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The Gadur Times

PRIME MINISTER CARLOS TAM WINS NLP LEADERSHIP ELECTION UNCONTESTED - WHAT IS THE BALANCE OF POWER?

Gadur, Marligantos - Just half a year after delivering the best result that the NLP has ever seen in a nationwide legislative election, Carlos Tam, now Prime Minister Carlos Tam, has won another stunning victory in the NLP internal elections, securing his next 10 years as the NLP Chairman.

In the half-year since the historic NLP result, Carlos Tam has been able to assemble a 6-3-3 NLP-GFP-SCP conservative governing coalition, making him Prime Minister by June. Meanwhile, legislation that would curb government power in the financial and medical sectors proposed by the NLP looks to pass Parliament, along with other legislation regarding the use of landmines in the military and inheritance.

Likely as a move to placate the other conservative parties, parts of the comprehensive NLP medical sector reform included a provision to only fund abortions that presented a medical emergency. The new Prime Minister has always been skittish around the issue of abortion, though he has voiced his support for both the status quo, as well as expansion in his podcast in the past. The Prime Minister has been careful not to so much as mention the word "abortion" since he restarted the NLP, however.

Meanwhile, Ortega Conde, 81, former General of the Gaduri Freedom Guard, has been reassigned by the NLP Chairman to the position of the NLP Presidential Candidate. Though he had lost the election to Rolph Lie in the 2nd round of the prior election, Conde was able to secure 1st place in the 1st round of the election, by a considerable margin. What goes unsaid is that the NLP Chairman is likely looking for support from the other conservative parties for Conde in the next round of elections.

While the NLP Thinktank, The Citizens for Responsible Government, is still in the process of reconstruction, the traditional positions of power within the NLP all currently lie within the hands of the dominant Libertarian-Nationalist Faction. Under this environment, further pushes for deregulation by the government as well as the strengthening of the Gaduri military can be expected from the NLP Caucus. The Conservative-Hosian Faction comes in a distant second in the power stack, while the Moderate Faction is virtually dead in the NLP.



Reported, July, 4647.

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The Gadur Times

THE NORTH VINTALLI QUESTION

Gadur, Marligantos - While the results for the state legislatures of the other 4 Federal States have been decisive, with 2 (Salnaeta and Pernessia) being led with a left-wing coalition, and the other 2 (South Vintalli and Marligantos) being led by a right-wing coalition, headed by the NLP, the results of the elections in North Vintalli have been less decisive, with a 25-25 even split between the camps.

Since the election, the state legislature has yet to be able to convene properly, due to disputes over who would head it. Recent reports for the fiscal year of 4647 show that the State Government of North Vintalli could only operate around 56.7% of the time.

The Prime Minister has called for electoral reform to fix this issue in the future, with NLP sources stating that he has also contacted the SUD to solve the problem of the governance of North Vintalli.



Reported, March, 4648.

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The Gadur Times

ORTEGA CONDE NEXT PRESIDENT, AFTER A LANDSLIDE ELECTION - BEST RESULT FOR A CONSERVATIVE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE FOR 118 YEARS!

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Gadur, Marligantos - In the words of a former political comedian, "Never before has Gaduridos seen someone more talented in gaining second place". Against this slight, even the traditionally quick-witted Ortega Conde had no response, for it was true - he was, undisputedly, the "King of Second Place" - getting to the Second Round of the Presidency only to make a speech conceding the election to his opponent. So, even though opinion polls had shown him over 15 points ahead of his opponent, the crowd of Conde supporters gathered around the NLP Headquarters in Gadur were prepared for the worst.

Conde had first run for the position of President of the Federal Union 51 years ago - where he had to make the first of his many concession speeches. Since then, Conde had overseen the transition from the 4th NLP to the 5th NLP - acting as the caretaker Chairman of the Party - he had fought in foreign wars and been awarded with the Gaduri Star, the highest honor in the land - he had seen his political protege rise to power as Prime Minister, while he lost yet another Presidential Election just 4 years ago.

