Istalia

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Government invests in Culture and Tourism
Central Government will take back responsability on parks, museum funding and libraries and new investments will come to develop tourism and cultural sectors

A glimpse of one of the many wonderful tourist destinations in Istalia

9 July 5092

CALEON - The new package of reforms in the field of tourism and culture was presented today in parliament, recently renamed "Chamber of Deputies", with which the central government will come back to take charge of the creation and maintenance of a vast system of parks and protected areas as well as libraries throughout the national territory and will take care of the financing of the museums, the management of which however will remain in the hands of local authorities.

From the office of the head of government, who recently returned to being "President of the Council of Ministers", leaving behind the legacy of the council republic for good, a press release was released in which the Government announced its intention to invest in the sectors of tourism and culture, reorganizing and re-evaluating the areas of greatest tourist, artistic and cultural interest with a national and strategic overview to make grow a sector that has always been fundamental for the istalian economy.

The Government, however, will not stop only here: there is in fact the intention to restore momentum to the cruise sector and therefore to that of shipbuilding and to do so the Government will inject funds for the refinancing of the major companies in the sector, the largest partially under public property, and will grant tax relief to private shipowners and cruise lines.
The country's largest cruise company, NSC Cruises, 50% state-owned, will be equipped with a new fleet of over 20 vessels to be built in the next years in Terebbia, the country's largest shipbuilding hub, and in Albeta, designated as the future second shipbuilding pole of the country in the wake of a fair and parallel development of both the island and the peninsula.


Istalian shipbuilding sector will be revitalized

Investments in the sector, however, will concern the expansion if not the reconstruction of the major ports in the country, which will see new terminals and infrastructures dedicated to tourists with the development of rapid and efficient connections between the docking points and the main areas of tourist interest.
Among the largest proposed projects the one of the Port of Faro, the city founded under the First Empire on the easternmost tip of the Peninsula, which will see the construction from scratch of the installations that will be dedicated mainly to the tourism sector but which will also provide the construction of terminals dedicated to ferries in order to increase communications between the island and the peninsula.


Prjects for the Turistic Port of Faro and the Caleon International Airport

Investments, in parallel, will also be carried out for the expansion of the airports and certainly the major project will be the construction of the new "Caleon International Airport", which will replace the current one which will be oriented towards national transport. The new airport will provide the capital of the Union with an airport worthy of the capital city and which will have nothing to envy to the two traditional main airports of the nation, namely Romula and Magliano.

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ROMULAN CURIA SUSPEDS AND BEGINS INVESTIGATIONS ON RELIGIOUS PEOPLE INVOLVED IN PSO AND AURORIAN AUTHORITIES WARN PARTICULARLY REV.SR. AL-MASIH FOR HER WORDS ON THE HOLY CHURCH: "THEY ARE BENDING THE FAITH TO POLITICAL IDEOLOGY AND ARE TREADING ON DANGEROUS GROUND"[/color]
August 5092

Bishop of Romula Luigi Nunziatella

The Episcopal Curia of Romula announced today the decision in respect of the Canon Law to suspend the clerics who have an active part in the Osian Left Party and therefore officially started an investigations to prove the infringement of several provisions of the Canon Law by part of the members of Institutes of Consecrated Life involved and actively participating to the PSO.
Monsignor Petruccelli who is the private secretary of the Bishop of Romula Luigi Nunziatella did not go too far in explaining the decision of the Curia but limited himself to rattle off the provisions of the Canon Law which legitimately authorized the Curia with the support of the Patriarchate of reference, that of Istalia, Solentia and Quanzar, to proceed with the suspensions and start the investigations at the Institutes of Consecrated Life from which various exponents of the PSO come from among which the one who seems to be the leader of the movement: Rov.Sr. Sofia al-Masih.

The Curia has decided to apply the "suspension a divinis" as prescribed by Canon Law due to the infringement of several provisions by part of clerics of the church involved actively in politics who are namely these involved into the Osian Left Party because they infringed a provision that doesn't left any dubt according to which they are not to have an active part in political parties (https://www.vatican.va/archive/cod-iuri ... HAPTER_III.).
About the members of the Institutes of Consecrated Life as always per Canon Law they are subject to the same provision (https://www.vatican.va/archive/cod-iuri ... CHAPTER_IV.) barring them to have active part into political parties but for the members of religius orders decisions are bound to the interal law of institutes on how to determine the fault and administrate the punishment and to the decisions of the superior members of the institutes or of the pertining religious orders although the pertaining bishop often has the last word.
But these religious people are also under investigation because they are also infringing another provision of Canon law which stated that a member can also be dismissed for other causes like the stubborn upholding or diffusion of doctrines condemned by the magisterium of the Church and the adherence to ideologies infected by materialism or atheism and there are few explaination to give on this point when we talk about Metzism (https://www.vatican.va/archive/cod-iuri ... OF_MEMBERS).
The religious people that will be interested by the measures of the ecclesiastic authorities now risk to lose their clerical state and to be dismissed by their religious orders and istitutes if not most serious measures

