BREAKING: Kusturica to Resign, as Kalopia Forced to Retreat
- Prime Minister resigns after being bullied into accepting all of Solentia's conditions
- Says replacement should return focus to the Western border
- Finance Spokesperson, Kapllani, to take over role as Parliamentary Leader, and Candidate for PM
- Temporary PM, Kapllani, to remove all presence at Solentian borderProvisional Prime Minister, Kolenta Kapllani. Pending support from the Ultra Nationalists, she will take over the reigns of the country until the next election. Kalopia have been given a major blow by their neighbours Solentia, as they have been forced to accept all of Solentia's demands for a border fence. In a damaging result for its position in Majatra, Kalopia has conceded under the pressure of fighting on two fronts, with both Jakania and Solentia teaming up to warn Kalopia to stand down troops. As a result of this failure, the man responsible, the Prime Minister, Miralem Kusturica, has resigned in disgrace, and will retire from public life.
It all began by lying about the number of troops on the border. Whilst Kusturica claimed that 70,000 were sent over to respond to the supposed Solentian threat, in actuality the number appears to only be 20,000. What followed, however, was even more of a debacle. In his resignation, Kusturica claimed that compromise after compromise was hurled at Solentia to avail. Despite this, Kusturica saw every single one of Solentia's demands matched, and an eminent Kalopian retreat ordered.
It is believed that the main reason for his failure is Jakania's promise to attack Kalopia should the latter attack Solentia. Whilst military analysts believe that Kalopia has the military acumen, with the funding from the Kazulian government, to have the upper hand were they to be at war with just one of the nations; most concur that a war on two fronts would result in the "complete and utter annihilation" of Kalopia.
Kusturica's replacement, experienced, and uncontroversial Cabinet Minister, Kolenta Kapllani, has removed all troops from the Solentian border, and has stated that Kalopia's focus must remain of the "aggressive" behaviour of Deltaria and Jakania. Issuing a formal apology to Solentia, she said that her predecessor's actions had been "rash, unreasonable, and unjustified". Promising a new shared cabinet with the Ultra Nationalists, Kapllani suggested that her party had become corrupt on power over the preceding years, and that she wished to remove those looking for power.
She didn't, however, lax on the issue of Jakania. In a very upfront manner, she said that Jakania was risking war with Kalopia, and that it would be a result of the aggressive policies of the President. Whilst she maintained that Kalopia would never begin a conflict with their Turjak neigbours, she did blame Jakania for taking Majatra "this close" to a catastrophic war.
I do not know fully what went on between either Miralem Kusturica and Solentia, or Solentia and Jakania. I am sure I will be updated about the former soon. However, what does appear apparent from what I have seen is that it is actually the actions of Jakania that are risking all out war. I do not believe that Solentia nor Kalopia would be particularly happy with fighting each other. Solentia is currently in the process of overhauling their defence industry, whilst Kalopia has all of its troops protecting the West side of the country from more pressing threats. However, it was Jakanian meddling - like they did in our elections - that has risked bloodshed.
Kapllani is a more conserved character than the more aggressive Kusturica, and it will be interesting to see what direction she takes. She will most certainly want to make the impression that she more control over what is going on than what Kusturica ended up having. This is shown in her promoting Cirket Korkizoglou to the position of Foreign Affairs Minister, him being a former leading Foreign Affairs Expert. Whilst, Kalopia's attitude towards her western neighbours may not change, the way she approaches dealing with them, is what the new Kapllani Ministry will be about.