Referendum Party
AbbreviationRP
LeaderPhil Craig
Founded9 November 2023 (2023-11-09)
Preceded byCape Independence Advocacy Group (CIAG)
Headquarters2nd Floor
The Old Tannery
1 Herman road
Wellington
Western Cape
Ideology
National affiliationCape Referendum Alliance
ColoursNavy and Gold
   
SloganOur Cape. Our Future. Our Choice!
Website
www.referendumparty.org

The Referendum Party (RP) is a single-issue political party in South Africa established to force a referendum on Cape Independence. The party was founded in November 2023 in response to Western Cape premier Alan Winde denying the Western Cape a referendum on Cape Independence in October 2023. [1]

The Referendum Party does not seek to remove the Democratic Alliance (DA) from the Western Cape government, but to demand the Premier call a referendum as their coalition condition.

The party is led by Phil Craig, an immigrant who moved to South Africa over 20 years ago.[2] According to Craig, the Referendum Party is styled after the Brexit Party and Brexit Party members were consulted to help inform the Referendum Party's policies.[3]

Origins

The referendum party has its roots in the Cape Independence Advocacy Group (CIAG), a political lobby group set up to lobby the DA-led Western Cape government to hold a referendum on Independence. After years of negotiations the CAIG together with other organisations which included - the Freedom Front Plus, CapeXit, the Swartland Aksie Groep and others - sent an ultimatum to Alan Winde with the backing of 30k signatures to ask the premier to either call a referendum on independence or ask the president of South Africa to call one. The Premier refused. [4]

As a result, the CIAG launched the Referendum Party, to provide a safe haven for DA voters who also want a referendum on independence. The party differs from other pro-independence parties in that it is single issue and does not seek to unseat the Democratic Alliance.[4][3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Goodall, Keely. "Referendum Party: It's undemocratic to NOT call Cape Independence referendum". Cape Talk. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
  2. ↑ "Phil Craig puts his money where his mouth is". www.capeindependence.org. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
  3. 1 2 "Why we`re launching the Referendum Party - OPINION - Politicsweb". www.politicsweb.co.za. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
  4. 1 2 TANDWA, LIZEKA. "Referandum Party for Cape independence to call the DA's bluff". Mail & Guardian. Retrieved 11 November 2023.


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