Populists

The Populist Movement, usually simply called the Populists (in Istalian: Movimento Populista and Populisti), is an istalian political and populist movement who wants to promote the interests of the common man.

The Populists was founded in 4682 by Giusto Zani, a sociopolitical philosopher and military officer, after he saw the rising distancing of the government from the common people.

Founding
The Populists were founded as a political movement on the 18 February 4682 by Giusto Zani, together with his long time friend Romero Geraci. The movement registered to local and national elections on the 19 February 4682. At the time of its foundation, the Populists were a loose movement and not so much of an organized party.

In early September, the same year, the Conservative Republican Party of Likatonia contacted the Populists to express their desires for the newly formed istalian movement to join the Fair Tax Coalition. Zani responded to CRP leader Phillip Virgil, about their growing interest in joining the organization. The Populists applied for membership on the 13 September 4682.

The movement held its first organized party congress in late October 4682. During the meeting, it was decided that the Deputy leader were to be Romero Geraci and that a leadership body were to be formed called the Populist High Council. At the time, only the Leader and Deputy leader were sitting in the Council.

In early 4683, the National Alliance motioned a bill in the defense of corporations, this bill was criticized by the Left Bloc and their spokesperson Marco Gotti, who said that they would have no problem in "punishing" the rich. This immediately caused an uproar among the right-wing parties of the National Assembly, but especially by the Populists who used the lefts words "Punish the rich" as one of their main campaigning tools against the leftist government. Giusto Zani gave a message to the National Assembly and the Left Bloc's spokesperson through a rally in Genevia were he said his famous words "The people are not the 99%, the people are the 100%".

On the 5 September 4683, the Populists formed all of the regional movements for the party, and decided over who was to become the regional leaders. For Padagna, the main region of the party, Fabio Perata was chosen as the Regional leader, while for Mezzodiurno, Silvia Amante was elected. For Sarregna, Sigismondo Piro was chosen, Saffo Cimo for Silicia and Piera Vilardi was decided for Trivendito.

Party organization
The party leader of the Populists is the Leader of the Movement (in Istalian: Capo del Movimento). The main executive body of the party is the Populist High Council (in Istalian: Alto Consiglio Populista), currently only the Leader and the Deputy Leader sits on the council.