OOC Source: The Boston CalenderDunburg: The political crisis for Dundorf continues within individual parties but also within the country. After the failure to propose a budget and tax reform bill last term the president, Jonas Meyer, disbanded parliament just two years into its term and called for new elections to "create a stable government". But the elections that followed didnt create a stable atmosphere. In fact the election results showed a further decline of the traditionally largest parties, with the DLVP losing another 12% of its support and this time the DZP also losing 10% support. While the DLVP and DZP are still the number one and two parties respectfully, the decline in their support does continue the rumours that their message is not appealing with ordinary Dundorfians enough. The Socialist Party, recently emerged, has won a astounding 17% of the vote and 78 seats, likely taking away much DLVP support. The VGP continues to grow, also receiving 17% of the vote and over 78 seats. While support for the DLVP itself continues to dwindle, the Reichsprasident Jonas Meyer has once again been reelected to his last term, stating in the election campaign that this would be his last term if elected, retiring from politics afterwards. The president was reelected with 52% of the vote amounting to more then 30 million votes, almost double the votes his party received in the parliamentary election which shows the immense support that the president enjoys. If he sits through an entire term, Meyer will have served as president for over 10 years.
But despite the popularity of the president parties in the newly elected Reichstag moved to remove one of his priviliges, taking away his right to appoint the chancellor and indirectly thus the cabinet. Parties stated that allowing any party to propose a cabinet was more democratic and would allow for better governments to be formed. The DLVP argued against it, stating it would only lead to more instability and confusion. Despite this oppossition the proposal passed with the 2/3rd needed majority. Immediately afterwards, DLVP concerns seemed to be confirmed as both the socialists and VGP proposed cabinets excluding the DLVP, instead inviting the religious oriented DZP to the table. But even these proposals seemed to go nowehere, with the parties bickering amongst eachother what positions they wanted and rejecting eachothers proposals. The DLVP took the opportunity to denounce the parties, stating that "this was what we warned for, we should have never moved the authority to the Reichstag and kept it at the presidents office".
The DLVP also, for the first time in over a decade, stated that it would be willing to sit in oppossition, citing the lack of trust in other parties as a main reason for their hesitancy in joining a cabinet. If the DLVP does indeed move into the oppossition it would make the end of Reichskanzler Diana Heiner, who has served for over 6 years as Chancellor. Though she is expected to stay on as party leader, some rumours seem to suggest she might announce her own presidential bid as Jonas Meyer retires, possibly moving her from one influential position to another. A recent poll showed that 54% of Dundorfians were satisfied with her performance in recent years, suggesting she would have majority backing if vying for the presidential office next election.
The Reichstag election of 4967 visualizedThe presidential election, with president Meyer reelected to a third and final term