Beyond the procedures that are being adopted by the competent religious authorities the public admonition that the ecclesiastical authorities have addressed to the members of the party and particularly to the Rev.Sr. al-Masih for the words that have been expressed towards the church and for the very doctrine they are publicly upholding made just as much news. It was precisely the Bishop of Romula Nunziatella who expressed himself:

Rev.Sr. al-Masih and the other religious poeple involved into the PSO are treading on dangerous ground at the moment. What they stated about out Holy Mother Church is of unprecedented gravity and declaring that the Aurorian Church is an instrument of oppression in the service of bourgeois or capitalism or state or any other type of political organization places them in open contrast to their own vows of faith and obedience. Equally serious are their declarations in the theological field and I agree with what Monsignor Verencelli declared a few months ago: the Hosian faith and the dogmatic principles of the church are being subjugated to the Metzist political ideology. Fer this reason it was my concern to get in touch immediately with the Patriarchate and then with the Holy See itself since the violations of the Canon Law have now become too many and too evident and and also because I have a real sense of distortion of the faith and of the prescriptions of the catechism if not of real heresy.
The precepts of the Aurorian Church are clear: The goods of creation are destined for the whole human race, however the earth is divided among men, so that the safety of their lives, exposed to precariousness and threatened by violence, is guaranteed.
The appropriation of assets is legitimate in order to guarantee the freedom and dignity of persons, to help each person to satisfy their basic needs and the needs of those for whom they are responsible but nevertheless it is also prescribed that although the right to private property, acquired or received in a just way, does not eliminate the original donation of the land to humanity as a whole and the universal destination of goods remains primary, the promotion of the common good requires respect for private property, the right to it and its exercise because the doctrine teaches us that everyone has the right of economic initiative, everybody will legitimately use their talents to contribute to an abundance that everyone can enjoy, and to reap the right fruits from their efforts.
And again the Church teaches that although the managers of businesses have, before society, the economic and ecological responsibility for their operations and that they have the duty to consider the good of the people and not only the increase in profits, this ones in any case are considered necessary because they allow them to make the investments that ensure the future of businesses and consequently guarantee employment.
I remind our brothers who have joined the PSO that the church equally and without distinction condemns both any theory that makes profit the exclusive rule and the ultimate goal of economic activity, the inordinate desire for money and the exploitation of one's neighbor, both any system that it sacrifices the fundamental rights of individuals and groups to the collective organization of production.
The Church rejects the totalitarian and atheistic ideologies associated with communism or socialism and also rejects, in the practice of capitalism, individualism and the absolute primacy of the law of the market over human labor.
The doctrine is again clear and irrefutable when it tells us that the regulation of the economy by means of centralized planning alone perverts the underlying social bonds and that its regulation by means of the law of the market alone cannot implement social justice, because there are numerous human needs that do not have access to the market. And finally, it clearly indicates the way to the good Hosians: it is necessary to favor a reasonable regulation of the market and economic initiatives, according to a just hierarchy of values and in view of the common good which doesn't mean to abolish private property, the market or the state that are precisely what Metzism wants to do (http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p3s2c2a7.htm).
The doctrine is clear and they starting with al-Maish must conform to it, retract any purpose of violent and revolutionary subversion of the democratically approved social order and laws of this country which is itself democratically governed. Furthermore, they must atone for the words of hatred and contempt expressed too often in public and private form that do not suit members of the clergy and religious orders of the Holy Aurorian Church.
Rev.Sr. el-Masih will also have to make amends for the words and tone used towards our Holy Mother Church and I invite you to respect the obligations that the vows impose on her: duty of contemplation of divine things and assiduous union with God in prayer; in the use of means of social communication the observation of necessary discretion and in any case those things are to be avoided which are harmful to one’s vocation and dangerous to the chastity of a consecrated person (https://www.vatican.va/archive/cod-iuri ... CHAPTER_IV.). In general I remember to Rev.Sr. al-Masih her public and simple pronouncement of the vows not only of poverty and chastity but also of obedience.

It therefore seems that despite the efforts made by the religious of the PSO to give public support to their theses the doctrine clearly written black on white is clear and unequivocal and free from freedom of interpretation and therefore they are setting out on a dangerous path that is distancing them from the doctrine of the Aurorian Church towards all that series of religious theses and movements which arose in modern times and which, however, have often and assiduously been condemned by the Church and in some cases even judged heretics.

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Charter of Rights and Duties at vote
The law will soon pass with the support of all the political forces which the Prime Minister thanks calling it a great victory for democracy and for the rights of citizens


18 March 5093

CALEON- Following the impulse given a few months ago by Hosian Democracy to resume work on the Charter for the Rights and Duties of Istalian Citizens, a few days ago the final text was presented to the Chamber of Deputies for the final vote and, to the great surprise of the promoters, aldo the Party of the Hosian Left confirmed its support, an unexpected move given that among the ranks of the majority, and especially of Blue Flame, there were many who expected a vote against by PSO, especially due to the articles that protect the private property and business freedom, in light of the fact that precisely those issues had generated the most heated political controversy in recent years between the PSO and HD, a controversy in which Blue Flame avoided getting involved as the religious and theological aspects of the matter were the subjects of debate between the other two parties.

