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CLAIRON PICARD

Governor General Malfois
 
MALFOIS ELECTED GOVERNOR GENERAL
 
Atyr, September 15, 5616:   Premier Michel Malfois has been elected Governor General winning a majority on the first ballot defeating candidates from the Parti Social – Democrate (PSD) and the Union Hosienne – Democrate (UHD) which fielded candidates for the first time and did win a number of seats in the Chamber of Deputies.
 
CLAIRON PICARD asked Malfois if there would be changes now that the long service of Governor General Constance Berthier has come to an end, and he replied:
 

Yes, but not because she has retired but because of new issues arising.  In Federation Canrille (FC) we had considered having the Council of Ministers or the Chamber of Deputies select the Governor General, but with the PSD and UHD now running viable candidates we are planning to continue to support having a popularly elected head of state.
 
I am calling on Finance Minister Fabrice Courbet to form a government and his plan is to only draw from FC Deputies for this electoral cycle since we have a solid majority.  We do not have 2/3 so structural changes will be a matter of persuasion. Three such are coming since both PSD and UHD support the proposals. 
 
One is upping the membership of the Chamber of Deputies from 387 to 390. Why? Understanding the math on voting outcome at a glance rather than needing pencil and paper.  Another is running the nation as a unified state rather than maintain the few vestiges of federalism.
 
The third is making each seat in the Chamber of Deputies represent about the same number of citizens rather than have same number for each Province.  Again we do have PSD and UHD support for this measure.
 
The other primary change is after a number of years there is now considerable interest in the Union of Canrille.  We are expecting to be reviewing proposals quite soon. It may well be that it can be more than a humanitarian and defensive alliance with occasional spurts of economic cooperation. We shall see.
 
Paul – Henri Bourmont will be staying on as Foreign Minister, Jerome Vandamme will remain Interior Minister, Trade Minister Roxanne Marvaux will move to Finance and Admiral Antioine Suchet will be Defense Minister.

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