by Auditorii » Wed Nov 03, 2021 12:56 pm
Dorvische Allgemeine Zeitung
BREAKING NEWS: DAP retains Presidency, supermajority over State Party
October, 5022
Haldor, Greater Kordusia - Dorvish general elections kicked off on the first day of October starting at 8am. Under Dorvish law the day is a national holiday and thus a vast majority of workers are off with paid leave, the only workers are those who are considered essential and even then are permitted up to 3 hours to leave work to vote. The polls in Dorvik are opened until 9pm when the votes begin to be tabulated across the nation. The State Elections Commission is responsible for the planning, operation and tallying of the votes and has a non-partisan, apolitical Commissioner appointed for 10 years.
Right from the jump the Dorvish Workers Party gained a commanding lead over their opponent the State Party of Dorvik. President Reiner Korte who began serving his first term in October 5004 will now serve his 4th and final term as the DAP searches for a new generation of leadership. Korte welcomed the challenge by SPD candidate Rudi Harbinger but was confident in the DAPs ability to win. In recent years a number of DAPs local leadership has taken to rallying member, conducting meetings and rallies in the face of a renewed opposition.
All in all the DAP retained all 750 seats within the State Council, over half of those replacing incumbents and of those new deputies, 125 representing women and different religions in Dorvik which will provide the State Council with a diverse makeup for the future. The DAP also won all 5 Head President elections, meaning they will retain the respective Province-level legislatures and all 5 Minister-President positions. According to the SEC website the overall turn out was an impressive 65.89% of the vote for a total of over 49 million people voting. President Korte welcomed the Dorvish people to vote and was glad to see that so many Dorvish citizens are involved in their government and future.
While the DAP won they have a new world to face as a resurgent Deltaria, Yingdala come around. A new government in Benekial, Eroncourt and Liore come around. The Dorvish Republic also has to grapple with its lackluster foreign policy over the past several decades, largely attributed to a world wide economic downturn that has left the world dealing with domestic issues more than foreign. It is unlikely that State Chancellor Thorsten Kestenbaum will survive long after the election, it is likely he will be replaced. One of the most likely candidates is General Franz Mayr, the current Chief of the General Department. The General is widely seen as a popular figure in Dorvik following a series of military reforms aimed at rebuilding and retooling the DAFs strength.
He will likely be assisted by Vice State Chancellor Wilhelmina Faust, a descendant of Lothar Faust. She previously served as the Minister-President of Greater Kordusia between October, 5010 to October, 5016 before stepping down and becoming State Secretary of the Interior, the second most powerful position in the Interior Ministry. Faust has been seen as a political firebrand and will counter-balance the conservative Franz Mayr.