Work on the Charter had begun in parallel with those on the Imperial Constitution in 5073 and its approval and adoption was expected within a few months of the Imperial Restoration. However, with the chaos generated by the far-left movements and the subsequent foundation of the quasi-soviet regime, which by more and more parts is now seen as having been a quite undemocratic imposition, supported by the intimidation of violence and the threat of revolutionary chaos, the works on the Charter had been interrupted, considered during the years of the council republic, in the light of the total lack of interest of the far left parties, as a piece of legislation of a liberal-democratic matrix that did not conform to the ideals of council democracy.

With the new fully democratic course and with the definitive establishment of a representative republic, however, the Charter has once again come to the attention of the political forces and it was Hosian Democracy, junior partner in the government of Blue Flame, who promoted the resumption of the works and it was again Hosian Democracy who promoted the inclusion in the text of social rights and duties alongside the other ones already outlined.

The 33 articles that make up the paper are grouped into four macro-sections dedicated to specific topics: Human Rights and Freedoms, Political Rights and Duties, Social Rights and Duties and Judiciary Rights. Apart from social rights, most part of the text had already been outlined in its general forms, but it was HD to promote the inclusion of the provisions relating to citizens' rights in the social and economic sphere with an important part dedicated to workers' rights.

President of the Council of Ministers Michele Corlione commented to the press on the imminent approval of the Charter as follow:

I can only express my greatest satisfaction in seeing such support shared by all political forces for what I consider a milestone in the legislation of our nation and which will be the greatest and most important defense of the rights of our citizens and of the our Democracy.

But this Charter of Rights of ours will not only defend our citizens and our democracy, but will also definitively outline the forms and organizational aspects of our society, in the political and judicial sphere but also in the social and economic sphere.

Finally, let me conclude expressing my satisfaction in seeing approved a text whose foundations were laid while the country was about to leave behind the chaos and the very undemocratic regimes wanted by the left extremists who tried to devastate our country and our culture and identity. Alas, that fundamental step has once again been sabotaged but the approval of the Charter of Rights and Duties is the further demonstration of the goodness of the restoration of the true Istalian nation we had promoted and of the highest democratic values ​​with which it was imbued.

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Restoration agreement disregarded even before its announcement leads the Government close to breaking up
Cooperation between FB and HD is feeling the effects of the chill arisen between the two parties: the former accused the latter of unfairness and of not having maintained the pacts on the reform agreement in monarchical sense that HD had eventually solicited

Nicoletta Marangoni lash out against government partners of HD

3 April 5093

CALEON - In the last few days, the news of a serious government crisis just touched by the partners of the majority coalition has surfaced. It seems that between the halls of power and parties' headquarters there were bitter clashes between Blue Flame and Hosian Democracy in recent months.
According to the rumors that are leaking, behind the tensions ignited between the two parties there are the unfulfilled promises by Hosian Democracy for an agreement reached in the past months on a reform of the country's form of government, precisely a reform aimed at the restoration of the monarchy, and which the current majority would have been able to carry through given the current control of 2/3 of the parliament.

Neither the government nor the majority had leaked anything so far but it seems that the crisis has erupted even before any kind of announcement was made to the nation.
It was Blue Flame's will to let the news of the crisis leak now, expressing all their contrariety and disappointment for the behavior by Hosian Democracy which has been defined as disloyal and unfair.
Approached by the press, several BF exponents expressed all their disappointment towards the government allies and among the first to speak there was Deputy Nicoletta Marangoni who did not spare herself in throwing very hard arrows against HD:

For months, but I say, for years our reciprocal positions on the possibility of a restoration of the monarchy have been getting closer and closer and it was our colleagues from Hosian Democracy who finally urged us to move forward with the reform.

We stopped counting the times that they expressed their fears and their distrust towards Insieme first and the PSO then and even since the day after the elections they had noticed and had agreed with us on the danger that the nation ran in having a person like el-Azzem at the Presidency of the Union, finally agreeing fully with us on our positions regarding an elected head of state and on the impossibility of truly having an elected independent and super partes figure to represent the nation.

They were the ones who encouraged us to proceed, they were the ones who expressed us the danger about the possibility of a subversive and power hungry elected president, they were the ones who agreed on the reform and guaranteed us full support in exchange for our equal support for their positions when they feel their major achievement in danger.
We have come down to very heavy compromises that I do not hide from you to have caused very strong tensions within our party and to have caused us to fall upon numerous criticisms among our supporters. But once we did our part, and especially once HD got what he wanted, above all the maintenance of the state religion, just when we were about to present the proposal to the nation, they backed out and went back on their word.

We have rarely seen such impropriety and to the leaders of our own party I want say that its members within the parliament are no longer willing to compromise and act for the exclusive benefit of HD!

The words of Nicoletta Marangoni, who emerged as the leader of those disgruntled, who turn out to be the overwhelming majority of BF Deputies, thus explain the parliamentary activity of recent months which has seen the parliamentary groups of the coalition partners work with very little coordination going practically on their own, with several proposals presented independently by BF in contrast to most of the reforms approved by the majority in past years and which are unlikely to find the support of HD.

