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The National Telegraph is a right-wing newspaper associated with the Nationalist Alliance.
Nationalist Alliance Rallies Nationalist Right-Wing
May 7th 4380
Above: Leader of the Nationalist Alliance, Qiao Xinyi
As the right in Indrala continues to be predominantly pro-establishment and pro-multiculturalism, a new movement has developed from the unlikely alliance of a businesswoman called Qiao Xinyi and a former diplomat called Huo Hanying. Together, with their associates from across Indrala, the pair have united to create the Nationalist Alliance - a staunchly monarchistic and patriotic party that flies in the face of most of Indralan politics at the moment. Xinyi was elected unanimously by the few hundred party members it has attracted so far and was made party leader with no opposition. She told reporters upon the official formation of the party that "me and the Nationalist Alliance are striving to change the way politics is done in Indrala, and make Indrala about Indralans once again". The party is seeking to cut migration, constrain the budget, regulate businesses and make religion a key part of everyday Indralan life once again.
Xinyi has a checkered past, working as a prostitute from the age of 17 to the age of 23 in order to fund her education and to pay for her taxes, food, water, electricity and rent. Her family was among the very poorest in Indrala, and while she was surrounded by prosperity from her youth in the rich and vibrant environment on Indrala, she could only aspire. "I learnt when I was very young that the world is not kind," she was quoted as telling fellow directors at the insurance firm she briefly was CEO of, "and I learnt that we must all aspire to something better. I found my release in Eliyahu almighty, and I think that spirituality - in any of its peaceful forms - is vital to living a moral life". Xinyi has long said that at the age of 23, as she started to enter the world of real work, she heard the voice of her late Hosian grandmother telling her that if she turned to Eliyahu she would be successful. 30 years on and it seems she might have been right.
Xinyi's religious beliefs colour her perception of the world. She believes that life begins at the point of conception, and thus that all abortion is murder. She also sees euthanasia as murder, while being avowedly against the death penalty regardless of the crime committed. "Life if life," she told party members at the Nationalist Alliance's first ever meeting of members, "and there is never a reason to take life unless it is to save more life. No action that results in a net loss of life should ever be permitted". This may be an extreme opinion to take in an increasingly progressive nation, but this woman's life is filled with extremes of highs and lows. CEO of the country's largest insurance firm, but also open about her inability to becoming pregnant and her 'heartbreaking' divorce when she was only 29. She never married again, saying "I am never alone when I am with my god, and that is a peace I hope that everyone one day finds for themselves".
Above: Deputy Leader of the Nationalist Alliance, Huo Hanying
But the party is not all about Xinyi, as interesting as her life may or may not be. It's highly pro-monarchy, but seeks a 'more open and more modern' kind of aristocracy. Rather than the exclusive and secretive institution currently in existence, Xinyi would like to see gradual changes that make the monarchy 'modern'. The party recently issued an official notice of support for the crown prince in his attempt to marry an ordinary citizen, saying that it was 'absolutely and entirely his choice and he was absolutely and entirely right to follow his heart'. As a party with many Hosians - including Xinyi herself - the traditional nature of Indrala's culture is seen as vital but not perfect. While the party is a massive supporter of the rights of ethnic Indralans and the sovereignty of Indrala, there are some elements of Indrala that "must be opened up so that the most moral choice be made, in our national interest" - according to deputy party leader, Huo Hanying. The party also supports a rehabilitation-orientated justice system.
Is there an opening for this kind of party? Probably, for there are no so expressly religious, conservative and nationalist parties in Indrala. The Lotus Party is socially progressive, New Dawn has supported formidable regulations on businesses and the Freedom Party is also socially liberal. A party firmly on the right like the Nationalist Alliance could peel voters from all three of the above mentioned, as well as gain votes from those who don't vote as they see no party as conservative enough. However, we will have to see the results of the upcoming election to know how, and if, this party can grow in membership and power. We'll also see who its political allies will be in one of the most unique countries in the world - and one of the most powerful. Xinyi's faith and monarchical modernisation strategy could lose votes from traditionalists, but the nearly 2 million Hosians in Indrala could also be a considerable base of support.