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August 5566

5566 Elections see Clenonberg strengthened

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Clenonberg Election Campaign Poster

For anyone who has been following the political developments in the Dual Republic it appears clear that Vanessa zum Clenonberg (DRP) was going to succeed in her quest to win a second term in office. The renewed presidential mandate appears to be even stronger considering that her party has also managed to make sizable gains in the Nationalrat. Political Analysts count the drastic measures in the food-price crisis, which is seeing a trend towards a positive end, as well as the expansion of the newly established welfare state to be the driving factors of Clenonbergs and the DRP’s dominance in the election. Nonetheless the DRP is still going to need a coalition partner with the support of around ten or eleven percent of the electorate, this results in the DRP being able to leave the third-partner out of the coalition. As it stands, the Landbund does not appear to be a viable option anymore as they have lost a chunk of their voters to the Greens and the Revolutionaries. Election calculations might lead to the greens being large enough in parliament as to evade a motion of no confidence, if not, the DRP might have to face that they’re still going to need a third partner. According to political scene insiders, the most likely consequence is the continuation of the current state of the government as they’ve apparently described the work within the cabinet to be ‘mostly harmonious’ and ‘productive.’

Election Results

On the oppositional side of the political landscape we can see an even further beaten down VVP which has mostly been caused by the exodus of prominent party members to the resurgent Ordnungsfraktion (OF) which is a historicly infamous political party consisting of far-right authoritarians. They’ve been irrelevant for the past decades but are seeing a return to relevancy, attracting almost all of the voters of the Dundorfnational Party and a third of VVP voters. It’s leader is Theodora Lackmann, a enigmatic personality with no publicly known background, on questions regarding her upbringing and the likes Lackmann has reacted with apathy. In response to these losses and a resurgent rival in the same ideological pool, the VVP has called for an internal conference designating former foreign minister Matthijs Sleyster to be party-chairman and presidential candidate for 5570. The notorious hothead has been the most vocal critic of the Clenonberg administration in parliament and is trying to sell the Dual Republican citizens a different vision for the country. They’re strongly against the centralization of bureaucracy in Bannerhafen and the increase in taxes. Sleyster blames Clenonberg for the drastic increase in OF popularity and says “That woman is paving the way for authoritarianism. First taxes and next our freedom!”