But something was different this time around - Conde had always been a divisive figure, even within conservative circles - but now, around his podium, the National flag waved alongside the banners of the NLP, SCP, and GFP - this time, he had the force of the entire conservative movement behind him. And when the results finally came out at 0150 the next day, it showed. Ortega Conde had won the Presidency, with over 60% of the vote - the last conservative Presidential Candidate who had won over 60% of the national vote was President Carlos Estivez of the SCP, back in June of 4533, nearly 118 years ago. The crowd exploded into cheers as the result was announced, before settling to sing the national anthem.

Finally, President-Elect Ortega Conde approached the stage - flanking him to his left was his family, including his 11-month-old grandson - flanking him to the right was the entire government Cabinet, including the leaders of both the GFP and SCP, as well as Prime Minister Carlos Tam. Directly in front of him were veterans, or descendants of veterans, of the Kazulian War. Behind, nearly a million Gaduri citizens from all walks of life.

After thanking his many supporters, as well as the support of the SCP and GFP, he paid his respects to the veterans from the Kazulian Campaign - "I fought alongside many fine men there," he said, "many who would return, but too many who did not. In honor of those brave Gaduri souls who went to Kazulia to fight for freedom and democracy, only to never see their homeland again, I would like to call for a minute of silence."

After a solemn minute, and thanking the crowd for joining him in the minute of silence, he returned to contemporary politics. "We have revealed a critical part of the Gaduri spirit today, ladies and gentlemen - that united in purpose, we can defeat the Socialists! More importantly, we have revealed the fact of our nation - look around you, my friends - Gaduridos is not a Socialist nation!"

President-Elect Conde then moved to talk about the idea of "conservative solidarity" - to great excitement, he announced that the CAG, the Conservative Alliance of Gaduridos, was to be refounded soon - that the Gaduri Right had been hard at work. "Soon, we will have the unity of the Left. Soon, every election will be but a reminder that Gaduridos is not a Socialist nation!"

Though his speech would continue for another 45 minutes, the message, or slogan, was clear - a united conservative Gaduri force could always defeat a united leftist force, for Gaduridos was not a Socialist nation. Whether that message will prove powerful enough to unite the traditionally divergent Gaduri Right remains to be seen.



Reported, January, 4651.

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SCP UNION TIMES
PARLIAMENTARY LEADER CORY TRIX BECOMES NEW SCP PREZ; NEWLY ELECTED MP REPLACES HIM AS LEADER

A lot of changed came very quick following the election results. First only 24 hours after his presidential loss Otis Lightfoot officially announced his resignation to take effect 30 days following his announcement. Within those 30 days the SCP executive committee unanimously selected Cory Trix the current parliamentary leader to be the new president of the party. After the announcement of a new president the SCP caucus immediately decided to have its vote on who the next leader should be.

In anticipation of the executive committee's decision four candidates had already been attempting to position themselves for the leadership post. 3 of the candidates were current cabinet members: Shane Banderas, Ken DeSantiago and Cecelia Dean with the final candidate Marco Oros a MP from rural Pernessia who had just won his seat this year. Oros began the race as a dark horse yet the day the SCP caucus was set to vote he was the only candidate to be nominated and then was elected unanimously.

Oros was able to achieve this by brokering deals with all candidates for the seat. One MP commented that he "seemed to have sold everything except his soul" in negotiations with his opponents. While the specifics of the deals are not yet known we at the Union Times have been able to establish 4 conditions that were enforced:
1. All 3 MPs had a pick in his new leadership team which has included the removal of some members from leadership post.
2. Diego Costa was to become the new Deputy leader. (Costa has been a loud voice for vintalli where both DeSantiago and Banderas represent)
3. Banderas and Dean would be given exelucive control over all issues in their ministry. (Banderas on taxes and Dean on Environmental issues)
4. He would allow them to make recommendations for candidates selections in their states at the next general election instead of the Regional Caucuses.( Regional Caucuses are made up of MP from the states, so there are 5 committees. Their job is to make recommendations to leadership and make candidate selection for the elections).

More concessions are sure to have transpired but those remain a secret. Question remains whether these conditions will effect his leadership.

January 4651

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SCP UNION TIMES
SNAP ELECTION WINNERS AND LOSERS

This year the Union Times has decided to list who we feel are the winners and losers of these election results, enjoy:

WINNERS:

Ortega Conde-
The President is a easy shoe in for the winners list this election. His electoral victory seen the Social Cons not even fielding a candidate preferring to recommend him for the first ballot and then secondly being able to once again secure the GFP for the Second Ballot ensuring a close yet sufficient victory.

