Opposition gets first legislative victoriesISHINAWA - Thanks to abstention from the ruling party, the Jiyu Party of Sekowo, 5 bills from the two opposition parties, Change and People's Party, got passed in the Grand Senate. As a result, there's now a minimum wage, child benefits, a public pension system, a guarantee of minimum income, regulations on daily working hours, the right to collectively bargain, the right of adoption to everyone, civil marriage for all, the possibility of people deciding on their gender identity and subsidies to low-income farming families. Besides that, workers can't be fired anymore for going on strike and nuclear, chemical and biological weapons are now banned. Aoto Kimura, a member of Change's leadership and candidate for president, said "This is great news! Change is really coming to this country, people are finally starting to rise up and make their voices heard. We promise to keep being an headache to powerful interests and big corporations. People over profits all the way".
In the streets, reactions were mostly positive. Those supporting the bills now coming into law said that it will improve their live conditions and help develop Sekowo and make the working class more productive. They also supported the ban on weapons of mass destruction justifying with the many thousands of deaths they have caused in history. However, others were against the new measures saying it will hurt small businesses and those who are better off. They also say it won't improve the lives of those worse off since it will create citizens dependent on the government to survive. The Jiyu Party hasn't responded to our questions on these recent legislative victories for their opposition.
Grand Senate of Sekowo