Christian Solidarity Party
| Comhar Críostaí Christian Solidarity Party |
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|---|---|
| Party leader | Cathal Loftus |
| Secretary General | Michael O'Brien |
| founding | 1997 |
| Headquarters | 14 North Frederick Street, Dublin 1 |
| Alignment | conservatism |
| Colours) | lemon yellow |
| Parliament seats | 0 of 166 ( Dáil , 2007), 0 of 60 ( Seanad , 2007) |
| Website | comharcriostai.org |
The Christian Solidarity Party (CSP, Irish Comhar Críostaí ) is a political party of the Republic of Ireland , which up to now ( as of February 2006 ) was not represented in the Irish Parliament . It was founded in 1997 by Gerard Casey and took part in an election for the first time in the same year.
The party represents the conventional Roman Catholic principles and is traditionally and life-sustaining natalistic . The party describes itself as follows: The Christian Solidarity Party is dedicated to life, family and community. The CSP supports the policy of protecting all life from conception to natural death and the position of the family as a fundamental unit of society.
In the 2002 election, the party put up 19 candidates (aged 22 to 82), some of whom ran in several constituencies. The election campaign cost the party € 12,284.71.
In the 2004 European elections , the party initially refused to run, but eventually decided to let Barry Despard run as a candidate. Despard justified his candidacy with the fact that other parties consciously or unconsciously allow the killing of unborn life. Despard reached the 9th of 12 places in the Dublin constituency with 5,352 first votes (1.3%).
As of 2006, Cathal Loftus is the leader of the party - Michael O'Brien is the general secretary.