We the People-
This movement of Liberals and Libertarians ran rough shot over the traditional parties in a surprising result which seen the party gain 46 MPs. The party was able to gain both Left and Right wing voters together with its message of small government and social progress in a way not seen in many years.

Super Progressives- Kinda
Jose Hernandez is surely pleased that he has 30 new members in his caucus it is still a far cry from returning to government with a SPP majority government something that some members were hoping to see following the folding of the SUD. Yet it does still give hope that he may return with a coalition government of some kind. It will be interesting to se whether or not he will be able to cobble together government before Prime Minister Tam is able to find a feasible solution.

LOSERS:

Carlos Tam-
PM Tam and his hope for a Renewed CAG has come to a halt tonight as his government lost the majority. While the PMs party appeared to have had a relatively flat night his government seen their majority slip into oblivion. His options to stay as PM look relatively bleak as the SCP backbenchers appear to have rejected the idea of going into government with the WTP citing the Sexual Freedom Act. The Prime Minister must now convice the WTP to join government and will likely have to make painful consessions to then convice the rudderless GFP to join along all before the SPP has a chance to take governent.

Gaduridos Freedom Party- Especially in Pernessia
The party loses across the country was mostly minor with over half of the losses coming from Pernessia. The lose has placed another microscope over the parties leadership Juan Costa and his ability to hold the party together. Many are unsure the direction the party is taking in the era of the NLP and WTP.

Mark Oros-
This is Oros first election as leader and it may turn out to be his last. Many MPs were already frustrated with his election last year that seen a large number of concessions at the expense of the backbenchers and a lackluster term thus far. Of course the most controversial change to candidate selection seen many political allies being chosen as candidates over more electable candidates across the country. Then on election night he commented that he was willing to work with all parties to form a government including the WTP a comment he was forced to retract hours later when backbenchers made clear they would never vote for the WTP in government. To add insult to injury Minister for Environment and Tourism Cecilia Dean a ally of Oros lost her reelection in Salnaeta. All in all things are looking quite bleak for Oros

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The Gadur Times

JULY 4654 - YET ANOTHER SET OF SNAP ELECTIONS

Gadur, Marligantos - With the dissolution of the WTP, Parliament once again dissolved and called for another snap election.

Unsurprisingly, the SPP, the only left-wing party contesting the nationwide election, was the largest party. But not by much - with only 96 seats, falling well short of the single-party majority that the SPP would need to return to government. With a gain of only a modest 7 seats after the dissolution of the WTP, and having lost the Presidential Election to Ortega Conde of the NLP again, the SPP is firmly in the opposition.

The center-right GFP finished with 38 seats, gaining 9. While not a terrible result, this does mean that the party is the smallest in the Gaduri Parliament - the WTP wave, and the subsequent retreat of the short-lived party appears to have left the GFP in a very weak position.

The two major winners of the night were the SCP and the NLP. In the Presidential Election, they, along with some assistance during the second ballot from the GFP, were able to secure the Presidency of Ortega Conde, once called the "King of Second Place". In Parliament, the SCP saw the largest gain, earning 49 seats with a gain of 16 - this is the best result for the traditional right-wing party of the Federal Union since the NLP was revived, securing nearly 20% of the seats in Parliament.

The Libertarian-Right NLP, however, regained its strength from the wave of enthusiasm for the WTP in the last snap election. Gaining 14 seats, the NLP once again cemented itself as the largest party of the Conservative Coalition, seeing off fears that Carlos Tam would lose his Prime Ministership. The NLP finished with 67 seats and control of the Presidency of the Federal Union, with the Pernessia-South Vintalli vote carrying the bulk of the NLP seats.

In North Vintalli, however, the NLP faced disaster, gaining barely over a million votes and just 4 seats. The North Vintalli branch of the NLP has always been weak politically, but there is now significant internal criticism within the NLP over their decision to run moderate candidates for office, with many declaring that "the NLP is not a moderate party". Members of the North Vintalli branch of the NLP are currently in the process of gaining enough signatures to call for a motion of no confidence in the North Vintalli NLP Leadership - an effort that pundits predict will succeed. In other news, North Vintalli was the only SPP majority Federal State, with 30 of the 50 seats being claimed by the Left.

