Progressive Constitutional Party Maltese: Partit Kostituzzjonali Progressiv (Maltese name never used) | |
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| Leader | Mabel Strickland |
| Founded | 1953 |
| Dissolved | 1971 |
| Split from | Constitutional Party |
| Newspaper | Times of Malta (de facto) |
| Ideology | British Monarchism Pro-Dominion status Anti-Communism |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
The Progressive Constitutionalist Party (PCP) was a political party in Malta between 1953 and 1971.
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Okay we're ready to roll... Yes... Stay with me stay with me (Music begins) In 1787 ... in Philadelphia delegates from the 13 states changed America. They wrote the Constitution, the rules to guide the land... defined three branches of government and today these rules still stand. They say we the people of the United States in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. We the people.... we the people....we the children....we the children we the nation...we the nation... we the millions...we the millions... we the people... we the people... we the soldiers... we the soldiers... we the judges... we the judges... and legislators... and legislators stand up for our liberty, justice and democracy knowing that in unity are that stay strong for you and me we the people... together united we stand... we the children... giving each other a hand... we the nation... we can be proud of this land... we the millions... we live in... we the people... together united we stand... we the soldiers... giving each other a hand... we the judges... we can be proud of this land... and legislators... we live in We believe in liberty, democracy the will of the majority... Congress makes the laws our courts interpret laws the executive branch leads and enforces the laws. The Creation of the nation with states cooperation needs our participation so that we the people keep the land we love because we the people are America. we the people... together united we stand... we the children... giving each other a hand... we the nation... we can be proud of this land... we the millions... we live in... we the people... together united we stand... we the soldiers... giving each other a hand... we the judges... we can be proud of this land... and legislators... we live in We The People...... We believe in liberty, democracy the will of the majority Congress makes the laws our courts interpret laws the executive branch leads and enforces the laws. The Creation of the nation with states cooperation needs our participation so that we the people keep the land we love because we the people are America.
History
The PCP was established in 1953 by Mabel Strickland, owner of the Times of Malta and daughter of Gerald Strickland, the founder of the Constitutional Party.[1] It was a split from the Constitutional Party, which Strickland had left in protest against its support for the Labour Party's policy of integration with the United Kingdom.[1]
The party failed to win a seat in elections in 1953 and 1955, but won a single seat in the 1962 elections. However, it lost its seat in the post-independence 1966 elections. After failing to win a seat in the 1971 elections it subsequently disappeared.[2]
Ideology
The party promoted loyalty to the Catholic church and the British Crown, but advocated dominion status for Malta to avoid any cultural assimilation or secularisation that integration with the United Kingdom would bring.[2] It also held a strict anti-communist line.[1]
Electoral history
| Election | Leader | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Rank | Status |
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| 1953 | Mabel Strickland | 5,128 | 4.33% |
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New | 4th | Extra-Parliamentary |
| 1955 | 3,649 | 3.02% |
0 / 40
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 3rd
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| 1962 | 7,290 | 4.84% |
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 5th
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Opposition | |
| 1966 | 2,009 | 1.4% |
0 / 40
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4th
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Extra-Parliamentary | |
| 1971 | 1,756 | 1.04% |
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This page was last edited on 31 October 2023, at 06:16