Fronte del Lavoro Cattolico

Catholic Labor Front Fronte del Lavoro Cattolico
Abbreviation	FdLC
Chairman	Pietro Govone
Founder	Teodoro Mattera
Headquarters	Palazzo Populo, Savotta
Student wing	GUF
Youth wing	GSL
Paramilitary wing	Squadristi, Black Brigades
Ideology	Nerism Salisfordian nationalism Dirigerissimo National conservatism Trade unionism Populism Anti-colonialism Anti-communism Anti-socialism
Political position	Right-wing
Religion	Salforti Catholic
National affiliation	Salisford
Colors	Black
Senate of Salisford	287 / 345
Grand Council of Salisford	503 / 680
Regional Councils	PLACEHOLDER
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The Catholic Labor Front (Salisfordian: Fronte del Lavoro Cattolico) is the dominant political party in Salisford and rules through a de facto one-party system. The party, simply called The Front or the FdLC, was founded by Sandro Neri following his March on Savotta and the dissolution of the preceding Fronte Cattolico.

Members of the front or believers in its ideology are called "Frontists" (Frontisti in Salisfordian).

Ideology

Main articles: Nerism and Matterism

The Catholic Labor Front has no official ideology, and what has been written by influential party members (including both Sandro Neri and Teodoro Mattera) has been described as scholars as contadictory and opaque. Despite this, some themes and beliefs have been found to be common and reoccuring in the Front's writings and publications. These include: Salisfordian nationalism, Dirigerissimo, Salisfordian futurism, Romanyan revivalism, traditionalism, heroic youth, heroic work, and the necessity of Salforti Catholic virtue.

On the economic front, the Front is very conservative and populist, supporting Trade Unions, protectionism, and autarchic policies.

The Front, curiously, has also been an outspoken opponent of Ecrosian colonialism.

Factions

Scholars have noted that the Front, perhaps due to its lack of a comprehensive ideology, has developed informal and distinct factions and cliques ever since the controversies which occured during Silvio Sacchi's Chairmanship. The most commonly noted factions are listed below:

• Liberals
• Reformers
• Matterists
• Centrists
• Militarists
• Traditionalists
• Reactionaries
• Futurists
• Royalists
• The Religious (Both Catholics & Muslims)

It is necessary to note that these groups are informal in nature and have not been officially recognized in any way, adn factionalism has been discouraged by the Front's leadership.

Chairmen

Portrait		Chairman (Birth–Death)	Term of office & mandate Duration in years and days		Monarch (Term)
1		His Excellency Sandro Neri (1899–1968)	May 1 1950	May 1 1968	Maria III (1945–1972)
			18 years and 1 day		Carlo III (1972–2015)
2		His Excellency Teodoro Mattera (1940–1980)	May 1 1968	October 20 1980
			12 years and 173 days
3		His Excellency Mikele Luzzi (1943–2020)	November 20 1980	April 4 1995
			14 years and 136 days
4		His Excellency Silvio Sacchi (1948–2004)	April 23 1995	February 10 2004
			8 years and 294 days
5		His Excellency Marco Saletta (1952–2005)	February 10 2004	September 17 2004
			221 days
6		His Excellency Carlo Orengo (1958–2014)	September 18 2004	July 30 2009
			5 years and 13 days
7		His Excellency Matteo Fara (1960–)	August 2 2009	March 5 2016
			6 years and 217 days		Francesco II (2015–)
8		His Excellency Pietro Govone (1973–)	March 10 2016	Incumbent
			8 years and 38 days

Symbology

Logos and symbols

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  The fasces - A common Frontist symbol.

Slogans

• Me ne frego! (I don’t give a damn!)
• Dux mea lux. (The Leader is my light.)
• Se avanzo, seguitemi. Se indietreggio, uccidetemi. Se muoio, vendicatemi. (If I advance, follow me. If I retreat, kill me. If I die, avenge me.) Borrowed from Orazio di Brolo, a hero of the Salisfordian counter-revolution.
• A noi! (To us!)
• E' l'aratro che traccia il solco, ma è la spada che lo difende (The plough cuts the furrow, but the sword defends it.)
• Libro e moschetto — frontista perfetto (Book and Musket — Perfect Frontist.)
• Viva Il Duce! (Long live the Leader!)
• O la vittoria, o tutti accoppati! (We either win, or we all die.)