Upon seeing the results, President Ortega Conde once again declared that "Gaduridos was not a socialist nation".



Reported, July, 4654.

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The Gadur Times

MOTION TO REVIVE THE CAG MAY FAIL TO TABLE IN NLP INTERNAL ELECTION!

Gadur, Marligantos - When the then-President-Elect Ortega Conde called for a return of the CAG, the Conservative Alliance for Gaduridos, the revival of the organization was hailed as the ultimate symbol for "conservative solidarity". Of course, according to NLP procedure, before the NLP could formally announce its entry into the CAG, it first had to be presented before the nationwide NLP Membership, by getting 5% of the NLP national membership to call for the tabling of the motion before the NLP convention. Then, of course, it would have to pass a vote of simple majority during the NLP national convention.

With polls of NLP members consistently showing that this measure was the 2nd most popular motion to table in a coming NLP national convention, along with showing +51 favorability rating, political pundits were quick to suggest that this motion would be tabled and passed with ease - particularly since it was supported by Carlos Tam, Prime Minister of the Federal Union, and the NLP Chairman.

Since his move to revive the NLP, Carlos Tam, and the Nationalist-Libertarian faction to which he belonged to, have been unstoppable - winning every one of the usually vicious NLP internal elections with unprecedented speed and ease. This has been (in the Gadur Times' opinion) mistakenly referred to as the "collapse of Tam's opposition within the NLP" in national political coverage. More accurately, opposition to Carlos Tam within the NLP has not so much "collapsed" as much as it has "never materialized" - with the near-flawless string of victories Prime Minister Tam and President Conde have brought to the NLP, opposition to the duo, as well as the Nationalist-Libertarian faction of the NLP which they represent, is practically political suicide.

Yet, the CAG motion looks set to fail in gaining enough support to even be tabled in the NLP conference next month. Though Tam and Conde lobbied hard for support for the CAG motion during the fall, it appears that even they have given up on this measure being tabled - let alone be voted through by the NLP national membership.

On paper, this appears to make no sense - a massively popular measure, supported by extremely popular NLP figures, with no real formal opposition - how does a motion like this fail to be tabled? We, here, at The Gadur Times, speculate that this is due to recent political developments, lack of support from the GFP and the SCP, as well as a fundamental characteristic of the NLP constituency.

First, the political situation - the leftist opposition in the Federal Union collapsed with the dissolution of the SUD 2 years ago, leaving the SPP as the sole leftist nationwide party. Given that the CAG was designed as a conservative solidarity movement against the now practically non-existent left, it is probable that some now consider an organization of conservative solidarity unnecessary. Meanwhile, the NLP-SCP-GFP alliance has held firm even without the formal CAG - seemingly suggesting that the parties do not require the CAG to run a conservative government for Gaduridos.

Second, after a snap election that saw the short-lived WTP sweep into power, the Union Times, the SCP newspaper, declared that Prime Minister Carlos Tam had failed in recreating the CAG. That, combined with the lackluster support that Carlos Tam had to begin with from the GFP and SCP regarding the reconstruction of the CAG, appears to have been interpreted as apathy towards the CAG from the other two conservative parties by the NLP voting public. Obviously, the CAG cannot be run by the NLP alone, and thus, this is likely another reason for the dramatic turn in public opinion regarding the CAG motion.

Lastly, one of the core ideological tenents of the NLP has been to eliminate pointless bureaucracy in government. Stretching this logic further, it could be speculated that the NLP voting public is deeply skeptical of bureaucracy and any "complicating" of the process in general. Given that the threat of the opposition does not appear to warrant the institution of the CAG, and given the lack of enthusiasm the GFP and the SCP appear to have towards recreating the CAG, it stands to reason that the NLP voting public now simply sees the recreation of the CAG as more pointless bureaucracy, especially given the fact that the conservative coalition appears to be working fine for now without it.

There are, of course, still measures to be voted on in the national conference a couple of weeks from now, but it appears that, for all intents and purposes, the issue of the CAG has been placed on the backburner for now, for an indefinite amount of time.

Whether the issue of the CAG will make a return appears to be in the hands of the SCP and GFP - it appears that the NLP membership is asking the SCP and GFP whether this is the will of the two other parties - how they respond to the shelving of the CAG issue will almost certainly be interpreted as their official reply.



