Christian Democratic Party
| Establishment date: | 1997 |
| Place of foundation: | |
| Chairman : | Fred Nile |
| Home address: | Level 1, 963 Pacific Highway Pymble, NSW 2073 |
| Website: | http://www.cdp.org.au/ |
| E-mail address: | admin@cdp.org.au |
The Christian Democratic Party (CDP) is a small party in Australia . The party is chaired by Fred Nile , a member of the Legislative Council of New South Wales .
Party platform
The CDP is primarily concerned with issues related to church morality, such as abortion, homosexuality and pornography. With its strict rejection of same-sex marriage , the party has created a forum for itself and is thus increasingly hoping for conservative votes. The party is monarchical due to the fact that Australia was founded on the British political and legal system.
The Christian Democratic Party sees the political orientation of the major parties in the country as a threat to its own Christian, traditional values. Gordon Moyes said: “Our Christian heritage is threatened by secularist and militant Islamic groups.” According to him, this is “neo-communism under the guise of the Greens and a shrill gay lobby that has successfully supported the Australian Labor Party , the Australian Democrats and much of the Liberal Party of Australia won ”.
history
The party was originally founded as the “Call to Australia Party” in 1977 and emerged from various other movements, such as the Festival of Light , in which Nile was involved for over 30 years. These groups were able to win over conservative and Protestant voters. In 1981, Nile was first elected to the New South Wales Council. To date, the party has been able to successfully apply for a candidacy in every subsequent election in NSW. The party has a small but stable electorate in New South Wales. However, all attempts by the CDP to establish themselves in other parts of the country have so far failed.
In the federal elections in 1983, the CDP formed an alliance with the Victoria- based Democratic Labor Party , but they could not win a seat and henceforth went their separate ways. As a rule, the CDP has two (sometimes three) seats on the Legislative Council. One of these seats was always reserved for the party leader Nile. In 1988 he was supported by his party colleague Marie Bignold and his wife Elaine. From then on, Bignold quarreled with the Niles about political direction and had to face a new election in 1991 after their seat was lost due to a restructuring of the council. She lost this, however. In 2002, Elaine Nile had to end her political career due to health problems.
Nile tried to move into the Australian Senate for New South Wales in 2004. Although he was able to win 2.6% of the first votes, this was by far not enough to win the election. The rival conservative party Family First , on the other hand, won a Senate seat for Victoria with just 1.9% of the vote .
During the 2007 election, Nile said that there was a need to see how many Muslim immigrants Australia could handle. “No serious study has ever been made of the consequences of Muslim immigration in Australia, even though there are already more than 300,000 Muslims in the country.” He added, “Australians deserve some space to review the situation. In the meantime, good, homeless Christians from the Middle East should be allowed into the country. ”Nile and his party colleague Allan Lotfizadeh then received death threats according to their own statements. Fred Nile was re-elected to the Council of New South Wales with 4.4% . It was the highest election vote for his party since 1988.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Nile wants stop to Muslim migrants ( Memento of the original from May 25, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. The Australian March 12 2007
- ↑ Christian Democrats receive death threats ( Memento of the original from March 16, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. The Australian March 13 2007