Following the revelation of the crisis that exploded between the two parties, it was the Undersecretary of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers Alberto Casu who spoke on behalf of the head of government, albeit in a rather informal way, participating at the major political talk show of the country "Faccia a Faccia" (Face to Face):


Undersecretary of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers Alberto Casu interviewed at Faccia a Faccia

We were really close to a definitive break and in fact the Prime Minister had already communicated to HD leader our intention to withdraw from the coalition but they were the ones who finally insisted not to prematurely end our cooperation with secretary Rumor who wanted to meet President Corlione repeatedly, even at his own home in the middle of the night.

The President, just like Deputy Marangoni, did not hide to secretary Rumor all what our party has done for them and what it meant for us to support many, really many of their policies, primarily the matter of the Aurorian Church, whose elevation to state religion was approved with a much smaller majority than the imperial restoration would have had, a reform approved under the arguably democratic regime of the council republic and for which, I want to emphasize, the population has not been consulted at all, much less there has been any mention of a referendum, and given the delicacy of the matter and the extent of its consequences, we consider it an issue as important as a constitutional reform, especially when we think that it was a reform approved by randomly appointed delegates, last in a chain of not at all democratic system of delegations, when today it would be the directly elected representatives of all the Istalian people who would have decided and voted for the restoration reform.

However, I think it is appropriate to specify some things to avoid that erroneous and hasty conclusions could emerge from the words of the Honorable Marangoni: Hosian Democracy has assured us their intention to continue to support the restoration of the monarchy, thus confirming the existence and permanence of the very broad front in support of the reform.
HD has in fact proposed to us to organize a popular referendum on the issue to be held in conjunction with the next elections, a solution that the Prime Minister and our party have supported, judging it in fact as the most fair and correct solution.

Secretary Rumor has assured us the full support of his party for the imperial restoration and we are grateful to him, but the fact remains that the behavior of his party and the near crisis, for which we consider them responsible, can only lead to a weakening for the vast front in favor of the monarchy of which we are the main representatives and from now on we do not hide the fact that if the result of the referendum were to be affected by what happened, we will not hold back in attributing clear responsibilities, in profoundly reviewing the relations between our two parties and that we will no longer be willing to sacrifice our political beliefs.

In the wake of the rediscovered democracy that thanks to us it has been returned to the country, the word now passes to the people, to our fellow citizens, and whatever the result, we will respect it, for better or for worse.
In the first case we not only hope but expect that all the political forces will respect the will of the people, in the second case, as mentioned, we will abide by the will of the people but we also assure you that we will not stop supporting our positions and we will continue to fight for our ideals and for our ultimate goal, but obviously always respecting the democratic rules as our party and our predecessors have always done and without going back on our word and without disregarding agreements and promises.

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FERDINANDO RUMOR TALKS ABOUT THE CRISIS AND THE RESTORATION REFORM CONFIRMING HD'S SUPPORT FOR THE REFERENDUM
July 5093


THe general secretary of Hosian Democracy Ferdinando Rumor talked about the government crisis that touched the government and about the decisions of Hosian Democracy to take a step back on the reform to restore the monarchy after we had given our consent but he confirmed the will of HD to support the referendum and the restoration.

We at Hosian Democracy do not deny that we made promises but that we then took a step back. It is not our intention to deny it and disprove what has been said by FB out of a sense of fairness and respect and because we understand why our Blue Flame allies have reacted in that way and are so bitter. I don't think we would have reacted differently and I want to be honest and transparent because we owe it to them and our constituents.
It is true that FB often had us reflecting on the advisability of such a reform and it is true that we also consider it unacceptable that subversive and partisan characters can be elected to represent the nation and it is true that it was us in the end who proposed to FB to proceed with the reform in order to defend what we achieved and it was our conclusion that led us in the end to embrace the proposal to restore the empire which was an idea that we did not mind since Hosian Democracy It was founded. I really hope that the relations between Hosian Democracy and Blue Flame can be healed and from now on I want to tell Blue Flame that their decision to vote against the abolition of the Aurorian Church as a state religion was however appreciated by us and we invite them to reflect on the fact that the Aurorian Church can be a great ally against all those liberticidal and totalitarian ideologies.
But now let me defend our choice which I believe to be the best possible choice. We thought for a long time and in the end after we gave the green light to FB we returned to them to ask them to stop because we believe that putting the word back to the citizens is the best choice and that it will protect the restoration from criticism and accusations if it is approved. What prompted us to give up was the same one that convinced us of the goodness of the reform: the PSO.
In fact we thought that in proceeding during this legislature with the reform he would have pushed the PSO to unleashed the uproar and then protests and actions that could have endangered many people. Everyone has seen what they did when the Empire was restored years ago and I believe that if the referendum passes it will be the best way to deny the subversive forces that aspire to a revolution in the country and in this regard I want to reaffirm our will to support the restoration.
And then even if the referendum were to be rejected, we will still have shown who is truly respectful of democracy and the people and who instead wants to trample on their rights.