Reported, December, 4654.

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GOODBYE, SOCIALIST GADURIDOS!

Gadur, Marligantos - By early 4655, the SPP was politically isolated, being the only leftist party in Parliament. Over the first few months of 4655, SPP seats in Parliament turned into vacancies, until, in April 4655, the entire SPP finally collapsed, leaving the entirety of the Parliament of the Federal Union, as well as the Presidency of the Federal Union, in the hands of the ruling conservative coalition.

Within the NLP, this has been hailed as a great victory for the current ruling faction, the Nationalist-Libertarians, as well as their leaders - Prime Minister and NLP Chairman Carlos Tam, and President Ortega Conde of the Federal Union.

With leftist opposition now basically dead, rumors have begun to surface that the long-awaited fusion power project, proposed and passed years earlier but suffering from political resistance from the leftist coalition, will now proceed full steam. With the Privatization of Public Works Act set to pass national Parliament by June, the reformed Tam Electronics, appears to be the private sector partner of choice - at least for the NLP.

Tam Electronics, while having "been put on ice" during the years of Socialist nationalization, is a subsidiary of Tam Holdings, which has been the largest Holding Company in the Federal Union for centuries, by both asset valuation, as well as in liquid capital. Though nothing is confirmed yet, it appears that President Ortega Conde is currently in talks with Tam Holdings for a joint venture to revolutionize the Gaduri Energy Industry.

There have also been rumors of a planned militarization program with the recently privatized Gaduri Armaments (GA), which currently controls nearly 80% of the Gaduri Defense Industry. Notable also is that Tam Holdings has 60% ownership of GA, having bought the company moments after the End Socialism Act of 4649, which included a provision to privatize the Defense Industry, passed. The NLP as a party, and to a lesser extent, the conservative coalition as a whole, has generally pursued a militarily strong Gaduridos - with the leftist opposition now gone, a rapid militarization scheme looks plausible, though national Parliament, currently in the process of passing a massive slew of legislation, has yet to make any official comment.

While the Prime Minister, formerly heir to Tam Holdings, handed off the reins of the largest conglomerate in the Federal Union to a private trust when he took office, given the culture of Tam Holdings, which is derived from its Indralan origins, it is likely that the Prime Minister will be able to exert a great deal of influence in the ancient family business, albeit in an unofficial manner.

What will happen in this new era for the Federal Union remains to be seen, though opinion polls show a generally optimistic feeling in the public, despite recent political turmoil.



Reported, April, 4655.

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Haaretz Maariv

Glourious Hereditary President Makes Special Plea To Nation

Yishelem - Reuven Rivlin launced a surprise press conference today on what he dubs the nations' centuries long "Democracy Deficit." This had been labeled a crisis in cross-party talks started by widely assumed Prime Minister to-be Yonatan Perach (technocratic independent) and including the top party leaders of the PPP, Rivlin and Netanyahu and others associated with the outgoing cabinet. Going long into the past, every election has been a landslide. With the recent dislution of the Religious Zionist Party, the PPP is the only party left in Beiteynu. Perach and Netanyahu have both called immediately before the conference for a solution to the crisis by the establishment of a new party. Today, Rivlin has unveiled th unlikely political alliance's proposal: in the next budget to be approved, full public funding with equal funding of all parties regardless of size will ensure any new parties have a reasonable chance against the fithy hippie commie lot in the PPP. If any new parties have been founded by the time the budget and income tax reform are approve, the President and Prime Minister will call for early elections. This stunned PPP leadership, with it's parliamentary leader and future Environmental Minister Michel Pierre callling it a betrayl of the PPP's platform given a democratic mandate by the voters. In response, Perach pointed out that when every party that wins is the only party running there cannot really be a democratic mandate. Despite the public fighting, Pierre has confirmed he will direct all MKs to approve the early elections, no doubt due to some shady backroom deal. There's nothing else to be expected from a non-Yeudi immigrant who can barely speak without spitting out his deep Canrillaise accent all over the Knesset floors. Hopefully a responsible conservative party will step up to plate and defeat these commie scum in a 100% margin!

OOC please someone join Beiteynu it's lonely and not that great RP when I'm only talking to myself

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