Cheng I (political party)

Cheng I 正义 (Zhèngyì)
Leader	Bo Niu
Founded	June 1992 (1992-06)
Headquarters	Wodai, Wuzhong
Membership (2022)	9,200
Ideology	Buddhist democracy Social conservatism
Political position	Centre to centre-right
Colours	Pink
Slogan	"与人民和他们的思想" ("With people and their ideas")
Legislative Assembly	5 / 510
Senate	0 / 85
State Parliament members	9 / 1,260

Cheng I (Monsilvan: 正义; pinyin: Zhèngyì) also known as the Justice Party, is a Buddhist political party in the Monsilvan Republic. The party has 5 seats in the Monsilvan parliament and it has a combined total of nine seats across all state parliaments. The party sees most of its popularity in western Monsilva, where most of Monsilva's buddhists are found. The party follows a conservative ideology whilst promoting humanitarianism and the reduction of bureaucracy. The party's most official and most commonly used name is "Cheng I" (Zhèngyì) which directly translates to "justice", hence its alternative Jackian name being the "Justice Party".

History

Cheng I was founded in June 1992 as a party of "humanitarians with a mission to pioneer people-centred politics that treats human life and its creations with the utmost respect". The party opposes any military actions and has supported any reductions to the military's funds or size. The party has also more recently advocated for Monsilva to change it's defensive military policy to complete neutrality. A proposal for Cheng I to join the Nationalist Coalition was created in February 2021, but was rejected by Xu Yan, Prime Minister and Leader of the RNP, in October that year.

Throughout the party's existence, some Buddhist scholars and other figures have criticized Cheng I, calling it "a proselytist party". These scholars have claimed that the party is "not an authentic Buddhist organization" as it "goes against the fundamental views of Buddhist against proselytism". The party has responded often to these remarks stating that "it has no intention of spreading Buddhism like it is a disease" but instead the party wants to "encourage and guide people to seeing the importance of their and their peer's ideas and views of our world".

The party has seen a slight increase in popularity in recent years. This popularity began with the introduction of Bo Niu as leader of the party in 2015. Unlike her predecessors, Bo has had more socially progressive views, while maintaining the party's more conservative economic standpoint. This social progressiveness has been very popular amongst younger Cheng I voters, especially in Monsilva's western states, according to multiple surveys done since 2015.

Policy

Policies of Cheng I according to their latest public policy newsletter include:

• Promoting fiscal conservatism, without damaging Monsilva's economic equality.
• Advocating for the reduction of Monsilva's military to just fundamental protection.
• Removing Monsilva's defensive military policy and replacing it with a policy of complete military neutrality.
• Promoting humanitarianism and egalitarianism.
• Resisting the implementation of euthanasia/legal assisted suicide.
• Resisting pro-choice standpoint on abortion (removed from policy list in March 2023 without comment from the party)
• Promoting animal welfare and rights

See also

• Federal government of Monsilva
• Politics of Monsilva
• List of political parties in Monsilva