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Istalia close to elections and restoration referendum
President Hossain hopes that the will of the people will be respected by all political forces and the leadership of Blue Flame echoes her: "ready to comply with any result, unlike others we will not break the given word and will not threaten the tranquility and stability of the country with the threat of the violence"


25 January 5094

CALEON - A few weeks before the general elections and the referendum on the imperial restoration, which will be held on the same occasion, President of the Union Rania Hossain addressed the nation and the political forces.

The President, in accordance with her role, obviously refrained from expressing his opinion on the referendum and instead expressed herself by inviting citizens to go to the polls in large numbers, respecting the civic duty of which they are invested, but above all by inviting the political forces of the nation and the future representatives of the people who will be elected from their ranks to honor their oath to respect the democratic values ​​of the country and therefore the will of the people.

On the other hand, the declarations issued by the leadership of Blue Flame were of a completely different tone, which speaking to the press did not make any mystery of the hopes for the result of the referendum but above all of the fears towards other political forces, speaking about the PSO but not even sparing itself against the government allies of Hosian Democracy.
Among the sharpest voices could not miss the one of Nicoletta Marangoni, who rose to prominence in recent months following the explosion of tensions with the government partners, who thus answered the questions of journalists as follow:

Our hopes are great, it is true, but we are also ready to accept an outcome that is adverse to us, with dignity and above all respecting as we have always done the will of the people, because our loyalty goes always and first of all to democracy and the principles that have always distinguished our people and our identity.

We will not take to the streets to shout and rant about an electoral outcome that we do not like, we will not "dress up in sheep's clothing" or we will change our ideological garments decade after decade in search of votes, we will not make promises and make agreements to disregard them, but above all we will certainly not threaten the ruin of our nation through violence or armed revolt.

Unfortunately, alas, our fears towards the other parties that will contest the next elections are great and as you will have understood I am referring to both the PSO and HD. By now everyone knows the revolutionary ambitions of the PSO, a worthy heir of the equally riotous and above all anti-democratic party of Insieme, and we have experienced firsthand how for the hosian democrats the promises can be easily circumvented.

As far as HD is concerned, however, I cannot hide the fact that Blue Flame has received countless reassurances and I am sufficiently convinced that in the event of a positive outcome of the referendum, the hosian democrats will respect the will of the people.
I cannot say the same for the PSO and unfortunately I am inclined to fear that in case of rejection of the referendum they will be the first to fill their mouth with arrogance and to wave the flag of victory, while in the event of a positive outcome they could even totally ignore the result and disregard the will of the people to follow just their interests and their ideology at the expense of the nation, probably resorting, as always, to the excuse of irregularities, manipulation, and as always without ever providing any evidence.

Despite these fears, however, I would like to join President Hossain's words by launching an appeal to the other political forces to respect the will of the people regardless of the outcome, the outcome of the most important form of direct popular participation as never seen in this country in the last century, organized in the respect and spirit of our values ​​and principles.

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Monarchism Fails
February 5094



The far-left Party of the Hosian Left (PSO) has every reason to celebrate this month. The election results show a clear PSO plurality, allowing the party to become the largest in the Chamber of Deputies and potentially even returning the party to government. Even if the Party of the Hosian Left fails to form a government coalition, it has another reason to celebrate. The referendum calling for the restoration of the monarchy has de facto failed. The results of the referendum have not yet been announced, but, although it is likely that the required 50% of the votes in favor of returning the dethroned Imperial Family to the leadership of the nation have been achieved, this legislature will not implement the result. The Party of the Hosian Left has gained nearly 40% percent of seats in the Chamber of Deputies, allowing it to block any constitutional amendment, including a change in the form of government.



Reverend Sister Sophia al-Masih, PSO's candidate to the presidency of the Union, has congratulated her rival, incumbent Rania Hossain, for her narrow victory in the presidential elections, and, in her victory speech, announced her party's implacable opposition to monarchism and the House of Appiano de Borromei:

The people of the Istalian Union have clearly and unequivocally shown that hereditary power has no place in our country. The heirs of the coup d'état of '74 will do well to remember that the people do not want the traitorous Appiano de Borromei and the sycophantic worshipers of that family anywhere near power. Republicanism has triumphed once again, and I hope the traitors have now learned their lesson, that the only way to enforce their hereditary rule is to take power in a coup and that there is no democratic path open for their monarchy. I also hope that they learned the lesson of '78, that if they are foolish enough to launch another coup the people will rise up against the usurpers and restore democracy. It is now time, and long is it overdue, to finally put an end to the obscene personality cult around Michele Appiano and his descendants. The 1st of September will always be remembered as a dark day in our history, the day when an authoritarian strongman and his family were given power for "1000 years". Let today be known instead as a bright day of democracy, when the dark forces of monarchism have been vanquished forever and when liberty has finally triumphed. Let the next thousand years be known as a millennium of democracy, freedom, and republicanism. Long live Quanzar, long live Alaria, and long live the free and democratic Istalian Union!

