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The Conservative Christian Party of Lovia, abbreviated CCPL, is a minor Lovian conservative, christian-democrat and center-right political party founded and led by 2010 MOTC Oos Wes Ilava. The party currently occupies 2 seats in Congress and is expected to become larger after the Federal Elections, 2011.

The party was traditionally considered a testimonial party, a typically Dutch concept of a party that focuses on its principles, instead of adapting them to local or temporal issues in the pursuit of coalition government participation. However in Fall 2010 there was a huge party reform in order to make the party more accepted in Lovian politics. As a result, the CCPL became more democratic, center-oriented and adopted moderate conservative views.

History
The Conservative Christian Party of Lovia was founded on December 12, 2009, as List Oos Wes Ilava, or LOWIA. The leader, founder and namesake of the party was Oos Wes Ilava, who is a 2010 Member of the Congress. The party called itself "mainly functionalistic with some conservative viewpoints."

On 23 March, 2010, discussion with Liberal Democrats leader and founder Alexandru Latin about fusing the two parties reached a consensus and on 26 March it fused with the Liberal Democrats. The name Liberal Democrats was kept and some people therefore saw the fusion more as a coalition.

Following much critism on the LD, because there wouldn't be a unity within the party and there would be too little action, Oos Wes Ilava started thinking on reviving his older party. On May 15 he declared: "Maybe I'll create a Christian Party in Lovia, that's where my heart lies, but you'll never know." He also declared it wouldn't be a "severe Christian party."

On 23 May, two months after the fusion, Oos Wes Ilava revived LOWIA and changed its name to Conservative Christian Part of Lovia, citing two reasons: (1) the old name gave a one-man image to the party and therefore a somewhat dictatorial look, (2) its new name would reflect the intentions, values and morals of the party. The CCPL kept many LD ideas, more so than the old LOWIA did.

Since the day of its re-founding, the party has maintained a website, www.ccpl.lov. The website eventually caused an internet revolution in Lovia, leading to the foundation of many social network sites.

In October 2010 party leader Oos Wes Ilava announced a party reform to make the party more modern and better accepted in the Lovian society. Main points in the reform were making the party less conservative and leaving more room for party members to express their own opinions not in accordance with the official party program.

Ideology

 * The CCPL is in favor of a limited free market economy, but if necessary, the authorities should be able to intervene.
 * The CCPL proposes to increase government spending on education, especially on special education.
 * Lovia is a leading country in environmental issues and already spends a lot of money to keep the environment. In order to keep up with other countries we should keep on spending money in the environment to create more new natural parks and EcoBusses.
 * The CCPL is in favor of euthanasia and abortion in special cases of irreversability and rape. The CCPL however opposes legalization of prostitution and any kind of drugs.
 * The CCPL does not want to incourage gay marriages, as marriage should remain a special band between a man and a woman.
 * The CCPL opposes all kinds of discrimination based on religion, ancestry, appearance, sex and possession.
 * The party is in general against quota. Women should be treated equal to men in judicial, commercial and private environments, therefore quota in major enterprises are not acceptable, as they make it easier for women than men to get a certain post.
 * The CCPL is against war and opposes the production of weapons of mass destruction.
 * Professional health care should be accessible for everyone for a reasonable price.
 * No country can be entirely neutral. Lovia should have relatively good relations with neighboring countries like Mexico and the United States.

Wikian ideology

 * The CCPL wants a reform in the local governments. Mayors should be abolished and states should get the functions of the current mayors. The CCPL is in favor of the abolishment of state courts, state polices and state laws, as long as valuable topics are being transferred to the federal law.
 * The CCPL is in favor of the monarchy. The King should have an automatic seat in the congress, but he can't get any departments and he can't be Prime Minister of Lovia or judge.
 * The CCPL supports the direct election of the Prime Minister, separate from the current Federal Elections. The CCPL wants to keep the Federal and the State elections, but the State elections should be held more frequently.
 * The party proposes to make use of referenda more often when there is an important issue, so we ask the citizens' opinions on changes that have huge impact.
 * Infrastructure is necessary for the development of Lovia. We want to modernize the airports, build more railways and highways/expressways and of course harbors, as Lovia is an archipelago.
 * Every human being on Lovian territory has the right to become a Lovian citizen. Immigrants should be treated as well as possible, as we actually need them to build our country. Hereby we want to change the rules for becoming a citizen. 2 days after his registration, the immigrant can become a Lovian citizen if he makes 50 edits. Of course clear vandals are not welcome.

Criticism
The party has been criticized for "discriminating women and homosexual people" by Yuri Medvedev (CPL.nm) and Marcus Villanova, among other Communists. Medvedev criticized the CCPL for "[incorporating] brainwashing lessons in [its] program" and called the party a "political enemy instead of opponent." He also reacted on the latest reform by stating it "is a positive adaptation of the views on modern Lovian society".

However, recently Medvedev announced the following, taking a great part of his initial criticism back: "[...] I would like to express a word of good faith in what I believe to be still an oppositional party. Though I dislike the views of the CCPL, I have always considered their MOTC to be among the best."

Members

 * Oos Wes Ilava - 2010 MOTC, founder
 * Edward Hannis - 2010 MOTC
 * Cristian Latin
 * Imme Roerdinkholder
 * Ygo August Donia
 * Alexey Hovlouchuk
 * Owen Rasmussen
 * Valery M. Adrian

Contact

 * Website: www.ccpl.lov.
 * Address: 22 Danish Avenue, Drake Town, Hurbanova, Oceana.