Ideology & Issues
The party was a populist party, oriented at democratizing society and solving several difficult political issues pragmatically. The party saw itself as a movement against the 'old parties' and especially those cooperating in the Kok II cabinet.
They had a ten point plan which included:
- implementing referendums
- combatting bureaucracy
- strengthening the citizen's say over their own life.
- a just asylum-seeker policy
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