Referendum Party | |
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Abbreviation | RP |
Leader | Phil Craig |
Founded | 9 November 2023; 3 months ago (2023-11-09) |
Preceded by | Cape Independence Advocacy Group (CIAG) |
Headquarters | 2nd Floor The Old Tannery 1 Herman road Wellington Western Cape |
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National affiliation | Cape Referendum Alliance |
Colours | Navy and Gold |
Slogan | Our Cape. Our Future. Our Choice! |
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The Referendum Party (RP) is a single-issue political party in South Africa established to compete in the 2024 general election and force the Western Cape premier to call a referendum on Cape independence as its' coalition condition. 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 claims to have 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]
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]
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