Fascist Authority Party Becomes The Majority Party; Resurges With 59 Seat Gain"This Election Has Shown That Conservatism Is Not Dead, That The Fascist Authority Will Continue To March On" Said Chairman ChamberlainKien, Hulstria- The Fascist Authority Party, after a stunning loss of representation in the Imperial Diet 3 years ago and their ousting in the cabinet, resurged this year to become the majority party for the first time in about 40 years in the Imperial Crownlands of Greater Hulstria with a 59 seat gain; the FAP beat out the Socialist, National, Christian Liberal, and the Objectivism parties to grab onto the majority position in a crowded electoral arena. The Fascist Authority Party recieved over 43,000,000 million votes this election year, the highest turnout rate for the party since 2764, and won back the majority in the Crownland of Hulstria, a traditional conservative region that in 2773 went to the Christian Liberal Party; the Crownland of Mitrania was as well won by the Fascist Authority Party, the last time the FAP won the majority vote within that crownland was in 2741. Mitrania has always been an interest for FAP chairmans and after losing the crownland in 2744, then chairman Richard Wenceslas set up the "Take Back Mitrania" committee, a group that was created to soley deal with political issues within Mitrania, and act as a public relations wing for the Fascist Authority Party just for that crownland. The "Take Back Mitrania" was dumped as a committee when Xavier Gaston became chairman but after his humiliating impeachment, Erik Chamberlain decided tor revive the committee, and has recently poured a lot of party funds just for Mitrania in the past year; the interest in Mitrania over the past years may be to thank for the win for the Fascist Authority Party in this election. FAP-PAC, a political action committee publically supported (and funded) by the Fascist Authority Party, organized several pro-fascist rallies within the region on top of the work done by the TBM committee. Local FAP leaders in both Hulstria and Mitrania have said that the National Congress of the FAP, the governing council of the party, has put a lot of interest within those two crownlands, and that interest paid off overtly telling from the huge win the FAP saw in the elections. "The party leadership did not like the huge loss we saw in 2773," said one local Fascist Authority Party member. "Something had to be done or we were going to continue to see losses. Erik Chamberlain made the right choice in increasing activity in those crownlands and gaining support at the same time; when conservative parties put their minds to things, make a real effort, we come out on top. Liberals, socialists etc, what have you yes may have seen a boost in power over the past decades but this only a new trend going within the Imperial Crownlands, this generation is more pro-liberal than previous ones but that doesn't mean conservatism is dead by no means. Hulstria when asked to make the right choice on who should led this country, they pick conservatives".
Public outcry over the cabinet mess a few years ago is being looked at too as a factor in the massive seat gain for the Fascist Majority Party and their majority; a few years ago the former Mormon Socialist Party (now called just the Socialist Party of Greater Hulstria), the Hulstrian National Party, and a recluctant Christian Liberal Party signed onto a biased cabinet coalition, kicking out the Alliance for Greater Hulstria, the Imperial Hulstrian, and the Fascist Authority Parties in the government in the middle of the New Englian Conference; The National Party signed onto the cabinet almost instantly and the Christian Liberals signed on at the last minute with much FAP outrage. The Socialist Party of Greater Hulstria led the charge to oust the unified Royal Coalition to replace it with the secluded Pan-Hulstrian Coalition because various members of the Socialist Party said that because they saw a rapid seat gain in the Imperial Diet in the 2773 elections (getting over 151 seats), they were automatically able to join the cabinet, and despite FAP members calling for any new cabinet to be put in place until the return of the Imperial Hulstrian Party (who was absent because of their trip to an international event) the Socialist Party went ahead with the Pan-Hulstrian Cabinet anyway. Behind closed doors, before the Pan-Hulstrian Cabinet was ever put in place, FAP Chairman Erik Chamberlain assured the Socialists of a seat in the cabinet, and said the party would support a Socialist Party in hopes of further unity within the cabinet; Chairman Chamberlain was taken aback when the SPGH pushed for such a partisan cabinet when the two parties had good communications prior and expressed disappointment in the SPGH's lack of diplomacy and logic with concerns to the cabinet considering the Fascist Authority Party voted in approval of the re-admission of the mormon city of "Moroni", a city that the then Mormon Socialist Party had control over, back into the Eastern Territories.
Spokespersons for the Socialists said that the SPGH "could not wait anymore to be in the cabinet" and "deserved a position" in the cabinet because of their luck in the 2773 elections; they also said that cabinet placements should be "proportional" not experience/quality based and with the Socialists almost gaining a majority in the last time election, they said their party should control a sizeable portion of positions within the national government even if they were only 2 years old as a political group. Public disapproval of the move by those three parties who went ahead with the cabinet were high and Hulstrians were not ready for another major political battle; the Fascist Authority Party, though angry at the biased cabinet, did not make any big public remarks on the cabinet and instead referred to private discussions with other parties on the matter. Chamberlain decided to instead go on a legislative run in the Imperial Diet and over 60 proposals in Kien. In this years election, the three parties who went onto to form the Pan-Hulstrian cabinet, saw huge losses; the Christian Liberals saw 76 seats lost, the Socialists saw a 45 seat hit, and the Nationals a 20 loss. Fascist Authority Party Vice-Chairman Max Hansel said that his party is still "committeed to unity" and "unified cabinets" despite recent events. He also said that the FAP disapproval of the cabinet is more aimed towards the Socialist and National parties, not too much at the Christian Liberals; "We talked and we have a mutual understanding of the event," said the Vice-Chairman. "While we were very angry at first, we were not going to set fire to the Imperial Diet, and make Kien a battleground. They said that are as well open to new cabinet; we hope they follow through on this. With the return of the Imperial Hulstrian Party, the FAP is ready in getting back a unified government in Kien. The FAP is not one to waste time".
