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Friday, 26 April, 2002
New Party Formed: Mission and Principles Adopted
Boulder, CO — On the evening of April 15, 2002, just
hours after ending their state parties’ affiliation with the Reform Party,
representatives from the states of Arkansas, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa,
Mississippi, New Hampshire, and Tennessee met and created the America First
Party. The resolution passed states that the new party’s purpose,
“Shall be the restoration of life, faith, freedom, responsibility, and the
Constitution of the United States of America. Also, Dan Charles and John
Pittman Hey were elected to the positions they formally held in the Reform
Party, on an interim basis.
Five days later, the inaugural National Committee meeting of the
America First Party was held by conference call. “In a spirit of
cooperation and unity of purpose, recognizing the need to protect the
Constitution and American interests, we adopted a Mission Statement focused on
promoting candidates with a commitment to core principles that put America and
all Americans first,” said Dan Charles, who was elected Interim
Chair—a position he will hold until the Party's founding convention.
The National Committee delegates voted to hold that convention in August.
At the Saturday meeting, the National Committee also adopted a
Statement of Principles based on the core beliefs as enacted by the Reform
Party platform in July of 2001. Characterizing this statement, Romelle
Winters said, “We reaffirmed our commitment to clean government, to the
whole of the Bill of Rights, to revitalizing our nations cultural and moral
fabric and opposing the culture of death, to preserving our sovereignty and our
economic independence, and to restore the Constitution to its rightful
place—as the blueprint for limited government and maximized
freedom.”
The meeting was also attended by observers from several states who are
considering leaving the Reform Party and joining the America First Party, or
starting new America First Party affiliates. The Mission Statement and
Founding Principles are available on the party’s website:
http://www.americafirstparty.org.
| Contacts: |
| Dan Charles |
Interim Chair/Treasurer
|
(303) 449-0258 |
| Romelle
Winters |
Press
Secretary |
(662) 453-8412 |
| Other contacts available
upon request |
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