Anna Verde moves back into the Presidential Palace!
The recent elections display a very peculiar situation in Istalia. On one hand, the government parties were utterly defeated and the leader of the opposition PND was greatly rewarded, grasping nearly a third of the seats. On the other hand, the PND cannot govern once again as the second largest party belongs to the FP bloc, meaning that once again a left coalition with simply one more party is much more probable. Of course, currently, the PND and Anna Verde are celebrating their largest electoral success in the party‘s history, but knowing the status quo, the freshly re-elected President has already expessed what most have presumed:
We cannot hide the fact that under the current status quo, the left - even though heavily damaged - still has a majority in the chamber as our only natural allies, the ULD, did not get enough support. We doubt the PdA are willing to enter a coalition with the PND once again as we were standing in the way of everything their government did. Furthermore, the newly introduced Progressive Party are in the FP bloc, which leaves me no choice but to drop the privelege of the PND as the largest party to attempt to form a government first. The ball is now in their park.
The most probable coalition will be a 5 party center left coalition led by the progressives. However, the PND has a history of joining forces with the moderate left to tackle more immediate problems at hand, although the largest immediate problem, namely Solentia, is a strong point of disagreement between the PND and the left, specifically the former President Morandi (AR). It will also be interesting to see whether any party will reach any conclusions as all parties experienced a decline except the PND and Progressives. The AR were the third largest party just 1 year ago, placing the President, and even on the right, the ULD were the most dominant party in Istalia at the start of the century for very long.