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Imperial restoration approved 61,25% of the votes
Referendum was attended by more than 76% of the people with suffrage but PSO already announced that it will not respect the popular will and will oppose in parliament the restoration

Demonstrations like this one fill the streets all over Istalia protesting against the decision of PSO not to respect the outcome of the referendum

18 February 5094

CALEON - As was to be expected, the referendum organized together with the elections of 5094 attracted to the polls the vast majority of the population with suffrage, precisely 76.53%, and of this the majority were in favor: exactly 61,25% expressed their support for the referendum question which read as follows:

"Do you wish to reform the form of government of Istalia into the federal, constitutional, representative, parliamentary monarchy of the Istalian Empire of Quanzar and Alaria with the House of Appiano De Borromei as its Imperial Family and its dynastic head as Emperor of the Istalians?"

The political forces supporting the restoration, Blue Flame and Hosian Democracy, have also just touched control of 2/3 of the parliament, gaining 274 seats (167 for Blue Flame and 107 for Hosian Democracy), just 26 fewer than the 300 with which they could have proceeded with the reform without any obstacles.
In fact, the Party of the Hosian Left (176 seats) won the relative majority of seats in the Chamber of Deputies, although it was only favored by the distribution of seats on the basis of the electoral constituencies given that Blue Flame was the most voted party on national base, earning about 69,000 more votes than the PSO.
The outcome of the Presidential elections also favored Blue Flame's candidate, with 52.40% of the votes in favor of the re-election of outgoing President Rania Hossain, now in her third term.

The PSO, however, despite the clear will of the people which expressed itself in favor of the restoration, already announced its intention to oppose in parliament any constitutional reform with the plurality of seats gained, disregarding the outcome of the referendum and the will of the people as Blue Flame leadership had predicted. Following the statements released by PSO, milions of people take the streets protesting against its decisions.
At the head of the demonstrations the press interviewed the rising star of Blue Flame, Nicoletta Marangoni:

As expected, the PSO, which gained less than 39% of the vote, has remained faithful to its anti-democratic positions and has already announced that it will not abide by the outcome of the referendum and by the will of the people.

We had assured you that we would respect the referendum outcome with dignity and the result gave us the unequivocal majority. Therefore, we will not remain silent in the face of such little consideration that the PSO is demonstrating towards the Istalians and the will of the people expressed democratically with such clarity.
I hope that our HD colleagues will show the same disdain for this affront to democracy and this debasement of the most direct and democratic of the tools that democracy has made available to our citizens.

What is certain, however, is that Blue Flame will do everything to keep that mass of anti-democratic extremists out of power, we will do everything to prevent that what is a minority will approach any position of power and impose its will and its policies to the majority of the population.

Finally, let me tell you, although the PSO has the numbers to block the restoration into the parliament, once again the istalian people have had confirmation of those who are truly faithful to democratic principles and of those who do not hesitate to trample them!

The outgoing President of the Council of Ministers, Michele Corlione, instead commented on the decision of the PSO:

What can I say? If anyone was looking for further demonstrations of how much hypocrisy they lodge in the ranks of the PSO and how little the people and their will matter to them, well, they have had their answer. Now it will be my primary objective to fully re-establish relations with Hosian Democracy, determined to form a new coalition government with them: the PSO can also prevent parliament from proceeding in respecting the will of the people, but beyond that I assure you that it will not be able to do anything else to harm the country, keeping it relegated to the opposition for another four years.

Furthermore, I assure you that in the light of the outcome of the referendum, the question is by no means closed: the outcome of the referendum is clear and will be recognized by the government as valid. For this reason, if it will be not this parliament to carry out the reform in compliance with the democratically expressed will of the people, it will be the next one or the one after: as soon as the political forces that today bow to the will of the people will have sufficient numbers in parliament, the reform will be implemented without delay. This is a promise!

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HD JOINS FB: "HARD TO SAY RESTORATION FAILED WITH MORE THAN 60% OF VOTE, PSO INSTEAD FAILED TO LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE"; RUMOR REJECT COALITION PROPOSAL BY PSO: "THEY ARE THE ONLY TRAITORS OF THE COUNTRY, NEVER AGAIN WITH THEM" AND CRITICIZE THE COMMUNIST MENDACIOUS VILLANEDIA BEACON: "THE PRESS SHOULD PROPERLY INFORM CITIZENS"

Il The secretary of the Hosian Democracy party Ferdinando Rumor has made it known that his party shares the wordsby FB also criticizing the decision of the PSO not to respect the result of the referendum on the restoration of the monarchy. Secretary Rumor was seen in the square along with millions of supporters of the restoration alongside many other politicians from his party and FB to protest against the decision taken by the PSO.
Ferdinando Rumor spoke directly to journalists and expressed his opposition to that decision in no uncertain terms:

It's hard to say monarchism failed when there were more people who voted for the monarchy and numbers don't lie. PSO failed to listen to the people and they will undermine the parliament to proceed to respect people's decision. We shares what FB said that PSO is imposing on whole country the will of a minority.
They even thought about asking us to join them in forming a new government but we didn't think twice about rejecting their proposal. I also wondered with what face they came to us to propose a coalition? We will not be accomplices of the only traitors of the country and today I announce to you that we will never get together with them again. If they think this nation will forget what they did I think they are wrong. Perhaps they underestimated our will to restore the empire and perhaps they believed that it was a secondary objective for us and instead I tell you that with their betrayal they have done nothing but strengthen our our determination to restore the monarchy. Just to think of having a head of state electe from a party of traitors who despise democracy so much that they ignore such a plebiscite of the population makes our skin crawl because we can't believe anymore that a president from a party like that can be impartial and can be sincere with his people and for this we will work with even greater conviction together with the FB to never allow to the PSO to have any role in leading our country.

