LC**, **KL**, or **Koalition Libras** ) was formed in 1998 after the merger of the Liberal Party and the Freedom Party, two social-liberal parties.

The Liberal Coalition has been known to support a few conservative policies such as gun rights, among others. However, it also supports more liberal positions such as gay marriage and decriminalization of drugs.

The current leader of the party is President Mirzÿ Amirbeyzov. The major support base of the party comes from the middle class and upper middle class. The party also maintains a significant following amongst students, who have been noted to be more liberal than the general public. The party is in favor of maintaining the monarchy, though it is more supportive of it than in the past. It is also in favor of free market economy.

The Liberal Coalition is fairly moderate in its political beliefs. While it may not be very popular with some of the more hardcore elements of its base, it is generally accepted as a respectable center-right party that is capable of maintaining stability. Its main strength lies in its ability to maintain a balance between the right and left wings of society. This allows it to appeal to both conservatives and liberals while still being able to hold together the majority of the population.

## History

In the year following the Salvanian Revolution, the Liberal Party and Freedom Party, two political giants in newly independent Salva had merged into a new party now known as the Liberal Coalition. The party was lead by former president Asiman Hajiyev, who at the time was the leader of the Freedom Party and the acting leader of Salva, and was elected by officials of each party in a nonpartisan vote, after former Freedom Party leader Marco Cazimir died of natural causes.

While the new party held a majority of the seats in the lower chambers of the country's congress, the Coalition lacked power in the Senate after the Conservative Party also merged with the National Party to become the modern day right-wing opponent, the Conservative Front. In the next years, the party remained in support of former Freedom Party leader Asiman Hajiyev, who officially ran for and won a term as president in the year 1998 after signing the Salvanian constitution. Calling for snap elections, Hajiyev was able to maintain his position as leader, now becoming the de jure leader of the country. The first years under his leadership saw the expansion of the party's support, with a greater number of members and seats in the parliament. Hajiyev, now a founding father of Salva, had announced in late 2002 that he would not seek a second term as president, which resulted in Conservative Front candidate Azad Gasimov winning the 2003 general elections after defeating the new Liberal Coalition candidate Bahadur Nizamili. Following Azad Gasimov, the Liberal Coalition had a new presidential candidate for 2015, being incumbent president Mirzÿ Amirbeyzov. Amirbeyzov defeated new Conservative Front candidate Elariz Saleh, who he would also run against in the 2021 general elections, to secure a second term as Salva's third president.

## Structure

Like all major political parties in Salva, the Liberal Coalition is structured with the presidential nominee being elected by popular vote in primaries over the country, with the final nomination being announced by the Chairman of the Party, who is always the former presidential candidate of the last election. The current chairman is Bahadur Nizamili who has maintained his position as chairman of the party since 2015. The party currently has 136 seats in the Chamber of Representatives, the lower chamber of the bicameral Salvanian Congress. The party maintains a majority in the Senate of Salva with 31 seats, the upper chamber.