Jacobean Cildania (5321 - 5369)

[Wu Han]

↳ Sigismondo Falzon, leader of the Constitutionalist Party

Falzon vows to support "any alternative" to proposed neo-fascist
OtSB/iK coalition
22 March 5337
Amidst fraught debates over government formation, PK leader Falzon pledges to support any alternative, including that of the left, in order to keep the neo-fascist OtSB out of power.

Qart Qildar: The Council of Deputies has been deadlocked in negotiations over the formation of the next government since the general election earlier this year. It appears likely that Guiliano Alagona will not have the confidence of Council in the future, though who will succeed him remains less certain. Two days ago, One Flag (BW) and People's Choice (GtP) formed a political coalition intended to rival the Alliance for Cildania (AgK), comprised of the Prime Minister's Alagona Faction, and the Constitutionalist Party, led by Sigismondo Falzon. This new coalition, known as "the Community" (il-Komunità; iK), has announced its support for, and inclusion in, a government led by the far-right Order of Saint Sebastian, a party with historic ties to the neo-fascist paramilitary movement.

This move has shocked many across the nation, for there had long been an unspoken agreement among the parties that the OtSB was not to be normalized, nor included in government negotiations. Now, with the Order poised to form government, the iK has unilaterally terminated this custom in order to obtain cabinet appointments in a future OtSB-BW-GtP coalition. This move has particularly enraged members of the Constitutionalist Party, including current Minister of Labour and Industry Tonio Pullicino who declared before the Council that those who support "this deal with the devil" should be condemned "to the deepest pits of hell," before emphatically stating that "fascism shall never rule our democratic, God-fearing island."

PK leader Sigismondo Falzon, for his part, has been working to try to provide an alternative government that satisfies all parties, but excludes the OtSB. Reportedly, Mr. Falzon has been especially disturbed by the BW's acceptance of the OtSB as a normal and legitimate actor in Cildanian politics:

"And here I thought Margerita [Giudice] was this vivacious, ravishing woman—which she still is, ok? I can't take that from her—but f-ck me, is she ever dirty?!" said Falzon to reporters gathered outside the Council of Deputies this morning. "All of us who were engaged in the democracy struggle, we had one f-cking big, thick, hard red line: we won't make deals with the fascists. Now look what she's gone and done! And don't get me started on Little Piscopo Jr. This pair... they have royally f-cked our democratic system!"

To this end, Mr. Falzon has pledged to support any alternative to the proposed OtSB/iK coalition, in order to "prevent the normalization of fascism in our politics." Accordingly, Mr. Falzon has reportedly engaged in back-to-back meetings each day since the general election, including with representatives of the left-wing parties, to find a solution to the governing crisis Cildania faces.

"This is the legacy they want, Giudice and Mini Piscopo... they want to be remembered as the dumb motherf-ckers who opened the door to the fascists—and not a single Cildanian will neither forgive nor forget until the day their graves are soaked in piss."

il-POSTA NAZZJONALI is one of Cildania's most widely-read broadsheet daily newspapers, respected for its journalistic integrity and objectivity.
A standard-bearer of Cildanian liberalism, il-Posta has become one of the nation's 'newspapers of record.' It is owned by the Grupp Editorjali PNFP.

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Originally posted by Wu Han on 25 Jul 2023.