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Opposition strangely silent following Ephemeral Party BillBut Socialists remain split
Kaliburg, Ananto
November 6, 4437


Hearing nothing from the Opposition, Premier Reina has "moved on" to other things

It's been a half a year since the controversial "Anti-Ephemeral Parties" bill became law and the opposition, who vocally but ineffectually voiced their opposition to the bill during its time on the floor.  Since then, there has been no debate on much in the National Assembly.

"We've moved on," said Premier Reina, who is now focused on the talks with Lourenne, which seem to be moving toward a military and trade accord between the two nations.

"We're building off the terms of the Bilateral Accord that was drafted, but never ratified by Selucia.  This seems to be a fairly good basis for relations between Kalistan and Lourenne.  So this is where we are putting our energy at the moment."

But the Socialist Party is still split over whether the Premier should remove the restrictions on legislation.  Some of the small, but apparently growing faction who oppose the Premier's move as "dictatorial" spoke to us here at The Republic:  "We see the squishing of the power of the opposition to effect change as a move toward dictatorship.  Of course the Socialist Party is the best Party for the country," said Marcus Jones, of Sulari, who is quietly building opposition from within the Socialist Party to the Premier's actions.  "And of course getting rid of rightism in Kalistan is a good goal, we don't question that.  But this relieves the SP from having to answer to the people, and justify their choices.  I don't like it."

The Premier, for her part, has waved off such criticism.  "Eh, you know.  I mean, we have civil liberties in Kalistan.  So they can say what they will.  But nobody can argue that Kalistan is poorly ruled, as it would be if we had constant turbulence that we have seen in Kalistan during the earlier part of this decade.  We will do things necessary to build Kalistan, to provide jobs, to ensure that those interested in gaining an ephemeral majority can't just wipe out Kalistan's institutions in one act the way they have tried to do beforehand, and then, when this problem with Kalistan's electoral process is resolved, we'll go back to how things were before.  This comes from foreign destabilization efforts.  Let the destabilizers go someplace else:  Our institutions are far stronger than their efforts to use democracy against the people."

The Premier announced that she and the President will continue to work for the benefit and welfare of the People of Kalistan.