Interestingly enough, while the Hulstrian National, Socialist, and Christian Liberal Parties seem to be in a united cabinet, none of them endorsed eachother at this years election. Last time in 2773, the Nationals and the Socialists endorsed the Christian Liberals for Governor-General; this year was a very different story, Lukas Adenauer came in third place this year not even making it to the second round of voting for Governor-General this year, ending the Christian Liberal hold on the elected Head of State position. The Socialist and National party have made no public comments on the sudden move not to endorse former Governor-General Adenauer. The newly formed conservative party, the Objektivismus Partei, won over 122 seats in the Imperial Diet this election year, another showing of the resurgence of conservatism this year. Klaus Schlaback, the Governor-General candidate, beat out incumbent Lukas Adenauer in the first round with 4 million more votes than him, and beat out the Socialist candidate Elizabeth MacDonald in the second rounds with a stunning 62 million vote lead or 69 percent, one of the highest in Governor-General history. The Objektivismus Partei was endorsed by the Fascist Authority Party and Alliance for Greater Hulstria; a FAP spokesperson said the party "is ready to work with the Objektivismus Partei this year and interested in passing several pieces of legislation with them".
FAP Vice-Chairman Max Hansel (above) says while the FAP may be forgiving about the CLA, other parties may not beFascist Authority Party Chairman Erik Chamberlain made a speech shortly after the win in the elections at a rally outside the FAP National Headquarters in Kien in front of an enthusiastic crowd of FAP supporters. "You, Hulstrians around the Imperial Crownlands have shown in these elections that conservatism is not dead, that the Fascist Authority Party will continue to march on," declared Erik Chamberlain. "The FAP is back at the majority where we belong, where we do our finest; Spenzer Roderick stood up against the unjust Anti-Fascist Coalition, he led this party to over 20 years of untouched majority rule and Wolfgang Reinhardt held the majority during the New Englian Crisis, with both men accomplishing great things for not only their party but for their country. I will now be using this new majority to bring out new reform, social conservative legislation, efficent economic regulations, new trade pacts, new foreign affair projects, and will use our majority to reach out, not to scare, other political parties. The FAP is overtly committed to working with every party because I know the FAP can argee on at least one issue with every party represented in Kien; partisanship is the way of the past. The Fascist Authority Party, the Alliance for Greater Hulstria, and the Imperial Hulstrian Party have a strong pact with eachother, while we may not argee on every issue, or huddle everytime a problem comes up, when time calls we unite for a common cause. The FAP wants the same sort of pact with the rest of the Hulstrian political parties". Chamberlain continued on by saying that "Hulstria deserves a responsible government, a government working for the people rather than government working for self-interest; the Hulstrain deserves more than petty political fights. We can not risk our Monarchy, our way of life to unsustainable political rifts. Monarchy, Efficiency, Responsible Government; that is what Hulstria needs and is what Hulstria wants".
Tokuro Tanemoto Looks Forward To Getting Back To Foreign BusinessTanemoto Apologizes To Allies Over Internal Hulstrian Problems; Says Hulstrian Absence At New Englian Conference "inexcusebale"FAP Headquarters- At a press conference at the FAP National Headquarters last week, Fascist Authority Party Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tokuro Tanemoto, said that he "looks forward to getting back to foreign business" and "working with Hulstrian allies once again". Tanemoto, who was ousted as Foreign Affairs Minister in the biased Pan-Hulstrian Coalition, said "many projects and communications between my Foreign Affairs office in Kien had to be shut down or had to be delayed because of internal Hulstrian problems, mainly the cabinet mess, and I apologize". He said "I was working on expanding Hulstrian communications out to more countries and I was working with the Foreign Ministry of Kazulia to carry out an ambitious plan to create a new Dovani international organization, replacing the DTDO. That had to be put on delay and I apologize to the Kazulian Foreign Minister for having to delay such a project once again". Tanemoto also touched on the New Englian Conference, saying that the Hulstrian absence at the New Englian Conference during these past events at home are "inexcusebale" and that talks have slowed down since the Pan-Hulstrian cabinet arrived; he said such an absence does a great "diservice" to former Governor-General Wolfgang Reinhardt and countless other diplomats who worked "out of their way" for peace in the New Englian region. Tanemoto expressed hope about getting a unified cabinet in place in Hulstria, saying that "history has proven time and time again unity cabinets perform the best".
Tanemoto at the press conference took out of a recent news report from the "Zardic World Report", the national newspaper for the Federation of Zardugal; the Foreign Affairs of Zardugal, H. Leighton Kostandian IV, took note of the recent Fascist Authority Party majority win in the elections and gave praise to the Chairman, the Vice-Chairman, and the Head of Government candidate of the party. The Foreign Minister also took note of the ill-health of National Party foreign spokesman, John Westmoreland, who resigned just recently from the National Party.
The Foreign Minister of Zardugal, Kostandian IV (above), Publically Commented On The FAP Win In The Years ElectionsTanemoto responded by saying that "H. Leighton Kostandian IV is clearly an intelligent person and many of his views, as well his party's (the Federal-Republican Party), are on par with my own as well. To my knowledge, the Federal-Republican and the Fascist Authority Parties have good communications between eachother. Obviously being fellow members of the Axis, our paths cross many of times. We have great respect for one of another and I consider the Zardugal Federation as a friend of the Imperial Crownlands. When I assume the position of the Foreign Minister again, I will seek to expand our relationship as countries". Tanemoto has not said anything yet about proposing legislation on Hulstria joining the Axis, an organization is home to more than three major political parties in Hulstria including the Fascist Authority Party, but is rumored to be interested in the organization.