NEW WESTERN ATLANTIC - The Justice Ministry headed by Hevern has formally indicted Senator and Regional Front Deputy Chairman, Saint William the Horrid, on accounts of espionage and conspiracy to commit a crime. This indictment comes just days after the midterm Senate election where the Regional Front campaigned tirelessly to cast the so-called "establishment" as corrupt, mainly the Activist and Constructive parties, respectively. William even went as far to attack his party's former candidate for Prime Minister this past December, The Silver Eagles, as a part of this establishment and therefore also corrupt.
Irony and hypocrisy is on full display in this instance, especially for a person who lambasted Silver Eagles, Josh, and others in this apparent establishment for being corrupt, but now he has been indicted for the same thing he attacked so many others for. It's good timing for William that this comes after the senate election ended, but it's bad in that he now faces an unexpected challenge for his position as the Deputy Chairman of the right wing populist Regional Front party. Before the indictment was made, the now-disgraced Deputy Chairman faced a vote of no confidence by his fellow party members. The result ended in a five-to-five even-split, and so that pushed Chairman Grand Rebels to schedule an intra-party election for the Deputy Chairmanship. The position is being sought by several party members, including Communications Minister Silver Eagles and Aincrahd. This admittance of guilt in conspiracy to commit espionage and corruption will do him no favors as he's barely holding on to his position as it is.
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NEW WESTERN ATLANTIC - Less than 17 hours remain before polls officially close and we can project where each and every seat will be allocated, but that doesn't mean the results we've seen so far aren't an indicator of how it may all play out. As it stands, the Activists appear to have received more votes than any other party. Their share of the vote is down compared to the Winter election, but they have tallied more votes than ever before. They are expected to retain the three seats they were defending, and have an opportunity to gain one more seat. The Constructivists are coming off their worst electoral performance ever, but the good news for them it that they have increased their vote share by three points, and have 50 votes right now. That's up from the 29 votes the party received last Senate election, the biggest vote gainer of any party this election. They have successfully retained their three seats, but are not expected to flip one to their column. The Liberal Democrats, unlike the centre right Constructivists, are coming off their best electoral performance ever. Having received 19% of the vote in the previous Senate election, the party was within a point of breaking the coveted 20% threshold. This election hasn't been as positive for them though, for while their overall vote total has increased by five votes, they are barely mustering 15% of the vote. This is lower than their previous two elections. The party is expected to hold on to one of its seats, and the odds of them retaining the second one is estimated to be 50-50. The Regional Front were heading into this election with strong expectations as their Deputy Chairman said he believes they could become the largest third party in the region, and hopefully increase their legislative mandate to knock the Liberal Democrats off as the kingmaker. And while the Liberal Democrats have seen a drop in their vote totals; this populist party has failed to overcome their third place finish. The current numbers indicate that the Regional Front have fallen just shy of their record electoral performance from the last midterm election, where they received 10.9% of the vote. The Democratic Socialists have been hurt by the loss of their two most prominent members, Elizabeth Isles and Aestorn, but they are seeing only a one point drop in their support despite having three more votes than their previous election result. The party is expected to retain its sole seat with 7.6% of the ballots being cast for them, no gains are expected however. The recently-founded Unity Party is off to a decent start as it's only existed for less than a month, but it's unlikely to get representation in the Senate as it has fallen short of the five percent threshold. If a surge in their vote share is seen though, they will likely be flipping the vulnerable Liberal Democratic seat. SEAT ALLOCATION ESTIMATES:
Activist: 30% (3 guaranteed) + 4.5% remainder = 3.45 seats Constructive: 20% (2 guaranteed) + 8.7% remainder = 2.87 seats Liberal Democratic: 10% (1 guaranteed) + 5.2% remainder = 1.52 seats Regional Front: 10% (1 guaranteed) + 0.5% remainder = 1.05 seats Democratic Socialist: 0% (n/a) + 7.6% remainder = 0.76 seats Unity: 0% (n/a) + 2.9% remainder = 0.29 seats By Trump and Pence | former Constructivist Senator NEW WESTERN ATLANTIC - Roughly two days from writing this article, the Founder and Monarch started a poll proposing a new amendment to our Regional Constitution. This amendment, written by infamous Former Speaker of the House and Senator Trump and Pence with help and revisement by the fabulous Founder and Monarch United Dark Republic; proposed changes will including the changing of the definition of citizenship, civil rights, High Court Jurisprudence, and other changes.
Major supporters of the proposed amendments include HM United Dark Republic, Fmr. Sen. Trump and Pence, CM Silver Eagles, Sen. Norrizi, Chancellor Black Sheep, Prince-Consort Ex Patria, Sen. Trade Federations, Sen. Struberria, Chief Justice Kyro, IM Baconbacon123 (Surprisingly), and Sen. Grand Rebels (Yes, Grand Rebels, the man whose vote is automatically no on any reform in the senate that isn’t abolishing it). Prominent opponents of these amendments are Sen. Bergonnia, Prime Minister Riost, Sen. Ormantum, and Fmr. CM Thornian. The current vote on the amendment is: Yea: 75.7% (103 votes) Nay: 24.3% (33 votes) Turnout currently stands at 136 for its second day, and is expected to exceed 150 by the conclusion of the poll. This leaves the count as approximately 76% in favor, and 24% in opposition. The Amendment is expected to pass, but it's too early to make a formal projection here at RBC. |
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