Re: The Hulstrian Chronicle - Die Hulstrian Chronik
Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2018 8:20 pm
LVP Changes Guard Ahead of Election
November 4332
New LVP chair Christina von Track during a campaign visit in Kuratha
The LVP has undergone a generational renewal ahead of the 4333 elections, with Baron Hademar Holzinger, the party founder, giving way to Justice Minister Christina von Track as party chairperson. Holzinger, 82, has been serving as LVP leader since 4318 and has been in government since 4320 as Minister of Food and Agriculture as well as Vize-Staatsminister from 4324 onwards. Although his seniority and distinguished political career has led to many liberal figures calling on him to run for Governor-General, he declined to do so and advised his party to endorse the HDV candidate, as is traditional when the LVP does not run an own candidate.
Whereas the aristocratic Holzinger provided conservative leadership, the much younger Von Track, a former Crownland-level judge, is seen as a progressive or left-libertarian reformer, having been outspoken with regards to her support for gay marriage and abortion rights. This has led to clashes with the Landbund, the LVP's traditionalist Mitranian affiliate. The LB's chairman, Minister-President Sepp Pfalzinger, was thus reluctant to embrace Von Track as the new federal party leader, reportedly requiring intense persuasion efforts from the part of Holzinger, whose words carried decisive weight. Still, Pfalzinger only accepted Holzinger's chosen successor on the condition that she refrain from pushing for abortion rights during the election campaign. How the party will position itself after the votes have been cast will depend on whether the LB will continue to dominate the LVP caucus or whether Von Track's liberal backers in Kuratha and Hulstria outnumber them with a sufficient margin.
November 4332
New LVP chair Christina von Track during a campaign visit in Kuratha
The LVP has undergone a generational renewal ahead of the 4333 elections, with Baron Hademar Holzinger, the party founder, giving way to Justice Minister Christina von Track as party chairperson. Holzinger, 82, has been serving as LVP leader since 4318 and has been in government since 4320 as Minister of Food and Agriculture as well as Vize-Staatsminister from 4324 onwards. Although his seniority and distinguished political career has led to many liberal figures calling on him to run for Governor-General, he declined to do so and advised his party to endorse the HDV candidate, as is traditional when the LVP does not run an own candidate.
Whereas the aristocratic Holzinger provided conservative leadership, the much younger Von Track, a former Crownland-level judge, is seen as a progressive or left-libertarian reformer, having been outspoken with regards to her support for gay marriage and abortion rights. This has led to clashes with the Landbund, the LVP's traditionalist Mitranian affiliate. The LB's chairman, Minister-President Sepp Pfalzinger, was thus reluctant to embrace Von Track as the new federal party leader, reportedly requiring intense persuasion efforts from the part of Holzinger, whose words carried decisive weight. Still, Pfalzinger only accepted Holzinger's chosen successor on the condition that she refrain from pushing for abortion rights during the election campaign. How the party will position itself after the votes have been cast will depend on whether the LB will continue to dominate the LVP caucus or whether Von Track's liberal backers in Kuratha and Hulstria outnumber them with a sufficient margin.