Transnational Radical Party

The Transnational Radical Party or Nonviolent Radical Party, Transnational and Transparty (formerly Radical Party, not to be confused with the Italian Radicals liberal party founded in 2001) is a political association of citizens, parliamentarians and members of government of various national and political backgrounds who intend to use nonviolent means to create an effective body of international law with respect for individuals and the affirmation of democracy and freedom throughout the world.

The PRT is a non-governmental organization (NGO) in a General category consultative status with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations since 1995.^[1] The TRP does not participate in national, regional, or local elections.

The party often advocates for the international use of the language Esperanto in its literature.^[2]

History

The PRT's forerunner, the Radical Party (Partito Radicale, PR), was established in 1955 by a left-wing splinter group from the centre-right Italian Liberal Party. In 1988 the PR was transformed into the PRT. In 1992 the Radicals formed, at the Italian-level, the Pannella List (Lista Pannella), as its most senior figure was Marco Pannella. In 1999 the List used the electoral label Bonino List (Lista Bonino), named after Emma Bonino. In 2001 the Radicals in Italy formed the Italian Radicals (Radicali Italiani).

In May 2003 Olivier Dupuis resigned from his office as secretary of the party because of serious political differences with TRP leader Pannella. The party was later provisionally run by a committee, known as the "Senate" (Senato), led by Pannella and composed of the leading members of the party.

In September 2016, after Pannella's death in May, the party's congress elected a collective leadership led by Rita Bernardini, Antonella Casu, Sergio D'Elia and Maurizio Turco, as opposed to the wing led by Bonino and Marco Cappato, who, in turn, control the Italian Radicals party.^[3][4][5]

Members

This is a list of PRT prominent members and former members:

• Marco Pannella, former Italian Member of the European Parliament;
• Emma Bonino, former Italian Member of the European Parliament, European Commissioner and Italian Minister;
• Marco Cappato, former Italian Member of the European Parliament;
• Olivier Dupuis, former Italian Member of the European Parliament;
• Maurizio Turco, former Italian Member of the European Parliament;
• David Borden, Executive Director of DRCNet;
• Enver Can, President of the Eastern Turkistan National Congress;
• Chris Davies, former British Member of the European Parliament;
• Wei Jingsheng, President of the Chinese Overseas Coalition for Democracy;
• Oumar Khambiev, former Chechen Minister;
• Kok Ksor, President of the Montagnard Foundation, Inc.;
• Pandeli Majko, former Albanian Prime Minister;
• Quan Nguyen, President of the International Committee for the Nonviolent in Vietnam;
• Arben Xaferi, Chairman of the Democratic Party of Albanians in the Republic of Macedonia;
• Vanida Tephsouvan, Executive Director of the Lao Movement of Human Rights;
• Arnold S. Trebach, President International Antiprohibitionist League;
• Vo Van Ai, President of the Vietnam Committee for Human Rights.

Leadership

• President: Marco Pannella (1989–2016), collective leadership formed by Rita Bernardini, Antonella Casu, Sergio D'Elia and Maurizio Turco (2016–present)
  • Honorary President: Sergio Stanzani (2011–2013)
• Secretary: Sergio Stanzani (1989–1993), Emma Bonino (1993–1995), Olivier Dupuis (1995–2003), Demba Traoré (2011–2014)

See also

• Nonviolence
• Radicalism (historical)
• Italian Radicals (disambiguation)
• Liberalism and radicalism in Italy

References

External links

• The official website
• Chronology of initiatives