From the Bottom Up
A significant reason behind the Democratic Reform Party’s creation is of course to enhance democracy and bring power closer to the people. Part of this involves a commitment to the principle of subsidiarity, which means we believe power should be held at the lowest possible level. As such we give autonomy to Party Members who wish to set up groups within the party that specialise in a certain area, whether it be geographical or policy specific. It’s for this reason that we’ve been called a rainbow of different interest groups united together under the aim of making our country a happier place to live in through democratic, compassionate reforms. See these links below to further explore the groups presently working within the DRP, and contact us if you want to set up a new group.
“The Democratic Reform Party (DRP) has grouped together a number of policy areas under the banner of Compassionate Reform (CR). These areas include welfare, disability rights, social justice and poverty. The CR group is autonomous within
the party and works to lead the party on these issues. This includes policy research and creation, campaigns and outreach. Please visit our blog and post a comment if you would like to see some compassionate reform.”
We plan to open up an ‘Online Parliament’ as soon as we’re able to do so. We want to make sure that we really run everything from the bottom up, and ensure that all decision making is decentralised. It will take a bit of work until it’s all up and running but once it is members will be able to suggest new ideas, vote on ideas put forward by other people, ‘dislike’ existing policy proposals, join in with discussions facilitated by the relevant subject specialist, and ensure a fluid, reformist and democratic system of policy decision making. Having all members able to vote online to create the party manifesto in a truly decentralised and democratic manner has never been done before. But with current technologies we believe that this has to be the future, and even if this were the only area in which the mainstream parties followed what we are doing it would be a great achievement indeed.