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Social Democratic Party Faces Electoral Failure, Vows to Continue Fighting
Despite a major loss in numbers, Social Democrat Leader Sunada Machiko calls on party members to continue fighting
14 October 4369

Ms. Sunada gives her concession speech.

NATIONAL NEWS: This election night created a great swing in the future of Indralan governance. The once dominant Social Democratic, Lotus, and New Dawn parties all failed to achieve a majority in the National Assembly, instead the new Communist and Grand National winners came out as victors, together making up over 2/3 of the legislature.

The Social Democrats under their newly elected Party Leader, Sunada Machiko, were particularly disappointed. This has been the lowest turn out for the party in nearly two decades of elections. Quite a few party members blamed this failure on Ms. Sunada herself, saying that if Fa Rong had run the party would have stayed strong. Despite this, many urban supporters of the Social Democrats have continued to voice their support for their leader. Xia Jia, a supporter of Ms. Sunada, let us interview her:

"While I understand that this has been a rather disappointing show for our party, I think that Ms. Sunada has plenty of potential to become a great Party Leader. She has shown a great aptitude in exciting young, urban voters, as well as immigrants. We must give her time to truly shine."

Sunada Machiko gave her concession speech early in the morning in Tian'an. It highlighted the precariousness of modern politics and the need to unite with others.

"I know that many of you are just as dissapointed as me with the electoral results that have just come in. But, it is becoming increasingly clear to me that I must concede the race to the Grand National Party. Despite this fact, I, no we, will continue fighting for all of Indrala! It is alarming how extreme our politics have truly become, with a nationalist and a communist controlling over a third of the National Assembly each. We can not just accept this fact! We must fight for the democracy that holds our nation together! We will not fall to tyranny! This troubled time means we need to work with others to save what we hold dear, especially the Lotus and New Dawn parties. This why our party will be supporting the new Grand National Party cabinet with both the Lotus Party and New Dawn, as it will allow us to hold some semblance of continuity in our national government. Thank you all! And keep on battling for Indrala!"

While Sunada Machiko has refused to step down, the Social Democratic chancellor, Yuan Kun, has stepped down. Social Democratic Party Member Bai Zhen is to take over has interim Party Chancellor.

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Originally posted by pandowlpaws on 28 March 2018.