Valruzia

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Negotiations stall and Valruzia will return to the polls

After almost six months of negotiations, the KPW acknowledges its lack of support and blames "Klaudia Nowik's personal ambitions"

July 5685

Leader of the KPW Roksana Parzych speaks to the press after the last failure of negotiations

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"This is as far as we've come. We can't work with someone who isn't willing to do so". These were the blunt statements made by the new leader of the KPW, Roksana Parzych, after what she described as another "fruitless and tense" meeting with Klaudia Nowik, leader of Sovereign Valruzia and current acting Chancellor following last January's elections.

"Despite having a more than sufficient majority in parliament to re-establish the governing coalition of the last term between our party and Sovereign Valruzia, the sovereignists refuse to see the results and realize that the KPW has twice as many seats and votes as they do, and are making demands that are unacceptable to us"

continued Mrs. Parzych, who accused Klaudia Nowik of wanting to "cling to power now that she has finally achieved it."

"We can see a clear difference between those who know when the time is right and their time is over – in reference to former Chancellor Iwan Nowik – and those who only care about keeping their position even though the citizens have clearly expressed that they are NOT their favorite choice to lead this nation."

On the other hand, the sovereignty party accuses the KPW of being "incapable" of accepting an agreement such as the one that made the previous legislature possible – a rotating chancellorship – due to "Mrs. Parzych's personal ambitions".

"If the KPW wanted and accepted a government that we already tried during the last legislature, sharing power between our party and them, we could sign an agreement tomorrow. They will be the ones who will need to explain to the public why they don't want it and why they are sending them back to the polls".

Now, the presidency of the Sejm – which has fallen into the hands of Sovereign Valruzia thanks to the votes of other parties to overtake the KPW candidate – has given the parties one month to propose a new candidate or else, in accordance with the Valruzian constitution, if no candidate is proposed, the Sejm will be dissolved and the citizens of Valruzia will head for early elections, the second time this has happened since the return of democracy.

Although there is still some time left, many experts agree that it is unlikely that the parties will reach a compromise that would avoid early elections.

"On the one hand, Sovereign Valruzia has smelled blood, sensing weakness and fatigue in the KPW for the first time, and they are going to go all out. On the other hand, although the KPW remains the dominant party in Valruzia, far ahead of the others, it is clear that they are feeling the wear and tear of decades, and more importantly, they are practically alone"

says Iwana Kozyak of the University of Nowogard.

Josif Zesnak agrees.

"The problem with the KPW is that, despite its electoral muscle in recent decades, it has hardly any parliamentary allies in the Sejm beyond those it seeks out for pacts. Our Homeland can give them occasional support, but beyond that, Sovereign Valruzia is the only party willing – and not suffering electoral wear and tear as a result – to work with them. Obviously, the KPW is not going to govern with any party on the right or far right. They have still not forgiven Dignity and Progress for what they consider "the worst stab in the back" of snatching the government from Nowik in 5665 to put their leader as Chancellor, and – at least as long as they continue their anti-Yeudi rhetoric – there is no possible collaboration between Workers' Vanguard and the KPW. On the other hand, there is no feasible government formation without the approval of the KPW. At the moment, we are at a crossroads with no way out in sight."

If this stalemate continues, new elections could be called next month, which would be held at the beginning of next year and whose resulting legislature would have a shorter term, in accordance with the provisions of Valruzian law.

The markets of Valruzia, generally among the most stable and positive on the continent, are already beginning to show signs of fear in the face of the lack of political agreement and the possibility that, for the first time since the successive Nowik governments, the Valruzian economy will suffer from this political deadlock.