Kalistani Major History

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Carrangus Returns to Power
SP, earns Assist, Premiership in compromise Government Bill
Kaliburg, Ananto District
September 18, 4075


Premier of the Republic Fredricka Carrangus steps into a familiar role

Fredricka Carrangus, long serving Speaker of the Socialist Party of Kalistan, was unanimously elected Premier of the Republic by the Assembly earlier this year, and immediately set out to give an important assist to the Conservative Independence Party.  Arguing that the President was elected legitimately, and should serve his term out, Premier Carrangus led the SP to join with the Conservatives, the DFA, and the Passion Party to put an end to the motion of no confidence filed by the SP's normal political allies in the Assembly, the Labour Party.

As the bill went down in defeat at the beginning of this month, Premier Carrangus was asked why she sided with the Conservatives against Labour and the Monarchists. 

"Politics makes strange bedfellows, I suppose.  But I want to establish, as an enduring legacy, a respect for the institutions of Kalistan.  It seems that our stalwart support for the Dual Economy has won over some new supporters.  Our unending support for the prerogatives of the President has convinced some people to change their opinion on this matter...  I don't think that us helping the President in this matter signals any movement away from our friends and comrades in Labour:  Our vote was for the office of the President, and has nothing really whatsoever to do with the man who occupies it."

As for hints of realignment, Premier Carrangus brushed these aside. 

"The Conservatives won the last election over Comrade Singh.  This is the nature of elections.  But the one-two from the Left, both with the nationalization acts as well as the Prison Abolition Act, which we are currently reintroducing in the Assembly, ensures that the Left, while technically in the Minority, can still pull legislation together, and can still oppose some of the harshest of plans that the Conservatives have for Kalistan.  There are enough swing votes in the center to ensure that we do not go too far one way or another, while maintaining the institutions of the country.  On that note, we hereby repeat our call for a New Constitutional Court.  When one is called, the SP will be suing the Conservative Party over their proposal to establish secret military labs designed to study nuclear, biological and chemical weaponry in contravention to our laws.  We want a precedent that RP acts cannot directly contradict existing laws."

The Premier was then called away by her aides.