Cildanian Broadcasting Corporation
Elections in Senate Adds 33 Seats to All Cildanian Majority
President Kanu faces no competition; re-elected
The political turmoil in the Republic of Cildania continues following a shock election deemed necessary by the All Cildania Party. In a surprise political move, Vice President Dr. Chidi Okafor called for a sudden election amid the rise of opponent political parties. Despite gains made by the fledgling new organizations to bite off some of the AC majority, no seats were won by any candidates by any of the four opposition parties and the All Cildanians were awarded a full parliamentary majority of 100 seats.
The fallout has been swift and bitter, ending the political revolution that had been sweeping Cildanian streets. Two opposition parties promptly folded in the aftermath of the election results, voters widely discrediting their lack of effort to inflect change into the current establishment and distrusting the untested waters of new politicians. Of the two remaining political parties, neither won any mandates from the public. Soldatkaren for Cildania managed a meager 33,000 votes and only 0.25% of the entire voting public. Despite their loss, the numbers are higher than the other official party remaining and makes them - in essence, but not fact - the opposition party. Party leader Aydl binAdoniim was quick to point to positives in the vote: "Although we would have wished for a better result, we understand that political opinions take time to formulate and look forward to working with the All Cildanians in the next five years to build a stronger, better defended Cildania."
Of no surprise was the re-election of President Ahamdi Kanu, who ran unopposed for the office of the President. For months, the Soldatkaren had stated that they planned on endorsing Kanu to their meager supporters and no candidates were put forward by any other political party. It would be a mistake to characterize the election as a win for either Kanu or his AC party; a miserable 12% of eligible voters came out to support him on election day. Even for a politician running unopposed, those numbers underline a stark disinterest in the current establishment.
It was a similar case in the Senate elections as well, where only 12 million of 74 million eligible voters came out. That 15% is the lowest in recent memory and severely debilitates the theory of a 'mandate by the people' for the All Cildania Party. Analysts are quick to point out large swaths of the public who are disengaged by the current party and looking for alternatives. So while the election result for the nascent opposition parties might not have gone their way yet, the potential is clearly in the electorate for change.