Democratic Unionist Party but really there's not much democratic about it. An elite group of 46 individuals – DUP MLAs, MPs, and an MEP – will choose the new leader.
Ordinary members, the backbone of any party, will have no input whatsoever. Compare that to the 305 people – the vast majority constituency representatives – who voted in the SDLP leadership election last weekend.
Or the staggering 665 people who voted in the UUP contest in 2012 when Mike Nesbitt defeated John McCallister. Now that really is democracy at work.
The only other local political party as undemocratic as the DUP on these matters is Sinn Féin – for reasons entirely outside the realm of constitutional politics.
The fact that even the DUP's 130 councillors can't vote further smacks of elitism. The leadership contest is almost over before it begins.
A candidate who would be popular with the grassroots, but is maybe a little too independent-minded for the top brass, is discouraged from running because the dice is loaded against them.
Peter Robinson transformed the DUP from a fundamentalist sect into Northern Ireland's largest party but, under his leadership, the party also lost much of its soul. It has become overwhelmingly technocratic.
Why was Sammy Wilson not a speaker at this weekend's party conference? Not so long ago, Sammy's rip-roaring speeches were the highlight of the event. He'd bring the conference alive.
Humour and humility are now largely missing in a party which is increasingly seen as arrogant and out of touch with its own base.
Had the membership a say in the choice of leader, I reckon Sammy would be in with a shout. As things stand, the 'dream team' of Nigel Dodds and Arlene Foster seem set to take the reins.
Nigel doesn't set the world on fire but he's a steady pair of hands who carries none of Robbo's negative baggage. Arlene is one of the most talented politicians of her generation.
She has steel in her soul, passion and personality. As a vote winner, she ticks every box. Bringing her into the party was one of Peter Robinson's smartest moves.
While the outgoing DUP leader's tactical and organisational abilities aren't in doubt, his political record recently is questionable.
Filling Ian Paisley's boots was always going to be a tall order. Robinson won his party's head, not its heart. He was respected rather than loved.
But lacking charisma wasn't necessarily fatal for his leadership. The real damage was done by revelations about his relationship with property developers, that £5 land deal, and the Robinsons' income.
The controversy about those issues never quite went away and created the conditions for the NAMA scandal to continue to hover over him – despite his robust denials.
He's also open to the charge of huge hypocrisy for tormenting David Trimble over being in government with Sinn Féin while doing the same himself despite the IRA retaining guns, an army council, and leaving dead bodies on the streets.
The DUP and Sinn Féin have just delivered a deal as fresh as rotten eggs. Robbo's policy of hokey-cokey ministers massively backfired and he was outmanoeuvred by a former TV presenter.
Yes, he delivered the longest period of unbroken devolution since the start of the Troubles but what has actually been delivered for the people in that time?
Stormont is seen by the public, first and foremost, as a golden cow for the political class. It's against that backdrop which people will judge the legacy of Peter Robinson.
