User:Kalathei95/sandbox/List of political parties in Vasuria/Constitutionalist Party

The Constitutionalist Party, formally the Party for the Restoration of the Vasurian Constitution, is one of the largest centrist parties in Vasuria. The party was founded in 918 by Scoemus Drusinus Oghinus Terabella, a radical lion senator and ex-barrister, who would go on to serve as party chairman for the next 35 years from 918 to 953, and would serve as consul six times. Terabella founded the party on a staunchly republican platform, and was one of the few leonid senators of aristocratic background to advocate the abolishment of the emperors. The party is comprised of philosopher senators and think-tanks that advocated a strong government, the rule of law, checks and balances, and a literal interpretation of the Vasurian constitution.

Since the death of Terabella in 954, the Constitutionalist Party have been firmly in the centre of the political spectrum. Economically, the party espouses the return to a moderate form of centralised government. It also aims to protect and promote small businesses, while enacting antitrust laws that would prevent the monopolisation of industries by multinational companies. Constitutionalists have proposed legislation attempting to introduce a culture of meritocracy in Vasuria, including the promotion of points-based immigration systems, score-base public school admissions, and the abolishment of the controversial higher education 'aristocratic' quota. Since the 1010s, the party has strongly campaigned against corruption, syndicate rehabilitation, increased defence spending, and prison reform.

Supporters of the Constitutionalists include those in law, academia, law enforcement and generally middle-class voters. The party today cultivates an image of law and order, and according to some modern Vasurian political scholars, 'authoritarian tendencies'.