Byblosi Unity Party

"Neither the Empire nor the Republic, but the future!" The Byblosi Unity Party is the dominant political party within the Byblosi Union. Initially formed during the "Years Peace" of 41 GrS, the BUP was at first just an attempt by Marshal Iris Kardenn to legitimatise and institutionalise her control of the Union. Following the New Republic's Invasion of the Union (Also known as the Great Patriotic War), the BUP evolved into a genuine political movement to support Kardenn's wartime reforms and initiatives.

Early History
Following the formation of the Byblosi Union and the end of the Byblos Sector Authority, a series of political parties and movements organised and began taking public action. These early parties included: The Centralist League, Democratic-Republican Party and the Conservative People's Party. These parties would not directly challenge Kardenn's Military Government, they would find some success in the newly reformed civilian Government, the General Assembly.

Founded on 41:5:12 by the 1st Unity Congress, the Byblosi Unity Party was an alliance of military officers, bureaucrats, and politicians aligned with Marshal Iris Kardenn's rule. The Party was envisioned as an elitist organisation meant to provide formal political apparatus to the Central Command. In essence this meant the party had little in the way of actual ideology or policy besides supporting the existing government. Most of the Ministers in Kardenn's government were selected from members of the Party. Though the the Regime has not mandated Party Membership within the ranks of the Union's military, the BUP found general popularity in the Union's Army.

In their first election within the General Assembly the BUP would form a coalition Government with the Centralist League to form the All-Union Front which would grant them a majority in government.

Wartime Reforms
Following the outbreak of the Great Patriotic War and the early military defeats suffered by the Union, Marshal Kardenn would enact several reforms which the BUP would be directed to support. Among these reforms were: Increased Centralisation from the central government, placing all internal transport under military control, placing agricultural production under military guidance and the slight militarisation of labour, and increased power in the Office of the Three Year Plan and central economic planning. Kardenn and her political allies would face push back from some members of the BUP, who would form the Old Union Party. Despite the exodus of the OUP Delegates, the BUP would see further gains in the General Assembly by increasingly appealing to Byblosi Nationalism. Critics of the Kardenn Regime have accused the Central Command of rigging election results in the Assembly, which the BUP and CentCom have denied.