Sajuru Movement

The Sajuru Movement is the founding and ruling party of the People's Republic Biabon. The party was founded in 1950 by Dr. Dunaba Shehana, a socialist professor turned dissident after the junta's routine executions of socialist figures in Biabon. Within a few years of it being founded, Shehana took more inspiration from fascist tenants following a visit to the Roman Imperium in 1954. His most trusted pupil, Mobiu Kerenou, took power after Shehana's assassination in 1959. He continued to expand on the Sajuru Movement's legacy in the realm of political theory and application.

The Sajuru Movement leads a one-party state in Biabon.

## Background

The Sajuru Movement has its roots in the 1942 Republican Revolution, when a group of revolutionary intellectuals founded the *Cult of Self-Reliance*. "Sajuru" is Biabonese for *self-reliance*. While the idea was quite popular in the 40s, its growth was stagnant and even on decline by the mid-50s. Following the defeat of the Nushama Insurgency, the Sajuru idea again was again picking up steam in intellectual circles in the 60s. Under Kerenou's leadership, the Sajuru Movement gained massive ground and was kicked out of the Socialist Coalition. The Communist Party of Biabon was relegated to irrelevancy due to fractionalization, which only bolstered the Sajuru cause. In 1964, Mobiu Kerenou was elected President, and was sworn into office in 1965.

Saksenland invaded the country in 1968, which prompted Kerenou to declare a state of emergency. He used his newfound powers to dissolve parliament and purge ministers who he deemed *disloyal to the people*. In 1970, he imprisoned and executed his political rivals and declared the People's Republic of Biabon, which instilled the Sajuru Movement as the guiding ideological force of the entire country. The war against the Saksenlandish was won in 1971, which brought legitimacy to the cause.

## Ideology

### Four Tenants of Self-Reliance

Officially, the Sajuru Movement describes itself as a *nationalist* ideology, and has described itself as *Kerenouist* since Mobiu's death in 2004. The party is committed to the four tenants of Sajuru (self-reliance), which are as follows:

* **Natural Democracy**

In the *Doctrine of Sajuru*, Dr. Shehana wrote that democracy has been defined by history as a political force that battles corruption and authentically seeks to proliferate the sovereignty of the nation it operates in. He created the distinction between liberal democracy and natural democracy because he argued that the term 'democracy' was hijacked by the neo-colonialists, who he accused of asserting their contextual definition of the word to other nations, whose context for the means used to preserve sovereignty and counter domestic are entirely different.

* **Nationalism**

In the *Doctrine of Sajuru,* Dr. Shehana also wrote that countries should seek to develop and create the foundations for their own institutions. Shehana asserted that every institution has a *spirit*, which is the tangible end of the institution. He argued that institutions often served unconscious ends, which he called *unconscious spirit.* Likewise, some institutions have *conscious spirit* which allows them to adjust their means accordingly in the most rational manner. In his works, Shehana emphasized the importance of *conscious academia*. An example of this is his belief that definitions, especially ones pertaining to politics and art, should be redefined to match the essential context of a nation. His justification was that it doesn't change the *spirit* of an idea, and in fact is truer to said *spirit* of the idea because it is conscious of institutional spirit: thus, exacting *conscious spirit*.

* **Spirituality**

Sajuru ideology is monotheistic. However, Shehana wrote that absolute truth cannot be achieved from within the universe, just as the solution of an equation cannot be understood by viewing only a portion of it. He argued that *God has multiple reflections*, and that each reflection is shaped by language and institutional spirit. By seeking *conscious spirit*, Shehana argued, a people can animate their reflection of God and eventually become as close with the truth as they possibly can be within the limitations of the universal experience. To assert a single reflection of God onto the rest of the world is to deny society any connection to God because such a reflection could only be justified by force, which according to Shehana is a weak philosophical justification that will fall apart upon the ascendence of intellectualism in politics.

* **People-Oriented Economics**

Shehana denounced capitalism, arguing that all economies are planned and that the primary distinction between different systems is the group which it serves. In his view, Kieeland serves its upper-lower (middle) class, Saksenland serves its banking class, etc. He viewed Nova Roma as the only country that practices People-Oriented Economics in his lifetime, for which he praised Il Duce.

### Political Position

The Sajuru Movement's political position is largely contested by foreign academia. While the Sajuru Movement dismisses the left-right dichotomy as *non-foundational categorization*, there have been many attempts to locate their position on the dichotomy. Some academics argue that the Sajuru Movement is left-wing due to its economic policies and promotion of progressive values such as gender equality. Others argue that it is right=wing due to its conservatism regarding other social issues and its traditionalist leanings. Academics such as Professor Hubert James argue that the Sajuru Movement can be described as *third position*.