by tracemanxp » Sat Aug 05, 2017 8:42 am
President Mason Takon to Step Down Following the Upcoming National Elections
February 4252
After 16 years of serving as President of the 2nd Democratic Republic of Lodamun, President Mason Takon has announced that he will be stepping down following the upcoming elections. He said that he will stay long enough to get a cabinet proposal discussed and passed.
"People of Lodamun, I am happy to have served you throughout these years, but I am afraid my term is coming to an end. Following health concerns, I am announcing my resignation as President of the Republic. I will remain in my position until a new cabinet is formed after the upcoming national elections."
The President is starting discussions of the next cabinet with the LNC and is floating the possibility of including the newly formed Freedom Caucus if they get seats in the next elections and agree to be in the coalition. The GNRG were planned to be in the talks, but they are nowhere to be found and their seats vacant in the Presidium.
NGPoL Party Elections of 4253 To Decide Future of the Party
February 4252
The next election of the NGPoL to take place August of next year is set to be a potentially historic one. At least two of the four candidate promise to completely reform the party if they are elected and the fact that the party has been under the same leadership for almost 2 decades may indicate that a change is coming.
Party Deputy Joesph Mideen, grandson of the late NGPoL founder Kalin Mideen, will be running for the Chair once again, representing the core values that the NGPoL had since its founding. He made it to the second round of voting in 4233 and lost to Rain Baxtor, who went on to defeat then-Party Chair Mason Takon. Every election since then has resulted in Mideen winning the second round and losing to Baxtor in the final round, leaving the party being run by Baxtor and Mideen for almost 20 years. This is the longest a party chair has held the position since the founder Kalin Mideen ran the party for 25 years from 4168 to 4193.
Members of the party have been hinting that they want a change of leadership and with the candidates in this upcoming party election promising sweeping changes, such a change will be quite drastic.
Marcy Casel, who was Party Deputy before Mideen, is running again this time around. Her platform is be more strict and frantic than the NGPoL traditionally is. Though her leadership would definitely be a change, it won't be as drastic as the other two candidates, who are promising complete reforms of the party right down to the name. Candidate Justin Kelsey is proposing a shift toward capitalism and skepticism, as well as a name change to the Lodamese Capitalist Movement. Candidate Tex Andrews is going much further, proposing party reform views that are essentially the opposite of NGPoL tradition in every way with the name New Conservative Party of Lodamun.
This election has the potential to be a major turning point and a possible end of the current NGPoL as we know it, but only time will tell whether or not this will come to pass.
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