Tens of Millions Set To Vote In Biggest Election for Half A Century
Latest Reforms Introduced As Vanuku Also Announces Package of Aid for Majatran Continent
Members of the Grand Council applaud as the government's latest democratic reforms are voted through.
Janaury 4519 - Vanuku is gearing up for the biggest general election in nearly 50 years after the right to vote was extended to tens of millions more people.
Under a second amendment to the Constitutional Reform Act, electoral suffrage was widened out to everyone in employment and paying taxes to the government. They will be able to take part alongside existing voters, who include members of the armed forces, the nobility and the extremely wealthy.
It is the first time the vast majority of the population has been able to vote in this way since the 4470s, when a dictatorship was introduced following a military coup led by the Salyzr brothers and backed by the monarch. The ruling Suadja Mrjogadé Shlajofitojafmorzi (New Conservative Front) government said the democratic reforms were absolutely necessary for Vanuku's future and would be followed by further wholesale changes if the party was re-elected.
Meanwhile, the Prefect has promised to allocate a substantial chunk of funding to a new economic stimulation programme aimed at boosting underdeveloped nations in Majatra.
Herlkai Vrhelmszo pledged his support to the stimulus programme following talks with the Kazulian Prime Minister Anne-Mette Daugaard. It will be modelled on the Bortnem-Pomerleau Initiative, which Kazulia used to great effect in Dovani.
The Kazulian Developmental Assistance Agency has already pledged to place around 15 to 25 per cent of the funds necessary to get the Majatran Development Programme up and running. The Vanukean Prefect has now said his nation will allocate a further 25 per cent of the funds and has called on nations such as Istalia, Selucia, Cildania, Zardugal and Cobura to stump up the remainder.
He also revealed that Vanuku's extensive nuclear energy and power programme which would be coming on line soon, would be used to provide a further economic boost. The 630 billion VAN network of reactors project launched in the 4490s, and due for completion in the 4520s, will be used to provide subsidised and affordable energy to any undeveloped nation on Majatra that wishes to tap into it.
The Prefect said: "Not only will the massive-scale nuclear energy programme answer our growing domestic energy needs but part of the energy produced will be channelled towards the energy needs of less-developed countries on Majatra to help with the economic stimulus of these nations.
"We call on other nations on the continent to join us in investing in this much-needed programme of revival and in helping provide the economic boost that will pave the way for more stability throughout Majatra."