Arise, Dorvik!September 4434Haldor, Kordusia - The All-Dorvish League celebrated electoral success in snap General elections held in September 4434. The cause for the snap General election was due to the collapse of the “Renew” party and the collapse of the government. Rumors point to outside pressure that caused the collapse of the “Renew” party. Dorvish State Election Commission officials noted that this would be the 3rd election in 4 years. The ADV called for stability and offered a coalition agreement to the Haukish Movement for the Fatherland, often known by their Dundorfian acronym HKV, which will likely pass. Alexander Hauke, a well known agricultural specialist will serve as the State Chancellor of the Dorvish Republic, succeeding Sofia Schwartz of the Center Party. President-elect Joachim Gideon von Rohr-Mauss welcomed the idea of working with Hauke and spoke regarding his imminent appointment as the State Chancellor
"Herr Hauke is a fine man, he has the experience necessary to guide Dorvik through a massive period of re-building. His background in both agriculture and domestic affairs will serve Dorvik well. I am personally looking forward to working with him and the rest of the government." The State Elections' Commission announced that the coalition, sometimes called the
Dorvishes Bollwerk (Luthorian: Dorvish Bulwark), had won the Presidential election and had capture 325 seats in the State Council, only 74 seats short of an absolute super majority.
President-elect Joachim Gideon von Rohr-Mauss’s election victory speech noted a rise of
“...a new Dorvik focused around expanding Dorvish influence in the world.” The President-elected noted that the World Congress was in dire need of
“...Dorvish love...” in a joking manner. The Dorvish Armed Forces also lead a purge of officers who had ties to radical organizations; mostly Socialist and Communist who had remained over from the Dorvish Workers Republic and the Federal Republic of Dorvik. Florian Maria zu Völksau-Heusmann was appointed as the Minister of Defense and was simultaneously appointed as the Inspector-General of the Armed Forces of Dorvik and Chief of the Supreme General Staff giving him almost penultimate power in the Dorvish Armed Forces; he was subsequently promoted on decree of the President-elect as General Field Marshal (Dundorfian: Generalfeldmarschall); only few men have attained such a rank in the modern era. The ceremony was conducted and his Field Marshal's baton was given to him. Bonifaz Voll, past President of the Dorvish Republic is one of the only other men assigned such an honor. The naval equivalent is the Grand Admiral (Dundorfian: Großadmiral) which has likewise been held by few men, notably Ludwig Matern who was instrumental in the success of revitalizing the Dorvish Navy.
Generalfeldmarschall Florian Maria zu Völksau-Heusmann, seeing the writing on the wall immediately produced a list of officers to be promoted to the various commands of the Dorvish Armed Forces. Maximilian Franz von Bahr was appointed the Inspector of the Dorvish Army, Sven Domenikus von Lÿndow-Sennhein was appointed as the Inspector of the Dorvish Navy, Franz Staiger was appointed as the Inspector of the Dorvish Air Force. In light of the success of future legislation, such as the "Law on the Defense of the Dorvish People and State" which grants the Dorvish Armed Forces access back to it's nuclear arsenal the Minister of Defense and Inspector-General appointed Viktor Heinzmann, a noted Dorvish Air Force nuclear scientist and strategic air commander as the Chief of Abteilung VIII: Military Technical Department (Dundorfian: Militärtechnische Abteilung) which is responsible for managing and access to Dorvish nuclear, chemical and biological weapons. The Minister of Defense also noted that the Dorvish Armed Forces would re-join the Northern Council's military and security apparatus; notably for exercises and joint operations.
The incoming Minister of the Interior Helmut von Göthaus has formally announced that the State Security Main Office will continue to operate and that the restoration of police services to the "...wide-scale areas of Dorvik." was underway. Underneath the Socialist and Communist the faith and trust in police had dropped as the the agents of the socialist and communist political groups used the power of the police to suppress dissidents and oppositions. In conjunction with the Ministry of Justice the new Ministry of the Interior has pledged to "...arrest, charge and try those associated with violence and human rights abuses during the Socialist and Communist era." Minister of the Interior von Gothaus announced that Nikolaus Huppetz would be appointed as the Chief of the State Security Main Office and would oversee the revitalization of the SSMO.
The Foreign Ministry, underneath the control of the ADV and noted internationalist Dietmar von Lÿndow-Sennhein, brother of incoming Inspector of the Dorvish Navy, has remained tight lipped about it's future. However, several documents filed with the Main Office of the President show a wide-scale shake up of the Dorvish Foreign Service Corps, including a bevy of General-Plenipotentiary appointments notably appointing Thilo Hombitzer as the General-Plenipotentiary to the World Congress. The Dorvish Republic is a permanent member of the Security Council and Thilo Hombitzer previously served as a Professor at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies specializing in the World Congress and the Security Council itself.
In a short period of time Dorvik has risen like an eagle from the depths of darkness. It would appear that Sacred Dorvik has risen yet again.