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NDP to create anti-corruption force. Highway construction planned. Further strengthening of federal government expected.
August 4th 5464
The NDP has announced that in order to combat the rampant corruption issues throughout the nation, they will be implementing a federally controlled, anti-corruption police force responsible for combating the serious corruption issues that have been building up over the last 600 years. Named the 'Polis Pencegah Rasuah', or PPR, officers are going recruited from the most loyal of the federal police service and will answer directly the president in order to prevent any corrupt dealings the may occur within the unit. Recruitment has already begun while training regimes and background checks on officers has already begun, with Khamis bin Senin being appointed commissioner of the special unit. With the president having been elected on the platform of battling corruption, heavy expectations have been placed on the unit, both from within as they try to prove themselves and from without with both the public and president's expectations placed upon them.
The federal government has announced that they will be taking a 400 million franc loan from Lourenne in order to finance a series of 2 lane highways in the north east of the country, aiming to better connect the north-eastern cities of 'Kota di Sungai' and 'Padang Hijau' in order provide backing for further economic projects in the area, specifically for the development of the coal and silicon producing industries. Building off the H2 highway, the project has been called "H2 baharu", and is expected to start in 3 months time, bringing over 10,000 jobs in order to construct the 656.93 kilometre long network. Both industry leaders and locals have commented positively on the project with expectations of further developments upon the H2 baharu project's completion.
President Iskandar Hadi Yuwono has indicated in a press conference earlier today that he will be strengthening the federal government in a bid to wipe away the confederation of old and to stabilise and standardise the political system of the nation to bring more fairness to the people. While many have commended the move, others have reacted negatively with claims of anti-democratic thought and turning the nation into a unitarian state. The president has denied this claim, citing his previous claims of standardising the system for fairness, but also so that corruption can also take advantage of systematic issues less.