Ferdinando Rumor than talked about the last article by Villanedia Beacon that was the cause of a lot of tensions and make arose a lot of criticism against that newspaper:

I think it is truly disconcerting to see how a national media outlet has no qualms about lying so blatantly to readers. The Press should properly inform citizens but by now I am not surprised anymore since that newspaper is undoubtedly the press organ of the PSO and this news paper is as much liar as those of PSO are and it is just a mendacious communist newspaper full of lies and inaccuracies that distort the truth. Another serious thing is that PSO always talked about indipendent press and media and about to outlaw private press and media when it is clear that that newspaper is the press organ of the PSO and the main tools of the PSO to spread their lies and I think that today we all know that Villanedia Beacon always spread lies like few years ago when they published the words by PSO that were different from what they said us negotiating with us

Ferdinando Rumor finished his declarations to the press talking about sister al-Masih and the shameless bahavior and declarations and political ideals:

It is truly amazing to hear a woman who has promised to dedicate her life to the Lord lying so shamelessly in public and distorting reality so shamefully. I am happy to have heard from my contacts with the Curia of Romula that the Bishop should soon announce the decision to expel that exacrable woman from his order in accordance with the canon law that al-Masih has broken since he dared to join a political party. and make it its spokesperson. Not to mention her when she espoused the views of communism condemned by the church for their atheist and materialistic nature and when she openly supported abortion promoting murder. How dare she still wear the symbols of her obedience to the Lord? Once expelled and desecrated, she will no longer tarnish the name of our mother church and the faith of millions of aurorian faithful.
And let me have my say on what was declared about Michael I who was the first emperor of Istalia: I come from a family that for generations has not had the good fortune to discover the faith unlike mine and my generation and that for generations voted socialist. Among the great men who inspired my grandparents and their grandparents there has always been Paolo Tarso who was the famous leader of the Socialists and Democrats party of the times of the first Istalian Empire and who was the prime minister who served for the longest time years under the istalian empire and who served under Michele I and his successor. Everyone knows how close Paolo Tarsus was to the Emperor and we also remember that he was criticized for his closeness and friendship and I believe no one could dare to say that Paolo Tarsus was not a supporter of democracy or that Michael I was not. I believe that just the fact that the prime minister who served the longest under the empire was a democratic socialist speaks alone about how false the words of al-Maish and his party are. False the words on Michael I, false the words on Appiano DeBorromei, false the words on the coup that is something we don't share and false every single word said by that woman and her accomplices. All of this strengthens our party's determination to be the true sole voice of the country's Aurorian Hosians and our willingness to have nothing more to do with those people sharing totaly the position of FB and espouding only the true. (OOc: I controlled the party socialists & democrats and character Paolo Tarso: viewtopic.php?f=17&t=4118&hilit=paolo+tarso&start=1370#p150047 http://classic.particracy.net/viewparty ... tyid=37466)

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Interview with Sister al-Masih
July 5095



Our reporter Maria Conti has conducted a video interview with the Reverend Sister Sophia al-Masih, the candidate of the Party of the Hosian Left to the presidency of the Union. Below is a partial transcript of that interview.

Interviewer: I would like to start by noting that you are far from a stranger to political scandal. Your public refusal to implement the results of the referendum have caused quite a stir. What motivated your choice to disregard popular will expressed in the referendum?

al-Masih: We had no choice but to refuse to implement the results of the referendum. Our predecessor party, Insieme, was originally founded with the explicit purpose of overthrowing the monarchy. We cannot now betray our principles, our values, and our voters by voting to restore monarchy, no matter the result of the referendum.


Interviewer: Is respect for democracy then not a value of your party? How do you justify rejecting a referendum where the results were overwhelmingly in favor of restoration?

al-Masih: I believe this referendum is not a true reflection of popular will. I think the main reason why "yes" won has less to do with any deeply ingrained monarchist sentiment and more to do with partisan loyalty. Centrist voters, most of whom support Hosian Democracy, voted "yes" because their party campaigned strongly for restoration. Why HD campaigned that way I don't know, but I have a theory.


Interviewer: What is your theory?

al-Masih: I believe Hosian Democracy never had any intention of restoring monarchy. If they did they would have done so when they had a constitutional majority with Blue Flame. Instead I think this referendum was a way for them to sabotage monarchism while at the same time signaling to their coalition partners that they remain loyal allies. Had the referendum failed the matter would have been dropped. Now that it succeeded, we are left in the awkward position of having to refuse to implement a democratic plebiscite while HD can shift the blame for the failure of restoration on to us. But I'm not in their party so this is only speculation. The fact remains that HD sabotaged restoration, willingly or not, and for that we are grateful to them.


