2021 Constitutional Referendum / Elections to National Constituent Assembly

An election shall be held to a constituent assembly on 2 May 2021.

Ballot papers for the referendum shall ask the following question:

Do you, citizen of the Union of Syndicates, approve the new constitution proposed?

Voters may choose either "Yes" or "No."

If a "Yes" vote is approved by at least 2/3 of voters, then the new constitution goes into effect. If not, then the Union will continue under the constitution currently in effect.

Parties Contesting Elections to the National Constituent Assembly/Interim National Assembly

From left to right:

the Party of Labor: Lerek vi Szneron (LvS)

Far left to left-wing
The LvS is the sole communist and Marxist-Leninist party in the Union. Founded illegally on 8 May 1938, it was responsible for the overthrow of the authoritarian and rightist, by that point, Communist Party of the Union of Syndicates. However, it was responsible for the passage of the "laws against fascism," which would essentially instate policies of racial segregation until 1965, when the Party was overthrown in a coup. Reformed in 1990 as to compete in free elections, the party has since renounced its previous policies. Currently, the party is for the gradual abolition of current social norms requiring monogamy, for the abolition of the current system of conception and child-rearing with one managed by smaller communities, the centralization of the state, traditional parliamentarianism, and joint state-worker ownership of all enterprise. It is considered relatively unpopular; however, it will likely pass the threshold of 5% and thus will gain seats in the convention. Incidentally, it is somewhat famous for its party song, das Lied der Partei.

the Popular Socialist Party: Sōszīalīsev Vulerek (SVL)

Left-wing
The SVL is one of the stronger parties of the Union, and was the dominant party of the "Democratic Era" of 1990-1993. It argues for centralization, with the creation of a unitary state; it also argues that the current economic system is too disorganized and must be arranged into sectoral and national organizations controlled by workers in said sectors, each of which will send representatives to a "Workers' Congress" which will take the role of a regular parliamentary body. More interestingly, it is for the abolition of the National Consumers' Board, for it argues that the board has shown itself to be generally worse for the economy. It is, like the Party of Labor, for the creation of a parliamentary state along these lines. Socially, it is more conservative, arguing for the maintenance of social norms of monogamy; however, it is for a piloting of decentralization of current state practices of conception and child-rearing to communities, although it argues that present practices should be kept "if the [present system] is shown to be better for all, both children and adults." The SVL is considered to be the left wing of the "New Society" movement.

the Anti-Fascist Party: Reszfaszīstev Lerek (RFL)

Center-left to left-wing
The RFL styles itself as a syndicalist party, arguing that the material conditions in the Union of Syndicates make it possible to hand power entirely from the state to the central union, the Federation of the Workers of the Haane. Despite this, its political current is radically different from syndicalism in other countries, as a result of its defense of possibilism, as well as of its defense of independent workers. It primarily argues for the Federation as not a coordinator of the economy but rather an instrument of sorts that is meant to be used by independent workers as to enable their labor, as well as progress in general, as it believes that centralization of power in the Federation or any other similar body is a danger to the continuation of republican governance. It also is for an almost confederal form of state, arguing that the unitary state threatens individual liberty. It is socially conservative, arguing for the maintenance of the current system in its entirety; however, it also is secular, perhaps best shown by its argument for the prohibition of certain religious drugs on account of the danger they pose to both individual and public safety. It is also an environmentalist party, focusing on a transition away from nuclear power as well as from more "industrialized" agricultural practices. Founded on 8 February 1965 as the party of the ideology of the Provisional Revolutionary State, it is considered to compose the right wing of the "New Society" movement.

the Party for Humanity: Lerek el Kejters (LeK)

Center to center-right
The LeK is considered a liberal party. It is considered significantly more decentralist than the RFL, in that it believes that the individual unions and their federations should play only a regulatory role, with individuals free to self-organize so long as such organization retains the principles of equality and independence for all involved. Politically, it is similar to the RFL; however, it argues that rather than giving power to unions, the state itself should become a union of sorts. More radically, it is the only party which argues for the abolition of the current system of rationing and its replacement with a basic income stipend; it also the sole party which argues for a 'hands-off' approach towards most social issues, save for childbirth and child rearing, which it argues should remain in the hands of the state, as it is now. Founded in August of 2010, it is considered the youngest and most liberal of all parties in the Union. It, too, is environmentalist on lines similar to that of the RFL.

the Agrarian-Green Party: Meluszev ach Njerev Lerek (MaNL)

Right-wing
The MaNL is a national conservative party in all respects. Arguing for a restoration of the State of the Haane, it wants the continuation of all current state policies; however, it also wants to push for the total abolition of the institution of "Western" marriage and gender in the country, as well as for several public indecency laws it believes to be "Western." It argues for religious representation in government, as well as for the legalization in perpetuity of several drugs important to the native religion of the country. It also firmly states that money must, after the end of austerity, again be abolished. Politically, it is highly decentralist, arguing that the sole role of the national government should be to arbitrate disagreements between the municipalities. Economically, it is protectionist, calling for tariffs and an attempt to build towards autarky while at the same time maintaining the current size of the artisan and agricultural industries. It does argue for the maintenance of sectoral and vocational organizations, stating that these must both play a role in the regulation and coordination of the economy; however, it also believes that, economically "the individual must be paramount...independent always." It is also environmentalist, attacking certain aspects of "industrialist ideology" and arguing for a model in which "all citizens are caretakers of our Earth." Finally, it argues for heavy restrictions on immigration, arguing for an immigration cap of 2000 individuals per year, all of whom would have to be perfectly integrated into society.