The Green WaveThe Green Wave is the ecological newspaper of Indrala, printed on evironmental friendly paper The Green Wave delivers the important news to the people of Indrala________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________July 6th, 4673FORMER COUNCELOR-IN-CHIEF PENG SONG RESIGNS AS LEADER OF THE DEMOCRATS, TENG ZHENG ELECTEDFormer Three Term Councelor-in-Chief Peng Song has resigned as leader of the Democratic Party, citing his intention of letting "new progressive blood" flow through the party________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________The new Democratic Party leader Teng Zheng (36) walking out of his home after the results of the leadership election were revealed, many of his supporters waited for him outsideTai'nan: Former three term Councelor-in-Chief Peng Song has resigned the party leadership of the Democratic Party. The recent major loss of over 63% for the democrats and the "lengthy political carreer as Indrala's leader" were two of the large contributors to Song his decision. Song, who started as a outcast fighting against the political elite consisting of the constitutionalists would go on to become one of the most influential figures in recent Indrala history. After winning over 85% of the vote in the first official election his then Citizen's Alliance participated in he went on to create a cabinet with him at its head and pass one progressive reform after another, undoing many of the repressive policies of his predecessors and stimulating the economy causing new economic growth to skyrocket the economy.
With his first term a major success Song went on to lead his party in its second election. Here the CA won over 74% of the vote, 11% less then before but still a massive majority. This second term would see the change of name for his party to the Democratic Party but would also, according to analysts, see the start of a series of cracks in Song his image has a effective leader. First the constitutionalists managed to pass a series of bills after Song failed to get his party on board to vote against. The second major event of this term was the unrest in Dalibor, forcing Song to accelerate the already passed military upgrades and expansions and forcing him to prepare for a possible intervention into the nation. It also saw him fail to get the World Congress on board for a intervention into the nation of Dalibor.
The third election, despite the cracks during his second term, saw Song and the democrats win over 80% of the vote. Again giving his party a massive majority likely caused by the people's need for a strong leader in the upcoming dalibor conflict. Song managed to intervene in the country and at least somewhat stabilize the situation at the cost of considerable casualties. Song would be the first Indrala leader to authorize military action in a foreign nation in decades. The creation of the centrist Citizen's Party is seen by analysts as the end of the reign of Song. After he failed to pass progressive legislation during the war and he broke his pledge to remove Indrala troops from Dalibor after major combat had ended his party lost massively, losing over 61% of their voter base and winning only 17% of the vote, gaining only one seat more then the constitutionalists.
Now Song, seeing the major loss of his party and being party leader for over 20 years, decided to pass the torch to what he calls "the next generation". He sees his 15 years as leader of the nation as successful but thinks that in the next election, a new face must lead the party.
Internal party elections were immediately held through a online voting system, the first time voting was done in a online fashion by any party in Indrala.
In this election, progressive and member of the Grand Assembly Teng Zheng was elected party leader winning the vote with 55% of the vote. Many thought former Minister of Foreign Affairs Pan Xun would win the party leadership. But he lost in favor of Teng Zheng, political commentators state that Pan Xun his more centrist policies had him to closely aligned with the constitutionalists, making Teng Zheng, a young progressive within the party, a more attractive choice for party members.
Now, with a new leader and likely new political course, the Democratic Party is ready to once again try and win over the confidence of the Indrala people, closing an era many name the "Song" era of the Democratic Party.