Interviewer: You mentioned that many of the "yes" votes were motivated by partisan loyalty. But surely that can't explain most of the votes for restoration. Your party has often stated that monarchism does not reflect popular will. How can you claim that when a significant part of Istalian society is clearly monarchist?

al-Masih: Voter loyalty to Hosian Democracy is just one cause of the votes for monarchism. Although this is worrisome, it is ultimately ephemeral. What worries me much more is the other cause, which I believe is the insidious effect of centuries of imperial propaganda that have convinced generations of Istalians that the Empire was a democracy and that the first emperor was a great and noble hero, when in actual fact he was undeniably a dictator and the Empire was a thinly veiled dictatorship. Michele came to power as a dictator who ruled with absolute powers for nearly 20 years as the "Head of State" of the Istalian Republic. The Istalian elites who backed him suggested he turn his personalistic dictatorship into a hereditary monarchy, thus ensuring the perpetuation of their rule and peaceful succession. A key player in the establishment of the hereditary dictatorship of the Appiani was Paolo Tarso, whose party had the role of placating the working classes and giving them minor concessions to gain their support for the perpetuation of imperial rule. In spite of all this, listen how history textbooks talk about Michele even today [opens highschool history textbook]: "one who, like no one in centuries, had succeeded in inflaming the hearts of the Istalians and creating such hopes and expectations, reinforced by the great performances of the nation which was raising its slope with exceptional rapidity, had entered the heart of the population", and "its savior, who was reviving the fortunes of the country with such brilliance, would remain a timeless figure always keeping watch over the country's destiny". This is not objective history, this is naked propaganda bereft of any critical thinking, with no other purpose than to indoctrinate the population into accepting the hereditary rule of an obvious dictator.


Interviewer: If what you call "imperial propaganda" is such a widespread problem, how do you propose to tackle it?

al-Masih: A thorough reform of school curricula is a necessary first step. Another solution would be to address the ubiquitous public monuments glorifying the imperial regime, starting with the Imperial Mausoleum. I don't remember now who it was, I think one of the politicians from the Left Bloc, who, when the mausoleum was being built, called it a "pharaonic project" and proposed to have the remains of the imperial family interred there exhumed. Unfortunately this never came to pass, but if my party enters government at any point in the future we will make the exhumation of the dictatorial family from the mausoleum a priority.


Interviewer: It is strange that you insist on calling the Istalian Empire a dictatorship when the whole world has considered it to be one of the most democratic nations in Terran history. Do you think "imperial propaganda" has affected all of Terra?

al-Masih: That "democracy" was an illusion to cover a clientelistic and personalistic regime. As long as the economy was thriving and a modicum of welfare measures could keep the population complacent the imperial regime did not need to resort to naked force to stay in power. For this even the radical republican opposition of the Left Bloc and others like it ultimately helped unwittingly perpetuate the regime, as these opposition movements had enough power to articulate a coherent and powerful critique of the Empire, but were never allowed to seriously threaten it, granting the population the illusion it had a choice in the matter. But when the economic power of the regime ended that is when the elites resorted to more violent means. First, after progressive forces succeeded in abolishing the Empire, the elites instituted a reactionary and clericalist regime. Then, when its stability was threatened, they established the military dictatorship of "Generalissimo" Tivoli. And lastly, after the restoration of democracy, the elites orchestrated the coup d'état of 5074.


Interviewer: You keep using that word, "coup", to refer to the events of '74. But so far you have not provided any evidence for your allegations. What proof do you have that the elections to the Constituent Assembly were a coup d'état?

al-Masih: The events speak for themselves. In the elections of '65 the democratic parties had won a constitutional majority and were at the height of their power. Then, over the span of a few years, two major national parties were mysteriously dissolved, leaving a minor far-right party, whose ties to the military and security apparatus are now well known, as the only political force in the nation. Not long after the suspicious dissolution of the Popular Front of Alaria an insurrection took place, as the supporters of the far-right illegally occupied municipal headquarters throughout the nation, effectively handing power to Identity and Unity. In order to legitimate its rule the far-right called for elections for a "Constituent Assembly", which, unsurprisingly, were overwhelmingly won by the party that organized, supervised, and counted the results of the election. An election that somehow returned a massive Istalianist and monarchist majority, when just a few years earlier the population had overwhelmingly voted for separatist and republican parties. If this is not a coup, then I don't know what is. I truly wish I could prove this in a court of law, but knowing how the elites have full control over the courts I hold no hope.


Interviewer: Lastly, your political activities have also brought you into hot water with Church authorities, who have suspended you and started an investigation into your actions and words. How do you respond to that?

al-Masih: It is an unfortunate fact that the Church is a misogynistic institution. There is nothing they hate more than an outspoken and powerful woman, especially one that criticizes their privileges. I have no doubt that if I were a man I would have gotten away with a slap on the wrist, at most. I can't say I am surprised as to how the Church is reacting to me, though I do thank them for the free publicity. I know that I am following my faith and the teachings of Our Lord, and that my political ideals are inspired by Lord Eliyahu, who Himself was a Communist. I will continue to follow my calling, and, God willing, one day I will succeed.

You can watch the rest of the interview here.